Describe at least one criticism of Piaget's sensorimotor theory
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
- It required motor ability; babies had to at least be able to crawl to look for the hidden object.
- It may reflect a failure of memory rather than an inability to understand object permanence. In other words, they may know the object exists somewhere but just forgot exactly where.
- It was developed in only one culture.
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Pavlov's demonstration of classical conditioning showed that learning could occur by pairing
a) a reflex response with a conditioned response. b) food with salivation. c) an unconditioned stimulus with an unconditioned response. d) an unconditioned stimulus with a neutral stimulus.
Which of the following is an example of when an individual must perform divided attention?
a. driving a car while navigating with a map and carrying on a conversation b. using a blender while baking a cake c. painting a picture while passively listening to music d. planting a garden in the spring