With respect to children's use of private speech, research suggests that this speech is (may)

a. unrelated to children's cognitive capabilities.
b. a sign of cognitive maturity.
c. a sign of immature egocentrism.
d. indicate that the child is autistic.

b

Psychology

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Egocentrism is Piaget's terminology for describing the concept of centration, in which the child thinks about the world from his own personal perspective

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology

Why do researchers study an organism's performance if they are really interested in whether the organism has learned?

a. It doesn't matter what they study, since performance and learning are identical. b. Only performance involves a change in behavior or behavior potential. c. Performance changes before learning has occurred. d. Learning cannot ordinarily be directly observed.

Psychology