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APUS57 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Four-year-old Kristen was asked if her mother's friend Jennifer was her aunt. Kristen responded: yes, because she is a female adult who loves me and comes to my house for Thanksgiving. Kristen was not able to identify that Jennifer is a_______________ of aunts.

a. correlational feature
b. defining feature
c. positive instance
d. negative instance

Question 2

Four-year-old Becky is playing with blocks, stacking them one on top of another until her towers eventually tumble, and then stacking the blocks again. Which one of the following best reflects Piaget's view of how Becky is probably learning in this situation?

a. Because she is probably still in the sensorimotor stage, she will remember what she learns about the blocks only while the blocks are still in front of her.
b. She is absorbing information about how the environment behaves (e.g., objects fall) without consciously thinking about it.
c. She is actively thinking about and interpreting the results of her actions.
d. Because she builds one tower after another, she is obviously reinforced by watching her towers tumble down.