Constructivist Approach Chap 12 Quiz

What does the Latin verb "to construct" translate to in English?

• To build

• To arrange or give structure

• To create

• To develop

Which philosophical movement is mentioned as reacting against narrow empiricism?

• Rationalism

• Constructivism

• Objectivism

• None of the above

Since when have philosophers attempted to describe the nature of reality according to the text?

• Since 700 BCE

• Since 500 BCE

• Since 400 BCE

• Since 300 BCE

What is at the heart of lifespan development as mentioned in the text?

• The nature of reality

• The process of aging

• The ongoing nature of structuring processes

• The study of human growth

Who emphasized the role of minds and thinking in the creation and maintenance of our experience of reality, stating that all experience is an impermanent projection of mind?

• Giambattista Vico

• Immanuel Kant

• The Buddha

• Socrates

According to Giambattista Vico, what does human knowing involve?

• Regulative principles

• An imaginative process of construction of order in experience

• Impermanent projection of mind

• Power of patterns in our thinking

What did Immanuel Kant emphasize about the power of patterns in our thinking?

• They are impermanent projections of mind

• They involve an imaginative process

• They are regulative principles

• They are based on social contexts

According to Hans Vaihinger's philosophy, what do mental processes create to cope with living in an irrational world?

• Truths and realities

• Falsehoods or fictions

• Logical structures

• Empirical data

What is the central theme in Jean Piaget's views on human experience?

• Cognitive dissonance

• Self-organization

• Behavioral adaptation

• Psychological conflict

What does George Kelly's personal construct theory emphasize in the self-organization of personality?

• Emotional stability

• Possibility and pattern

• Social influences

• Innate characteristics