Bessie Is at the Grocery Store and Is Trying to Remember

question 47

Multiple Choice

Bessie is at the grocery store and is trying to remember some of the things she needs to buy. She is in the cleaning products aisle looking at the floor cleaning products. She's pretty sure she has another bottle left at home, so she doesn't purchase another. Bessie's perception of her current situation regarding this product reflects her ____.

• A) current state
• B) desired state
• C) actual state
• D) self-concept
• E) self-assessment

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Definitions:

Concrete Operational

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children gain the ability to think logically about concrete events.

Preoperational

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, occurring roughly between the ages of 2 and 7, characterized by an increase in symbolic play and egocentrism but a lack of logical operations.

Theory of Mind

The ability to attribute mental states—beliefs, intents, desires, emotions—to oneself and others and to understand that others have beliefs and perspectives different from one's own.

Conservation

The principle that certain properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects, understanding of which is a key development in early childhood cognition.