While Playing with Some Candy,3-Year-Old Ruth Places Five Chocolate Pieces

question 66

Multiple Choice

While playing with some candy,3-year-old Ruth places five chocolate pieces in one row and another five pieces in an identical row.She then accidentally pushes the end piece of candy in row one away from the rest.After staring at this new "longer" row,she decides to eat it because,"it now has more candy." Ruth's thinking is explained as the result of the inability to conserve

• A) area.
• B) length.
• C) number.
• D) volume.

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Definitions:

Transduction

The conversion of one form of energy into another form, especially in sensory perception.

Sensory Quality

Characteristics of an object or experience that are perceived through the senses, such as taste, sound, smell, texture, or visual appearance.

False Alarms

In signal detection theory, this refers to instances where a signal is perceived or reported, but no actual signal was present.

Specificity Theory

A principle in sensory physiology proposing that different sensory qualities are signaled by different nerve fibers.