Vocabulary Quiz

Our ability to compare objects, recall visual objects, and understanding the relationship between objects relates to:

• visual illusions

• visual perception

• emotional intelligence

• cultural intelligence

The Japanese concept of kizuna relates to:

• the ability to self-reflect

• the ability to evaluate a person’s own sense of social responsibility

• the social relationships formed when working collaboratively in groups

• people’s feelings

A socialization practice in many traditional Mexican villages that encourages cooperation in helping others is:

• accommodation

• acomedido

• simpatico

• collectivism

Maynard argues that Piaget’s theory is agreeable to cross-cultural explorations because:

• cultural practices in social interactions help shape children’s cognitive outcomes

• biological maturation does not connect to cultural experience

• problem-solving is not useful to adapt to one’s environment

• Piaget’s methods and test choices lent themselves to cross-cultural comparisons

Jill has learned how to walk up and down the stairs. This organized pattern of action is:

• a schema

• an example of concrete thinking

• an example of preoperational thinking

• an example of formal thinking

A child in Western thinking was able to think about the world in a logical and ordered fashion is in which of Piaget’s cognitive stages?

• sensorimotor

• preoperational

• concrete

• formal

Social justice relates to issues that involve:

• criminal court cases

• traffic violations

• social issues

• inequality

Rebecca knows how to play the clarinet and wants to learn how to play the flute. She is relying on what she already knows about playing the clarinet to learn the new instrument. This is an example of:

• assimilation

• equilibrium

• accommodation

• disequilibrium

Piaget believed children demonstrate their ability to adapt to their environment by moving between which of the following process pairs?

• assimilation and accommodation

• equilibrium and disequilibrium

• assimilation and equilibrium

• accommodation and equilibrium

Which field introduced the term ‘cultural intelligence’ into the literature?

• health care

• international business

• anthropology

• psychology