The fact that school age children can move from simple addition and subtraction to fractions and decimals demonstrates the belief that cognitive development is the process of becoming more sophisticated in handling information
This is also known as
a. Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
b. Vygotsky's sociocultural approach to cognitive development.
c. the information processing approach.
d. none of these hold this belief.
c
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a. reliability. b. the hindsight bias. c. schemas. d. fundamental attribution error.
Regarding gender role socialization in Western cultures, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Parents often have a vague fear of expressive and emotional behavior in male children. b. Many parents who would not be troubled if their daughters engaged in "masculine" play might be upset if their sons played with dolls. c. Expressive behaviors are encouaged in males, while instrumental behaviors are encouraged in females. d. Gender role socialization teaches individuals to be highly competent in some respects and handicapped in others.