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In the older years of an adult, what happens to response time?

A) Slows
B) Accelerates
C) Shows no predictable trend with age
D) Shows no appreciable change from younger adulhood

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According to Piaget, an individual may have a highly developed level of functioning for one cognitive skill but a much lower level for another cognitive skill. How does he refer to this phenomenon?

A) Object permanence
B) Conservation
C) Horizontal decalage
D) Accommodation

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Seriation is the ability to arrange a set of variables by a certain characteristic.

Piaget's theory of cognitive development has how many major stages?

Implicit memory is unintentional, automatic, or without awareness.

According to Piaget, what is the most serious "deficiency" of preoperational thought?

A child's ability to recognize that an object has not ceased to exist simply because it has disappeared is known as __________.

What do the following sentences refer to : -the individual attempts to adjust existing thought structures to account for new experiences.

According to Piaget, in which process do children attempt to interpret new experiences based on their present interpretation of the world?

According to Piaget, primary circular reactions are repetitive and are characterized by an intense interest in the surrounding environment.

Regarding the four domains of human development, which of the following is true?

What do the following sentences refer to : -an ability to arrange a set of variables based on a certain characteristic.

What do the following sentences refer to : -Piaget's second stage of cognitive development; it lasts for nearly five years and is characterized by imaginative play and the child's increased use of symbols.

Piaget's work has been criticized because he did not use a lifespan orientation.

Implicit and explicit memory appear to follow very different general developmental paths in adulthood, with explicit memory declining and implicit memory staying stable.

What is the most important characteristic of the preoperational stage of development?

Piaget's sensorimotor stage of development lasts from birth through the first two years of life.

Knowing that an object has not increased in weight when the spatial orientation (or shape) has changed is known as __________.

Which of the following is true regarding the ability to realize that certain properties of a substance remain unchanged when the appearance is superficially changed?

According to Piaget, what is true of the stages of cognitive development?