In Middle Childhood, Piaget Believed That Children Are in the Period

question 189

Multiple Choice

In middle childhood, Piaget believed that children are in the period of _____ thought.

• A) formal operational
• B) preoperational
• C) metacognitive
• D) concrete operational

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Definitions:

S Data

Self-report data, where individuals provide information about themselves, typically through surveys or questionnaires.

I Data

Informants’ data, or judgments made by knowledgeable informants about general attributes of an individual’s personality.

Heuristic Errors

Heuristic errors refer to mistakes made in judgment or decision-making processes due to the use of simple and efficient rules (heuristics) that the human brain uses to process information quickly but sometimes inaccurately.

Biases

A tendency to lean in a certain direction, either in favor of or against something, often without a neutral standpoint.