Exam 8: Cognition

What area of the brain is linked to developmental improvements in memory?

The range of various kinds of assistance provided by an expert who helps children to carry out activities they currently cannot complete but will later be able to accomplish independently is called the zone of proximal development.

One essential element in higher-order thinking is the ability to use what you have learned in one situation and apply it to other similar situations.In other words,________ is a key factor in the development of higher-order thinking.

To retrieve a toy,Samara had to remove a barrier,displace a cloth,and pull a string.Samara's success on this task suggests that

In an attempt to remember a phone number,Jamie repeated the number over and over to himself during the time it took to walk from the phone book to the phone.Jamie is using which memory strategy?

The key feature of the young child's thought in the preoperational stage is

Explain two factors that may be linked to the increased ability of children to control their attention as they mature.

What is the difference between recognition memory and recall memory?

A ________ holds new information for very brief periods of time in a form that closely resembles the initial input.

Jolene's teacher asked the class who the first president of the United States was.Jolene knew the answer and raised her hand.Jolene's type of memory is called ________ memory.