In Piaget's Theory, the Stage of Cognitive Development Between 7

question 188

Multiple Choice

In Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development between 7 and 11 years of age, in which an individual can attend to more than one thing at a time and can understand someone else's viewpoint, though the individual is still not capable of fully abstract reasoning, is the ________ stage.

• A) sensory-motor
• B) concrete-operational
• C) formal-operational
• D) preoperational

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Definitions:

Neuron-produced Chemicals

Chemicals, such as neurotransmitters, that are produced by neurons to transmit signals across the synapse to another neuron.

All-or-none Response

A principle that states a neuron fires with the same potency each time, although frequency can vary; it either fires or doesn't.

Electrical Charge

A fundamental property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form.

Threshold

The level of intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested.