Question

0.5 pts
piaget proposed that new ways of thinking are formed during each state of development. during the
process of assimilation, new information:
○ is incorporated into an existing way of thinking.
○ leads to a change in an existing way of thinking or the creation of a new way of thinking.
○ is ignored.
○ is rejected.
question 5
0.5 pts
taj is writing a paper on global warming. he only includes research findings that support his own
beliefs about global warming because he thinks that all the contradictory findings must be the result
of flawed research. this is an example of
○ hindsight bias.
○ confirmation bias.
○ seeing relationships that do not exist.
○ misunderstanding or not using statistics.

Explanation:

For the first question: Piaget's assimilation refers to taking in new information and fitting it into existing cognitive frameworks without changing those frameworks. The option describing changing thinking refers to accommodation, while ignoring/rejecting are not part of assimilation.
For the second question: Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek, favor, and interpret information that aligns with pre-existing beliefs, while dismissing contradictory evidence, which matches Taj's behavior. Hindsight bias relates to after-the-fact judgments, the other options do not fit the scenario.

Answer:

1. is incorporated into an existing way of thinking.
2. confirmation bias.