Questions and Fully Correct Answers for Human
Behavior, Social Work Ethics, Research &
Assessment
Egocentrism - correct answer in Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's
difficulty taking another's point of view
Centration - correct answer a preoperational thought pattern involving the
inability to take into account more than one factor at a time ex:when child is
thirsty, they will want to drink out of a big glass because they think it holds
more juice
Irreversibilty - correct answer the inability in a preoperational child to think
through a series of event or mental operations then mentally reverse the steps
Classification - correct answer the basic cognitive process of arranging into
classes or categories
Seriation - correct answer arranging objects in sequential order according to
one aspect, such as size, weight, or volume
Conservation - correct answer The principle that properties such as mass,
volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of
objects.
Erikson's psychosocial theory - correct answer personality develops through
confronting a series of eight major psychosocial stages, each of which
involves a different "crisis" over how we view ourselves in relation to other
people and the world