The Cultural-Context Perspective Is Most Compatible with the Idea That

question 92

Multiple Choice

The cultural-context perspective is most compatible with the idea that:

• A) children construct domain-specific theories that are influenced by specific experiences.
• B) innate capabilities do not make a significant contribution to development.
• C) children undergo generalized transformations as they progress throughout the stages of development.
• D) preschool-aged children engage in illogical thinking, but that characteristic will not be evident in middle childhood and adolescence.

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Definitions:

Equilibrium

A state of balance or stability arising from the equal action of opposing forces.

Self-reinforcement

Administering rewards or punishments to oneself for meeting, exceeding, or falling short of one’s own expectations or standards.

Conscience

An inner feeling or voice viewed as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

Superego

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the part of the psyche that acts as a moral center, incorporating the values and norms of society and acting as a counterbalance to the id.