Twenty- to Twenty-Eight-Month-Olds Who Are Self-Aware Are

question 46

Multiple Choice

Twenty- to twenty-eight-month-olds who are self-aware are

• A)more likely to say "Mine!" when playing with toys than children who are not self-aware.
• B)less likely to say positive things to their playmates than children who are not self-aware.
• C)more confrontational and aggressive than children who are not self-aware.
• D)less likely to consider the toy to be part of a definition of themselves than children who are not self-aware.

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Definitions:

Figure-Ground Organization

A principle of perception that enables us to distinguish objects (figure) from their background (ground) based on factors like contrast and contour.

Bottom-Up Processing

An approach in perception where processing starts with the sensory input and works its way up to the formation of a perception without preconceived knowledge.

Size Constancy

The phenomenon that one’s perception of an object remains constant even as the retinal image of the object changes size (e.g., because the object has moved closer to or farther away from the perceiver).

Odd-Quadrant Discrimination

A cognitive test focusing on the ability to distinguish between stimuli that vary according to a specific criterion, placed in non-standard quadrants.