"Raindrops keep falling on my head

And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed, nothing seems to fit!" These lyrics to a popular song describe a very uncomfortable sleeping arrangement! There are several ways this problem can be solved. If the singer chooses to cut off his feet so that he fits in the existing bed, this would be similar to the Piagetian concept of _____.
A) accommodation
B) assimilation
C) adaptation
D) schema transformation

Answer: B

Psychology

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a) whether the confederates were the same sex as the subjects b) whether there were 3 or 15 confederates c) whether the confederates were the same age as the subject d) whether a confederate voiced a dissenting opinion or not

Psychology

When assessed seven years later, participants in Willis and Schaie's longitudinal intervention study performed ____ on memory, reasoning, and processing-speed tasks as compared to the control group

a. slightly better b. significantly better c. slightly worse d. significantly worse

Psychology