Piaget's View of Cognitive Development Can Best Be Described As

question 49

Multiple Choice

Piaget's view of cognitive development can best be described as:

• A)a gradual and steady progression of intellectual capabilities.
• B)discrete stages in which distinctly different forms of logical thought emerge.
• C)changes in the brain that result in increasingly rapid learning.
• D)an increasing number of stimulus-response connections over time.

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Definitions:

Skinner

B.F. Skinner was an influential American psychologist known for his work on behaviorism and developing the theory of operant conditioning.

Thorndike

An American psychologist famous for his work on learning theory and the law of effect, which states that behaviors followed by positive outcomes are likely to recur.

CS Without US

This refers to a condition where a conditioned stimulus (CS) is presented without pairing with an unconditioned stimulus (US), generally leading to extinction in classical conditioning.

Conditioning Process

A learning process in which an individual learns to associate a specific stimulus with a particular response.