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chapter 2 phy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Today environment is seen as more critical to development than biological factors | False |
| altering existing schemes or creating new ones in response to new information | accommodation |
| The Brain Can change | True |
| fitting new information into existing schemes | assimilation |
| Children develop "object permanence" during Piaget's sensorimotor stage | true |
| The difference between what a child can do on his own and what he can do with the assistance of a more capable other | zone of proximal development |
| Genetically programmed, naturally occuring changes over time | maturation |
| Orderly, adaptive changes we go through from conception to death | development |
| There is a debate about whether all people reach the fourth stage of Piaget's theory - formal operations | True |
| Adolescents are less likely to engage in risky behaviors | False |