Patients with Damage to the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Perform

question 67

Multiple Choice

Patients with damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex perform:

• A) better on the Wason card-selection task presented with meaningful content.
• B) better on the Wason card-selection task presented without meaningful content.
• C) equally well on the Wason card-selection task,regardless of content.
• D) equally poorly on the Wason card-selection task,regardless of content.

Distinguish between Piaget's and Vygotsky's theories of cognitive development, including the role of social interaction and scaffolding.

Identify the criticisms applied to Piaget's stage theory and understand the concept of cognitive development as a continuous process.

Recognize the stages of cognitive development across the lifespan as proposed by K.Warner Schaie.

Understand the concept of postformal thought and how it integrates relativism and the absence of absolute truths in problem-solving.

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