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PhilipSeeMore

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Piaget contended that in infancy,
 
  a. reaching was a developmental precursor of looking.
  b. reaching and looking represented the same activity.
  c. looking was a developmental precursor of reaching.
  d. reaching and looking were unrelated behaviors.

Question 2

Which of the following had NOT been used to explain the fact that social cognitive skills tend to hold up better than non-social cognitive skills in later life?
 
  a. The fact that the brain cortex responsible for social cognition skills ages slower than brain areas supporting non-social cognitive skills
  b. The fact that social skills are practiced (exercised) everyday
  c. The fact that older adults tend to have more strongly held beliefs about people when making social-cognitive decisions
  d. The fact that older adults reject the use of rules of thumb in social cognitive decision-making



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d



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