A researcher exposes older adults to a list of words related to the ocean (e.g., water, fish, boat) without having them memorize the list. Later, when given a list of fragmented words to complete (e.g., S_A), the participants are more likely to fill in “SEA” than those who didn’t see the ocean-related list. This cognitive influence of recent experience on behavior is known as:

In 4-year-old Amanda’s preschool class, the group discussion involved airplanes. After that, Amanda considered herself an expert on airplanes and believed she knew everything there was to know about airplanes, even though she was unable to provide a reasonable explanation about why she thought she knew so much about airplanes. According to Piaget, in this example, Amanda is demonstrating

According to Piaget, adolescents in the formal operational stage differ from 9-year-olds in the concrete operational stage in that 9-year-olds cannot

A 7-year-old learns a new memory strategy (creating acronyms) but finds that her recall performance actually gets worse for a few weeks before it finally starts to improve. This temporary lack of benefit while using a newly-learned, appropriate strategy is known as:

Which of the following is the best description of Piaget’s “symbolic thought”?

Lucas calls every four-leg animal he sees a cat. According to Piaget’s theory, this is an example of:

The adult thinking process in which every idea implies an opposite idea, and both the idea and its opposite can be integrated into a synthesis is referred to as:

The belief, often observed among adolescents, that one cannot be harmed by things that would hurt most people is referred to as:

A dialectical thinker is likely to recognize the:

Marco, a 15-year-old, is playing soccer. Despite having great strength and conditioning, he often seems to trip over his own feet, and he is struggling to master complex ball-handling maneuvers that require constant, rapid adjustments to his body position. His coach suggests this might be due to a temporary developmental challenge. As discussed in your textbook, this period of “transient motor awkwardness” in adolescence is thought to be related to the incomplete maturation of which sensorimotor skills?