A five-year-old child is more likely than a fifteen-year-old child to succeed on which of the following balance scale problems?

Suppose that you are trying to improve your pronunciation of French by listening to French popular songs. You try to imitate the French pronunciation at the same time that you translate the words into English. According to Baddeley's model,

a. you can manage both tasks simultaneously without a decrease in accuracy. b. you'll probably have a difficult time on these tasks, because both tasks involve the phonological loop. c. you'll probably have a difficult time, because the pronunciation involves the visuospatial sketchpad, and the translation involves the phonological loop. d. you will have an easy time if you ignore the central executive, but a difficult time if you use the central executive.

Young Jonah, only a bit over 2 years of age, has been fooled by his parents. In order to get him to willingly take a children's chewable vitamin every day, his parents have taught him that it is a "candy."

Now, whenever Jonah sees any product that is small and brightly colored, he says "Candy! YUMMM" and tries to put it into his mouth. Jonah's attempt to make new stimuli consistent with his existing mental structures is an example of __________. a. assimilation b. egocentrism c. accommodation d. centration