Question 1

How did Piaget test a child's concept of object permanence?​

Accepted Answer

A) He asked children to describe toys that were out of sight. 
B) ​He watched whether a child would reach around a barrier to get a toy. 
C) ​He changed the shape of an object and asked whether it still weighed the same. 
D) ​He measured children's heart rate as they watched magic tricks. 
A) He asked children to describe toys that were out of sight. 
B) ​He watched whether a child would reach around a barrier to get a toy. 
C) ​He changed the shape of an object and asked whether it still weighed the same. 
D) ​He measured children's heart rate as they watched magic tricks.

Question 2

What can children do in the formal operations stage but not in the concrete operations stage?​

Accepted Answer

A) Describe how an object might look from a different point of view 
B) ​Describe what one person knows that another person does not know 
C) ​Understand that objects maintain their mass and volume after changing shape 
D) ​Develop a systematic strategy for solving a problem 
A) Describe how an object might look from a different point of view 
B) ​Describe what one person knows that another person does not know 
C) ​Understand that objects maintain their mass and volume after changing shape 
D) ​Develop a systematic strategy for solving a problem

Question 3

Infants show object permanence if the investigator measures which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) How long infants stare at an apparently impossible event 
B) ​Where infants hold their hands after seeing a toy covered or hidden 
C) ​How often the infant looks back and forth between the mother and the experimenter 
D) ​What sounds the infant makes after seeing a toy covered or hidden 
A) How long infants stare at an apparently impossible event 
B) ​Where infants hold their hands after seeing a toy covered or hidden 
C) ​How often the infant looks back and forth between the mother and the experimenter 
D) ​What sounds the infant makes after seeing a toy covered or hidden

Question 4

​If you explored various identities and then decided about your future,you are in what state?

Accepted Answer

A) Identity diffusion 
B) ​Identity moratorium 
C) ​Identity foreclosure 
D) ​Identity achievement 
A) Identity diffusion 
B) ​Identity moratorium 
C) ​Identity foreclosure 
D) ​Identity achievement

Question 5

In which type(s)of study do researchers have to be concerned about selective attrition (the problem that some participants drop out before the study is complete)?​

Accepted Answer

A) Longitudinal study 
B) ​Cross-sectional study 
C) ​Both longitudinal and cross-sectional studies, but mainly cross-sectional 
D) ​Neither cross-sectional nor longitudinal studies 
A) Longitudinal study 
B) ​Cross-sectional study 
C) ​Both longitudinal and cross-sectional studies, but mainly cross-sectional 
D) ​Neither cross-sectional nor longitudinal studies

Question 6

Which of Piaget's terms means applying an old schema to a new object or problem?​

Accepted Answer

A) Concrete operations 
B) ​Accommodation 
C) ​Assimilation 
D) ​Formal operations 
A) Concrete operations 
B) ​Accommodation 
C) ​Assimilation 
D) ​Formal operations

Question 7

What is one advantage of a cross-sectional study over a longitudinal study?​

Accepted Answer

A) The results apply to all human cultures.​ 
B) ​The participants do not have to give informed consent. 
C) ​All participants are in the same cohort. 
D) ​The study is completed more quickly. 
A) The results apply to all human cultures.​ 
B) ​The participants do not have to give informed consent. 
C) ​All participants are in the same cohort. 
D) ​The study is completed more quickly.

Question 8

​Piaget believed his stages were distinct,and that a child made a complete transition from one to another.Which observation argues against that position?

Accepted Answer

A) Children in other cultures go through different cognitive stages. 
B) ​Children in other cultures go through the same stages but in a different order. 
C) ​Children's cognitive development correlates with their social and emotional development. 
D) ​Children's concepts seem to vary depending on task difficulty. 
A) Children in other cultures go through different cognitive stages. 
B) ​Children in other cultures go through the same stages but in a different order. 
C) ​Children's cognitive development correlates with their social and emotional development. 
D) ​Children's concepts seem to vary depending on task difficulty.

How did Piaget test a child's concept of object permanence?

What can children do in the formal operations stage but not in the concrete operations stage?

Infants show object permanence if the investigator measures which of the following?

If you explored various identities and then decided about your future,you are in what state?

In which type(s)of study do researchers have to be concerned about selective attrition (the problem that some participants drop out before the study is complete)?

Which of Piaget's terms means applying an old schema to a new object or problem?

What is one advantage of a cross-sectional study over a longitudinal study?

Piaget believed his stages were distinct,and that a child made a complete transition from one to another.Which observation argues against that position?

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