Children's Misconceptions About the World May Come from a Variety

question 41

Multiple Choice

Children's misconceptions about the world may come from a variety of sources. Which one of the following is not a likely source that theorists have identified?

• A) Children form personal theories based on how the world appears to be.
• B) Teachers and textbooks sometimes provide misinformation.
• C) Children believe the stories that younger children make up.
• D) Common expressions in language e.g., the sun "sets" in the west) misrepresent reality.

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Definitions:

Procreation

The biological process of reproducing offspring; the act of bringing new life into existence.

Conditioning

A process of behavior modification in which a subject learns to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus that elicits the desired response.

Behaviourist

Referring to the school of psychology that focuses on observing and controlling behavior as the main source of psychological research and theory.

Historical View

The perspective that looks at past events and trends to understand how they influence the present and potentially the future.