If You Ask a Child to Watch You as You

question 35

Multiple Choice

If you ask a child to watch you as you take one of two identical balls of clay and roll that ball into a clay snake, and the child then thinks there is more clay in the snake because it is longer than the other ball, the child has

• A) used transductive reasoning to frame their answer.
• B) centered on only one aspect of the situation (the length) and ignored other aspects (the height or diameter).
• C) attributed a characteristic of a living organism to the clay snake.
• D) failed to store the image of the identical balls of clay in their memory.

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Definitions:

Organismic Needs

Fundamental human needs identified in various psychological theories that are innate and drive behavior, such as physiological, safety, love, and esteem needs.

Intrinsic Motivation

The drive to engage in an activity for its own sake, rather than for the sake of obtaining a reward or avoiding punishment.

Extrinsic Motivation

The drive to perform an activity due to external rewards or pressures, rather than for intrinsic satisfaction.

Extrinsic Motivation

Motivation that stems from outward incentives like financial gain, recognition, academic scores, or commendation.