The Study That Examined Kindergartners' Ability to Point to Various

question 126

Multiple Choice

The study that examined kindergartners' ability to point to various locations in their classroom while imagining a walk from their seat to the teacher's chair demonstrated that kindergarten children

• A) are essentially unable to imagine spatial arrangements.
• B) have poor recall of their classroom arrangements.
• C) can easily imagine spatial arrangements while standing stationary.
• D) have mental representations of space that are improved with self-generated motion.

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Definitions:

Environment

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates, encompassing both natural and built contexts.

Reinforcer

Any stimulus which strengthens or increases the probability of a specific response or behavior.

Primary Reinforcers

Innate reinforcing qualities, such as food and water, that satisfy biological needs and do not require learning to become effective.

Radical Behaviorists

Proponents of a branch of psychology that emphasizes the study of observable behavior and the environmental factors that influence it, often minimizing or ignoring internal states like thoughts and feelings.