A Child's Ability to Think About or Evaluate the Quality

question 105

Multiple Choice

A child's ability to think about or evaluate the quality of her thinking is

• A) critical thinking.
• B) conservation.
• C) metacognition.
• D) intelligence.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning by which successive approximations toward a desired behavior are reinforced.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that initially has no inherent value but acquires significance and the ability to elicit a response through its association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers an unconditioned response without prior learning.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus.