A Child Is Able to Pretend That a Large Box

question 106

Multiple Choice

A child is able to pretend that a large box is a school bus. Later that day, she has difficulty reversing her actions and completing a puzzle after she has taken it apart. Piaget would suggest that she is in the:

• A) concrete operations stage.
• B) sensorimotor stage.
• C) formal operations stage.
• D) preoperational stage.

Understand the differences between variable costing and absorption costing.

Calculate fixed and variable costs based on CVP income statement data.

Understand different methods of dealing with anger and their efficacy.

Recognize that disgust is at least partially a learned emotion.

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcement

A stimulus that satisfies basic survival needs and is inherently rewarding, such as food, water, or warmth, used in behavioral conditioning.

Negative Reinforcer

A stimulus whose removal or avoidance following a behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future.

Conditioned Stimulus

A formerly neutral signal that, once it is linked with an unconditioned stimulus, ultimately evokes a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.