Five-Year-Old Steven Climbs Up the Small Tree in His Parents

question 560

Multiple Choice

Five-year-old Steven climbs up the small tree in his parents' backyard. When he's ready to come down, he begins to cry for his mother to help. Steven's inability to retrace his steps to go back down the tree illustrates that Steven's thinking lacks

• A)animism.
• B)reversibility.
• C)object permanence.
• D)conservation.

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Definitions:

Qualitative Research Methods

Research strategies focusing on understanding the quality, meaning, or essence of human experience and social phenomena, often through interviews, observations, and textual analysis.

Overgeneralization

Overgeneralization is a cognitive distortion involving broad conclusions or general statements based on a single event or piece of evidence, often leading to inaccurate judgements or stereotypes.

Authenticity

The quality of being genuine, real, or true, not copied or false; a concept highly valued in various contexts from art to personal identity.

Ethics

A branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior, focusing on the morality of actions, duties, rights, and the goodness of characters.