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wrbasek0 · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

In which type of play are children engaged in similar or identical activity, without organization, division of labor, or mutual goal?

a. Solitary
b. Parallel
c. Associative
d. Cooperative

Question 2

A visitor arrives at a daycare center during lunch time. The preschool children think that every time they have lunch a visitor will arrive. Which preoperational characteristic is being displayed?

a. Egocentrism
b. Transductive reasoning
c. Intuitive reasoning
d. Conservation

AmberC1996 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
In associative play, no group goal is present. Each child acts according to his or her own wishes. Although the children may be involved in similar activities, no organization, division of labor, leadership assignment, or mutual goal exists. Solitary play describes children playing alone with toys different from those used by other children in the same area. Parallel play describes children playing independently but being among other children. Cooperative play is organized. Children play in a group with other children who play in activities for a common goal.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Transductive reasoning is when two events occur together, they cause each other. The expectation that every time lunch is served a visitor will arrive is descriptive of transductive reasoning. Egocentrism is the inability to see things from any perspective than their own. Intuitive reasoning (e.g., the stars have to go to bed just as they do) is predominantly egocentric thought. Conservation (able to realize that physical factors such as volume, weight, and number remain the same even though outward appearances are changed) does not occur until school age.