QUESTION 1:
OPTION A: In psychology, Piaget’s 4 Stages of Cognitive Development is a theory which construes the stages of childhood behaviour development. The 4 sequential stages are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. Listed below are the age range for each stage, as well as certain behaviours learned during this time:
| Stage | Age Range (in years) | What is happening during this stage? |
| Sensorimotor | 0 – 2 | Object permanence (can’t tell the difference between someone exiting a room and exiting into oblivion) |
| Preoperational | 2 – 7 | Egocentrism (common health sci major trait); seriation (can’t count); reversible relationships (basically you’re shallow as f*ck) |
| Concrete Operational | 7 – 11 | Abstract thinking and reasoning (making up random complicated things that no one understands to make yourself sound sophisticated) |
| Formal Operational | 11+ | Metacognition (let’s be honest none of us are here yet) |
If each stage became personified, which would you most closely identify yourself with and why?
OPTION B: In his 2012 hit single “Gangnam Style,” award-winning K-pop artist PSY sings:
“아름다워 사랑스러워
그래 너 hey 그래 바로 너 hey
아름다워 사랑스러워
그래 너 hey 그래 바로 너 hey
지금부터 갈 때까지 가볼까”
How might these lyrics reflect our collective mission to create a more empathetic and equitable world?
QUESTION 2:
OPTION A: In 1968, a strange epidemic plagued a small Canadian town of approximately 2500 inhabitants. The first case of this condition was witnessed in a middle-aged man at the local gas station, who was reported to have suddenly started to do a “little jig” that witnesses described as “disturbing as f*ck” and similar to “the random ass dance move a kid would bust out before staring at you at ten seconds straight then running away.” Over the span of a year, more than half of the population was affected before cases eventually faded out. List three factors that you would consider in developing a theory for the cause of the epidemic.
OPTION B: Graph of most popular ships. Why do you think this is the case?
You have been asked by McMaster to study the phenomena of “shipping” in popular media. To understand the trends in which types of characters get paired together, you start by surveying 100 Avatar: The Last Airbender Fans on their favourite ship. Listed in Figure 1 are the results.
Figure 1
The Procrastinator 