Professor Giles Asks His Students to Write Down the First

question 110

Multiple Choice

Professor Giles asks his students to write down the first word that come to mind when they see the word fish.Bob writes down sea,James writes down chips,and Angela writes down net.According to the spreading activation theory,this result ___.

• A)is made possible by the connections from the amygdala to the hippocampus
• B)indicates that Professor Giles has not taught the student the correct response
• C)is highly unusual because such different answers would not likely be stimulated by the same probe
• D)makes sense because personal experiences determine how people organize general knowledge

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Definitions:

Play Materials

Items and resources used to facilitate play and encourage learning and development in children.

Piaget

Refers to Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist known for his pioneering work in the study of child development and his theory of cognitive development.

Formal Operational Stage

A phase in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where individuals (around age 11 and older) gain the ability to think abstractly and reason logically.

Cause and Effect

The relationship between events where one is the result of the other or others, a fundamental concept in identifying reasons behind certain outcomes.