A teacher plans to assign her students the task of imagining and describing what the world would be like if all water disappeared completely for 24 hours
Piaget would probably predict that only children in the _______ stage of development would be capable of even entertaining this scenario.
a. formal operational
b. preoperational
c. sensorimotor
d. concrete operational
Answer: A
Rationale: Scientific thinking, such as gathering evidence and systematically testing possibilities is characteristic of this stage.
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Which of the following statements correctly describes the rate of PTSD among combat-exposed military personnel since 2001?
a) PTSD has remained stable since 2001, since there have been no new combat experiences for soldiers since 2001. b) Since PTSD is more fully understood, PTSD has declined in soldiers due to better medications. c) The rate of PTSD has tripled since 2001. d) PTSD has increased in combat-exposed women but not in combat-exposed men since 2001.
In the realm of psychological functioning, people who function at the highest levels can be described as
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