Often New Environments and Experiences Have Characteristics in Common with Experiences

question 160

Multiple Choice

Often new environments and experiences have characteristics in common with experiences people have encountered in the past.According to Piaget, in these types of situations, which adaptive process is used to respond appropriately?

• A)accommodation
• B)conservation
• C)assimilation
• D)centration

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Definitions:

Supplier Factories

Manufacturing facilities that produce goods or components for other companies, under contract or agreement.

Self-Serving Bias

The common human tendency to attribute positive events to one's own character but attribute negative events to external factors.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personal characteristics and ignore situational factors when judging others' behaviors.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A belief or expectation that influences behavior in a way that causes the belief to become true.