Jack is taking a class on Piaget, and as part of an assignment, he is "testing" someyoungsters on various Piagetian tasks. He gives four-year-old Meg a bag of white and striped marbles. They discuss the fact that marbles are made of glass. Meg counts the marbles—7 whites and 18 stripes. Jack asks, "Are there more striped marbles or more glass marbles?" Meg answers, "There are more striped

marbles." This demonstrates Meg's difficulty with

a. class inclusion.
b. conservation.
c. identity.
d. transformations.

a

Psychology

You might also like to view...

The term "personality type" refers to

a. a particular pattern of thinking and behaving that prevails across time and situations, differentiating one person from another. b. different categories into which personality characteristics can be assigned. c. an enduring personal characteristic that reveals itself in a particular pattern of behavior across a variety of situations. d. individual differences in cognition and behavior. e. the personal tendencies that appear in childhood and are modified by subsequent experience.

Psychology

According to Holland, people with a ________ personality are down-to-earth, practical problem solvers who are physically strong, but their social skills are mediocre and they make good farmers, laborers, and truck drivers

A) intellectual B) realistic C) enterprising D) conventional

Psychology