A Researcher Asks Zeke and Carlos, "What Do You Think

question 166

Multiple Choice

A researcher asks Zeke and Carlos, "What do you think would happen if it suddenly became possible for people to fly, like the birds? Zeke responds that "people can't fly," while Carlos comes up with several interesting possibilities about "humans flying." Zeke is most likely in the _____ stage of cognitive development, while Carlos is most likely in the _____ stage.

• A)sensorimotor; preoperational
• B)preoperational; concrete operational
• C)concrete operational; formal operations
• D)formal operations; concrete operational

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

The process of acquiring new behaviors, skills, or attitudes by watching and imitating the actions of others.

Conditioned Response

A response developed from conditioning, where a formerly neutral stimulus is now associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eliciting a learned reaction.

Rescorla

A significant figure in psychology, known for his work with Robert A. Wagner on the Rescorla-Wagner model of classical conditioning, focusing on how stimuli are associated.

Unconditioned Response

A natural, automatic reaction to a stimulus that occurs without prior learning or conditioning.