A Researcher Who Explains a Child's Poor Performance on a Cognitive

question 377

Multiple Choice

A researcher who explains a child's poor performance on a cognitive task as being due to the child's inefficient search strategies and the child's lack of awareness of his own cognitive processes would best be described as taking a(n) _______________ approach to cognitive development.

• A)Piagetian
• B)information-processing
• C)behavioural
• D)discontinuous

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Definitions:

Dissociative Identity Disorder

A psychiatric disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states that control a person's behavior in different situations.

Gender

A social and cultural construct relating to behaviors, roles, expectations, and identities based on perceived sex differences, often categorized as male, female, or non-binary.

Sexual Orientation

An enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or both, or more than one gender.

Overdiagnosed

Refers to the occurrence when a condition or disease is diagnosed more frequently than it actually exists, possibly leading to unnecessary treatment.