Question

Question at position 1
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Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 1

Grouping together events, ideas, and objects that share similar characteristics is part of:


identity formation.


accommodation.


idea grouping.


concept formation.

Question at position 2
2

Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 2

José is 10 and is starting to think logically about concrete things. He would be in the _____ stage.


formal operations

concrete operations

D. preoperational

sensorimotor
Question at position 3
3

Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 3

Calling all animals "cows" is an example of:


overgeneralization.


concept formation.


assimilation.


underextending.
Question at position 4
4

Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 4

A child had a red toy truck. When he went to play with a new friend, the friend had an orange truck and a blue truck. The fact that he now knows all of these are trucks shows:


accommodation.


concept reduction.


assimilation.


concept resolution.

Question at position 5
5

Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 5

A child has learned to speak but is not able to understand the rules of a game. He is likely in the _____ stage.


preoperational


formal operations


concrete operations


sensorimotor

Question at position 6
6

Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 6

A child is learning how it feels to move her mouth and make sounds. She is in the _____ stage.


concrete operations


preoperational


sensorimotor


formal operations

Question at position 7
7

Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 7

Jarod used to think that all vegetables were green. Then one day, he had some beets, which are red. This led to an adjustment in an existing schema, in the process known as:


concept flexibility.


concept resolution.


accommodation.


assimilation.

Question at position 8
8

Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 8

Different languages have different sounds. If a child doesn't hear a certain sound in the language he or she is hearing, what happens?


The child will use the sound when he or she coos.


The child will lose sensitivity to that sound.


The child will still be able to use it if he or she needs it as he or she grows up.


The child will still babble using that sound.

Question at position 9
9

Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 9

Most language researchers think the interactionist perspective offers the best explanation for language. What does this perspective say?


Language happens naturally.


Language is a result of reinforcement.


Language is a result of nature and nurture.


Language is innate.
Question at position 10
10

Multiple Choice
1 point



Question at position 10

Behaviorists such as B. F. Skinner proposed a _____ theory of language development that said language is entirely learned.


interactionist

naturist


cognitivist


nurturist

Answer 1

1. Concept formation.

2. Concrete operations.

3. Assimilation.

4. Assimilation.

5. Preoperational.

6. Sensorimotor.

7. Accommodation.

8. The child will lose sensitivity to that sound.

9. Language is a result of nature and nurture.

10. Nurturist.