According to Piaget, When Children First Mentally Represent the World

question 86

Multiple Choice

According to Piaget, when children first mentally represent the world, they

• A) exhibit thinking that is unlimited and flexible.
• B) are adept at forming mental representations of actions that obey logical rules.
• C) assume that others perceive, think, and feel the same way they do.
• D) are especially adept at distinguishing other people's symbolic viewpoints from their own.

Identify how person perception is formed and its effects on social judgments.

Understand the effects of attractiveness on person perception and social treatment.

Explain the concept of illusory correlations and how they contribute to biased perceptions.

Comprehend the role of attributions in explaining one's own and others' behavior.

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Definitions:

Child Soldiers

Young individuals, often minors, who are used in military conflicts as soldiers or in related roles.

Sexual Dimorphism

The systematic difference in form between individuals of different sex in the same species, including differences in size, color, or structure.

Sexual Selection

A type of natural selection where individuals with certain inherited characteristics are more likely than others to obtain mates, affecting the reproductive success of species.

Genetic Drift

The chance fluctuations of allele frequencies in the gene pool of a population.