What Is a Legitimate Question Concerning the Lack of Success

question 107

Multiple Choice

What is a legitimate question concerning the lack of success of older adults on Piagetian tasks?

• A) Could it be due to a lack of motivation to solve tasks that are so rarely encountered in real life?
• B) Could it be due to the over emphasis on IQ testing common to Piagetian tasks?
• C) Could it be due to slower reaction times commonly found in older study participants?
• D) Could it be due to the fact that normal hearing is required to solve all of Piaget's tasks?

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Definitions:

Psychoanalytic Circle

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Freud's Circle

The group of early psychologists and psychoanalysts who were closely associated with Sigmund Freud and his psychoanalytic theories.

Maslow

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