When Children Experience Cognitive Conflict in Trying to Understand the World

question 135

Multiple Choice

When children experience cognitive conflict in trying to understand the world, they shift from one stage of thought to the next. The mechanism through which this shift occurs is called

• A) equilibration.
• B) assimilation.
• C) organization.
• D) amalgamation.

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Definitions:

Unbiased Estimators

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Variance

A statistical measure of the distribution's spread, variance quantifies how much the numbers in a data set differ from the mean (or average) of that set.

Relatively More

A comparative term indicating a greater amount, number, or degree in comparison to another or others.

Electronegativity

A measure of the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons.