An Increased Commitment to a Previous Decision Despite Evidence That

question 60

Multiple Choice

An increased commitment to a previous decision despite evidence that it may have been wrong is referred to as ________.

• A)economies of commitment
• B)escalation of commitment
• C)dimensional commitment
• D)expansion of commitment
• E)incremental commitment

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Definitions:

Cognitive Development

How individuals assimilate, reflect upon, and grasp their surroundings via the combined effects of innate and experiential influences.

Developmental Sequences

The predictable order in which children typically develop skills or achieve milestones across various domains such as physical, social, or cognitive.

Piaget

A theorist known for his work in developmental psychology, particularly in the study of children's cognitive development.

Moral Realism

The first stage in Piaget’s cognitive-developmental theory of moral development. In this stage, children judge acts as moral when they conform to authority or to the rules of the game. Morality is perceived as embedded in the structure of the universe.