Sensitivity to _____ Sounds Declines Most as Adults Age

question 232

Multiple Choice

Sensitivity to _____ sounds declines most as adults age.

• A)low-frequency
• B)middle-frequency
• C)high-frequency
• D)decibel

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Definitions:

Conservation

The principle (which Piaget believed to be a part of concrete operational reasoning) that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects.

Piaget's Stages

A theory describing the cognitive development of children, segmented into four stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational.

Sensorimotor Stage

In Piaget’s theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities.

Concrete Operational

A stage in cognitive development, according to Piaget, where children aged about 7-12 years develop logical thinking but are still not capable of abstract thinking.