1 University of Southern California School of Social Work SOWK 503 Quiz 3 (100 points; 10% of course grade) Due: November 15, 2014; 6pm Guidelines This take home quiz is intended to help you demonstrate your reading and mastery of Units 9, 10, and 11. In this assignment you will demonstrate your understanding of the concepts and theories through critical analysis and graduate level writing. The quiz is open book and open note, but you are not to work with your colleagues or classmates. You must cite appropriately, including from readings, class lecture, or outside resources. There are 4 questions, each worth 25 points. Please answer each question, then provide the rationale for your answer in a one page, double-‐spaced response. 1. Two central concepts in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development are assimilation and accommodation. On, 9/11, Ella was watching the news and saw the first plane hit the World Trade Center complex in New York City. She thought it had to be an accident. When, the second plane hit, she knew that this could not be an accident. For the next few days, Ella watched the attacks over and over, trying to make sense of the events. Ella’s actions are an example of: A. Assimilation B. Conservation C. Accommodation D. Schemata 2. John went to the fair with his sister. They ate a lot of different foods, some of which John had never tasted before. Later that night, John became sick because of the flu. His vomiting, high fever, and chills lasted for 24 hours. Even after he got better, every time he smelled the type of new food he tried at the fair, he felt nauseous. He did not feel this way about food he had eaten that was familiar to him. John’s response of nausea to the ...