According to Piaget, at What Age Will Most Children Enter

question 95

Multiple Choice

According to Piaget, at what age will most children enter the concrete operations stage of cognitive development?

• A) usually by age 2
• B) between the ages of 4 and 6
• C) by age 7
• D) by age 12

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Definitions:

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a conditioned stimulus is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique that involves replacing an unwanted response to a stimulus with a desired response.

Shaping

A method of positive reinforcement in operant conditioning that rewards closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior.

Negative Punishment

A behavior modification technique where a desirable stimulus is removed following a behavior, with the intention of decreasing that behavior.