Four-Year-Old Becky Is Playing with Blocks, Stacking Them One on Top

question 21

Multiple Choice

Four-year-old Becky is playing with blocks, stacking them one on top of another until her towers eventually tumble, and then stacking the blocks again. Which one of the following best reflects Piaget's view of how Becky is probably learning in this situation?

• A) Because she is probably still in the sensorimotor stage, she will remember what she learns about the blocks only while the blocks are still in front of her.
• B) She is absorbing information about how the environment behaves e.g., "objects fall") without consciously thinking about it.
• C) She is actively thinking about and interpreting the results of her actions.
• D) Because she builds one tower after another, she is obviously reinforced by watching her towers tumble down.

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Definitions:

Simultaneously

Simultaneously means occurring, operating, or done at the same time.

Inverse Relationship

A relationship between two variables in which an increase in the value of one variable leads to a decrease in the value of the other variable, and vice versa.

Type I Error

The mistaken dismissal of a correct null hypothesis, referred to as a "false positive."

Type II Error

A statistical mistake made by failing to reject a false null hypothesis, also known as a false negative.