Seventeen-Year-Old Ashley Is Driving Her Brother's Car When She Has

question 3

Multiple Choice

Seventeen-year-old Ashley is driving her brother's car when she has her first-ever flat tyre. She realises that she needs to find where the spare tyre and the jack and other tools are stored in the car, remove the flat tyre and install the spare tyre. Ashley is approaching the problem by

• A) forming sub-goals.
• B) changing the representation of the problem.
• C) working backward.
• D) searching for analogies.

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Definitions:

Assimilation

The process by which individuals incorporate new information into existing schemas or frameworks of understanding.

Concrete Operational Stage

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where children aged about 7 to 12 years can think logically about concrete events.

Decentering Stage

A cognitive development stage in which children start to understand perspectives and feelings of others, moving beyond self-centered thought.

Abstract Operational Stage

A stage of cognitive development in Jean Piaget's theory, typically occurring from around age 12 and up, when individuals gain the ability to think abstractly and logically.