Which of the Following Was One of the Findings in Testing

question 101

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was one of the findings in testing the principle of conservation?

• A)To Piaget's surprise,four-year-old children recognized that a ball of clay rolled into a sausage shape still had the same amount of clay.
• B)A five-year-old child was able to recognize that when a subordinate class of objects is placed together with a larger class of the same type of object,the whole was larger than either group.
• C)Six- and seven-year-olds recognized that a ball of clay rolled into a sausage shape still had the same amount of clay.
• D)Piaget found that his research worked best if he used the same types of objects and asked the same questions of all of the children that he studied.

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Definitions:

US

The abbreviation for the United States, a country located primarily in North America.

Blocking Effect

A result showing that an animal learns nothing about a stimulus if the stimulus provides no new information.

Conditioning

A behavioral process whereby a response becomes more frequent or more predictable in a given environment as a result of reinforcement, with reinforcement typically being a stimulus or reward for a desired response.

Surprise

An emotional response to unexpected events or information, characterized by heightened interest and physiological arousal.