Scruffy, age eight, says, Spanky is smarter than Zowi, and Zowi is smarter than Gummy, so Spanky is smarter than Gummy.. Scruffy applied a(n)
a. cardinality count.
b. transitive mapping.
c. span of apprehension.
d. elaboration memory strategy.
Question 2Using picture series, Goswami and Brown showed that analogical reasoning based on relational similarity emerges at least by the age of
a. birth.
b. one year.
c. three years.
d. four years.
Question 3The analogical reasoning tested by Chen and colleagues in their pull on a toy string experiment drew upon
a. semantic similarity of words.
b. perceptual similarity among objects.
c. auditory similarity among sounds.
d. relational similarity.
Question 4In the pull on a toy string experiment, Chen and colleagues showed that analogical reasoning
a. is difficult for adults as well as for children.
b. is done better by grade-schoolers than by adults.
c. begins to be mastered during adolescence.
d. is within the capabilities of one-year-old babies.
Question 5To assess analogical reasoning in infants, Chen and colleagues used this task:
a. tasting similarities in foods that look alike.
b. judging similarities of simple word meanings.
c. using similar movements to retrieve toys.
d. smiling in response to similar musical melodies.
Question 6Piaget theorized that analogical reasoning is a mental skill that is well developed
a. very early, possibly at birth.
b. during the preoperational stage.
c. during the concrete-operational stage.
d. late, during adolescence.
Question 7Children do better at tasks of analogical reasoning when
a. the analogies are applied to familiar objects.
b. family pets are observed while reasoning analogically.
c. punishments and rewards are given following wrong and right responses.
d. training begins prenatally.
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