Question 1

Maxine is 5 years old and is being taught about a new bird, the quetzal, by an adult.She is most likely to prefer to learn:

Accepted Answer

A)  about general species of birds regardless of how knowledgeable the adult is 
B)  about general species of birds if the adult is knowledgeable 
C)  about this particular bird if the adult is knowledgeable 
D)  about this particular category of bird regardless of how knowledgeable the adult is 
A)  about general species of birds regardless of how knowledgeable the adult is 
B)  about general species of birds if the adult is knowledgeable 
C)  about this particular bird if the adult is knowledgeable 
D)  about this particular category of bird regardless of how knowledgeable the adult is

Question 2

Skinner believed that parents respond more positively to babble that resembles adult speech sounds and more negatively to those that do not, guiding and shaping the child's speech to become more like a mature speaker's.This belief points to the importance of ________ constraints.

Accepted Answer

A)  emergent 
B)  foundational 
C)  global 
D)  local 
A)  emergent 
B)  foundational 
C)  global 
D)  local

Question 3

Chandler is solving a math problem and figures out which principles to use for the particular task.This illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A)  applicational competence 
B)  conceptual competence 
C)  procedural competence 
D)  utilizational competence 
A)  applicational competence 
B)  conceptual competence 
C)  procedural competence 
D)  utilizational competence

Question 4

Which of the following is true of children's representation of spatial relations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both preoperational and concrete operational children think about and remember spatial layouts and relations in terms of their own point of view. 
B)  Only preoperational children think about and remember spatial layouts and relations in terms of their own point of view. 
C)  Only concrete operational children think about and remember spatial layouts and relations in terms of their own point of view. 
D)  Both preoperational and concrete operational children think about and remember spatial layouts and relations in terms of independent coordinates. 
A)  Both preoperational and concrete operational children think about and remember spatial layouts and relations in terms of their own point of view. 
B)  Only preoperational children think about and remember spatial layouts and relations in terms of their own point of view. 
C)  Only concrete operational children think about and remember spatial layouts and relations in terms of their own point of view. 
D)  Both preoperational and concrete operational children think about and remember spatial layouts and relations in terms of independent coordinates.

Question 5

All of the following statements about numerical understanding are true EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  infants seem to have some sense of numerosity of small displays and some intuitive arithmetic skills 
B)  infants' understanding of number is similar to preschoolers' understanding of number 
C)  young children do not usually understand-sometimes until age 10-that a count can proceed in any order 
D)  children's increasing understanding of number words and plural forms may help them see more complex numerical relations 
A)  infants seem to have some sense of numerosity of small displays and some intuitive arithmetic skills 
B)  infants' understanding of number is similar to preschoolers' understanding of number 
C)  young children do not usually understand-sometimes until age 10-that a count can proceed in any order 
D)  children's increasing understanding of number words and plural forms may help them see more complex numerical relations

Question 6

Ms.Stout is a second grade teacher.She carefully designs a lesson to help one of her students advance to a new level of mathematical understanding.The student transitions into a new zone of ________ development.

Accepted Answer

A)  conterminous 
B)  distal 
C)  proximal 
D)  scaffolded 
A)  conterminous 
B)  distal 
C)  proximal 
D)  scaffolded

Question 7

Describe the three logical operators necessary for conservation that Piaget believed the preoperational child lacked.

Accepted Answer

Piaget believed that preoperational chil

Question 8

Carey asked preschoolers questions such as "do worms eat?" Her findings suggest a ________ view of development.

Accepted Answer

A)  biology out of physical mechanics 
B)  biology out of psychology 
C)  psychology out of biology 
D)  psychology out of physical mechanics 
A)  biology out of physical mechanics 
B)  biology out of psychology 
C)  psychology out of biology 
D)  psychology out of physical mechanics

Question 9

Leilani is in the period of formal operations and her sister Elise is in the period of concrete operations.When faced with Piaget's pendulum task, which is the most likely result?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both Leilani and Elise will tinker with the system without systematically controlling variables. 
B)  Only Leilani will carefully test the effects of changing a single variable holding everything else constant. 
C)  Only Elise will carefully test the effects of changing a single variable holding everything else constant. 
D)  Both Leilani and Elise will carefully test the effects of changing a single variable holding everything else constant. 
A)  Both Leilani and Elise will tinker with the system without systematically controlling variables. 
B)  Only Leilani will carefully test the effects of changing a single variable holding everything else constant. 
C)  Only Elise will carefully test the effects of changing a single variable holding everything else constant. 
D)  Both Leilani and Elise will carefully test the effects of changing a single variable holding everything else constant.

Question 10

Describe the achievements and limitations of a preschooler's counting ability.

Accepted Answer

Toddlers show their first attempts at co

Question 11

________ is/are used to mentally represent the spatial layout of the environment and infer distance, direction, and ways of navigating.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognitive maps 
B)  Cognitive schemas 
C)  Geometric information 
D)  Landmark processes 
A)  Cognitive maps 
B)  Cognitive schemas 
C)  Geometric information 
D)  Landmark processes

Question 12

What logical operator is necessary to successfully reason about class-inclusion relations?

Accepted Answer

A)  centration 
B)  compensation 
C)  equivalences 
D)  reversibility 
A)  centration 
B)  compensation 
C)  equivalences 
D)  reversibility

Question 13

Define conservation and provide examples of two conservation tasks.

Accepted Answer

Conservation involves successfully judgi

Question 14

All of the following statements about counting across cultures are true EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  almost every culture's number system shares fundamental assumptions about what numbers are 
B)  almost every culture's number system shares fundamental assumptions about what sorts of operations can be performed on numbers 
C)  children all over the world engage in counting and are quite similar in their counting patterns 
D)  children all over the world vary considerably in how they link counting to other forms of mathematical knowledge 
A)  almost every culture's number system shares fundamental assumptions about what numbers are 
B)  almost every culture's number system shares fundamental assumptions about what sorts of operations can be performed on numbers 
C)  children all over the world engage in counting and are quite similar in their counting patterns 
D)  children all over the world vary considerably in how they link counting to other forms of mathematical knowledge

Question 15

Donaldson did two variations on Piaget's number conservation task with two rows of objects.In one variation, the clumsy experimenter pretends to slip and accidentally change the length of one of the rows.In a second version, the child sees a naughty teddy bear change the length of one of the rows.Which of the following is true of these variations on the number conservation task?

Accepted Answer

A)  Preschoolers are likely to fail all three of these versions of the number conservation task. 
B)  Preschoolers are more likely to succeed on the naughty teddy bear task than both the clumsy experimenter task and traditional number conservation task. 
C)  Preschoolers are more likely to succeed on the clumsy experimenter task than both the naughty teddy bear task and traditional number conservation task. 
D)  Preschoolers are more likely to succeed on both the naughty teddy bear task and clumsy experimenter task than the traditional number conservation task. 
A)  Preschoolers are likely to fail all three of these versions of the number conservation task. 
B)  Preschoolers are more likely to succeed on the naughty teddy bear task than both the clumsy experimenter task and traditional number conservation task. 
C)  Preschoolers are more likely to succeed on the clumsy experimenter task than both the naughty teddy bear task and traditional number conservation task. 
D)  Preschoolers are more likely to succeed on both the naughty teddy bear task and clumsy experimenter task than the traditional number conservation task.

Question 16

List three alternative reasons why young children who understand conservation may fail conversation tasks.

Accepted Answer

First, the traditional conservation task

Question 17

All of the following are correct associations between a period of cognitive development and relevant cognitive skills EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  sensorimotor: object permanence 
B)  preoperational: symbolic representations 
C)  concrete operational: hypothetico-deductive reasoning 
D)  formal operational: scientific reasoning 
A)  sensorimotor: object permanence 
B)  preoperational: symbolic representations 
C)  concrete operational: hypothetico-deductive reasoning 
D)  formal operational: scientific reasoning

Question 18

________ is the belief that living things have underlying realities that are responsible for their surface properties.

Accepted Answer

A)  Animism 
B)  Centration 
C)  Essentialism 
D)  Vitalism 
A)  Animism 
B)  Centration 
C)  Essentialism 
D)  Vitalism

Question 19

How would the performance of a concrete operational child differ from that of a formal operational child on the pendulum task?

Accepted Answer

The hallmark of the formal operational p

Question 20

Describe Piaget's theory using the three dimensions of cognitive development.

Accepted Answer

Piaget believed in qualitative transitio

Maxine is 5 years old and is being taught about a new bird, the quetzal, by an adult.She is most likely to prefer to learn:

Skinner believed that parents respond more positively to babble that resembles adult speech sounds and more negatively to those that do not, guiding and shaping the child's speech to become more like a mature speaker's.This belief points to the importance of ________ constraints.

Chandler is solving a math problem and figures out which principles to use for the particular task.This illustrates:

Which of the following is true of children's representation of spatial relations?

All of the following statements about numerical understanding are true EXCEPT:

Ms.Stout is a second grade teacher.She carefully designs a lesson to help one of her students advance to a new level of mathematical understanding.The student transitions into a new zone of ________ development.

Describe the three logical operators necessary for conservation that Piaget believed the preoperational child lacked.

Carey asked preschoolers questions such as "do worms eat?" Her findings suggest a ________ view of development.

Leilani is in the period of formal operations and her sister Elise is in the period of concrete operations.When faced with Piaget's pendulum task, which is the most likely result?

Describe the achievements and limitations of a preschooler's counting ability.

________ is/are used to mentally represent the spatial layout of the environment and infer distance, direction, and ways of navigating.

What logical operator is necessary to successfully reason about class-inclusion relations?

Define conservation and provide examples of two conservation tasks.

All of the following statements about counting across cultures are true EXCEPT:

List three alternative reasons why young children who understand conservation may fail conversation tasks.

All of the following are correct associations between a period of cognitive development and relevant cognitive skills EXCEPT:

________ is the belief that living things have underlying realities that are responsible for their surface properties.

How would the performance of a concrete operational child differ from that of a formal operational child on the pendulum task?

Describe Piaget's theory using the three dimensions of cognitive development.

Approaching Psychological Development

The Biology of Development

Coming to Perceive the World

The Emergence of Action

Coming to Understand the Physical World

Connecting with the Social World

The Origins of Emotion, Temperament, and Personality

Language Development

The Growth of Cognitive Skills

Intelligence and Schooling

Morality in Thought and Action

Knowing Ourselves, Knowing Others

Becoming Part of the Family

Becoming Part of the Community

Psychopathology in Childhood

Development after Childhood and Adolescence

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Exam 9: The Growth of Knowledge

Maxine is 5 years old and is being taught about a new bird, the quetzal, by an adult.She is most likely to prefer to learn:

Skinner believed that parents respond more positively to babble that resembles adult speech sounds and more negatively to those that do not, guiding and shaping the child's speech to become more like a mature speaker's.This belief points to the importance of ________ constraints.

Chandler is solving a math problem and figures out which principles to use for the particular task.This illustrates:

Which of the following is true of children's representation of spatial relations?

All of the following statements about numerical understanding are true EXCEPT:

Ms.Stout is a second grade teacher.She carefully designs a lesson to help one of her students advance to a new level of mathematical understanding.The student transitions into a new zone of ________ development.

Describe the three logical operators necessary for conservation that Piaget believed the preoperational child lacked.

Carey asked preschoolers questions such as "do worms eat?" Her findings suggest a ________ view of development.

Leilani is in the period of formal operations and her sister Elise is in the period of concrete operations.When faced with Piaget's pendulum task, which is the most likely result?

Describe the achievements and limitations of a preschooler's counting ability.

________ is/are used to mentally represent the spatial layout of the environment and infer distance, direction, and ways of navigating.

What logical operator is necessary to successfully reason about class-inclusion relations?

Define conservation and provide examples of two conservation tasks.

All of the following statements about counting across cultures are true EXCEPT:

List three alternative reasons why young children who understand conservation may fail conversation tasks.

All of the following are correct associations between a period of cognitive development and relevant cognitive skills EXCEPT:

________ is the belief that living things have underlying realities that are responsible for their surface properties.

How would the performance of a concrete operational child differ from that of a formal operational child on the pendulum task?

Describe Piaget's theory using the three dimensions of cognitive development.

Approaching Psychological Development

The Biology of Development

Coming to Perceive the World

The Emergence of Action

Coming to Understand the Physical World

Connecting with the Social World

The Origins of Emotion, Temperament, and Personality

Language Development

The Growth of Cognitive Skills

Intelligence and Schooling

Morality in Thought and Action

Knowing Ourselves, Knowing Others

Becoming Part of the Family

Becoming Part of the Community

Psychopathology in Childhood

Development after Childhood and Adolescence

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