Polina Is Three Years Old

question 156

Multiple Choice

Polina is three years old. She is just beginning to understand concepts such as "dog," "cat," "chair," and "sofa," and to understand how these concepts differ from one another. In other words, she is just beginning ____.

• A) to employ framing
• B) to use heuristics
• C) to develop schemas
• D) to develop scripts

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Definitions:

Egocentrism

A cognitive characteristic where an individual has difficulty understanding or assuming any perspective other than their own.

Sociocentrism

The tendency to view one's own social group as centrally important and superior to other groups.

Symbolic Thinking

The ability to use symbols, words, or objects to represent something that is not physically present.

Preoperational Child

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development describing children aged 2 to 7, characterized by the development of language and symbolic thought but limited in logical reasoning.