Explain why Piaget believed that representational thought was necessary for the development of object permanence
What will be an ideal response?
Students should articulate the idea that mental representations are necessary in order for an infant to think about or
continue to "know" an object after it has been removed from his or her direct sensory or motor contact. Without
symbolic thought, infants have no way of maintaining a mental representation of the continued existence of the
object.
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The decline in college aptitude test scores during the 1960s and 1970s was due in part to:
a. the increasing academic diversity of students taking these tests. b. the standardization of college aptitude tests on more representative samples of the population. c. the introduction of new and increasingly difficult aptitude test questions. d. today's students' inexperience with standardized tests.
According to James Marcia's definition, crisis is __________
a) a period of identity development in which an adolescent consciously chooses between various alternatives and makes decisions b) a period in which the adolescent finds himself/herself in physical jeopardy or danger c) a period in which the adolescent makes a psychological investment in a course of action or an ideology d) a period in which the adolescent finds himself/herself having to make the decision to take a psychological moratorium