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**131. According to Piaget, the process through which a young child relates something he sees to something he already knows is called _____________?**

**B. assimilation**
A. accommodation
C. formal operation
D. concrete operation

**132. Kohlberg indicates that at the most primitive level of moral development, morality is decided by ____________?**

A. reward and punishment
B. individual conscience
**C. social approval**
D. religious values

**133. Piaget contended that the initial forms of thought are _____________?**

A. early action schemes
B. verbal symbols
**C. visual symbols**
D. spoken (not mental) verbal symbols

**134. According to Piaget, a child can represent things with words and images but cannot reason with logic during the _____________ stage?**

A. concrete operational
B. sensorimotor
C. formal operational
**D. preoperational**

**135. The earliest emotion evident in the newborn is ______________?**

**A. delight**
B. shyness
C. affection
D. excitement

**136. When a child acquires the ability to represent the world internally through the use of symbols, he enters which of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?**

A. sensorimotor
**B. secondary circular reactions**
C. concrete operational
D. preoperational

**137. During the third through the eighth week of pregnancy, the developing child can be accurately referred to as the ______________?**

A. prenate
B. zygote
**C. embryo**
D. fetus

**138. Identical twins raised separately and found to have similar IQ are cited as examples of the contribution made to intelligence by _____________?**

A. environment
**B. heredity**
C. infant stimulation
D. parental interaction

**139. According to Piaget, the sensorimotor stage is characterized by _____________?**

A. concrete operations
B. formal operations
**C. primary and secondary circular reactions**
D. conservation

**140. High correlation with premature birth has been found in cases where the mother’s behavior included _____________?**

A. depression
B. exposure to radiation
**C. smoking**
D. alcoholic beverages

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