In Her First Trip to a Zoo, 7-Year-Old Latisha Notices

question 15

Multiple Choice

In her first trip to a zoo, 7-year-old Latisha notices that leopards have paws very similar in shape to her cat Snowball's paws. She also notices that leopards walk in much the same way that Snowball does. Latisha starts to wonder if perhaps leopards are cats. Latisha's thinking illustrates Piaget's idea that thought is characterized by:

• A) egocentrism
• B) conservation
• C) use of schemes
• D) compartmentalization

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Definitions:

Binomial Probability

The probability of obtaining a specific number of successes out of a fixed number of binary trials.

Binomial Random Variable

A type of discrete random variable that counts how often a particular event occurs in a fixed number of tries or trials.

Normal Approximation

A statistical method where a binomial distribution is approximated using the normal distribution, usually applied when sample sizes are large.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.