Question 1

What is metamemory? How does it change with age?

Accepted Answer

Metamemory is knowledge about memory.Thi

Question 2

Critique Piaget's concrete operational stage.

Accepted Answer

Following are a few criticisms of Piaget

Question 3

According to Jacqueline and Martin Brooks,teachers can help cultivate critical thinking in their students by

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A) asking them to describe the concepts covered the previous day. 
B) spending more class time rehearsing topics. 
C) asking them to list all the points they studied the previous day. 
D) motivating them to analyze,criticize,and create. 
A) asking them to describe the concepts covered the previous day. 
B) spending more class time rehearsing topics. 
C) asking them to list all the points they studied the previous day. 
D) motivating them to analyze,criticize,and create.

Question 4

Marlena is a non-English speaking student who is receiving her education in both English and her native language.Marlena is participating in the ________ approach.

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A) English-only 
B) dual-language 
C) mixed-language 
D) integrated-language 
A) English-only 
B) dual-language 
C) mixed-language 
D) integrated-language

Question 5

Which of the following statements about children's cognitive development and concrete operational abilities is correct?

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A) Children's cognitive development follows the orderly stage model described by Piaget. 
B) The development of concrete operational abilities depends on genetic inheritance,and it cannot be influenced by training. 
C) Culture has no influence on children's overall cognitive development. 
D) Some concrete operational abilities do not appear in synchrony during childhood. 
A) Children's cognitive development follows the orderly stage model described by Piaget. 
B) The development of concrete operational abilities depends on genetic inheritance,and it cannot be influenced by training. 
C) Culture has no influence on children's overall cognitive development. 
D) Some concrete operational abilities do not appear in synchrony during childhood.

Question 6

An experimenter presents a child with two identical balls of clay.The experimenter rolls one of the balls into a long,thin piece of clay.The child is then asked if there is more clay in the ball or in the long, thin piece.This Piagetian task is a test to see if the child is capable of ________ operations.

Accepted Answer

A) concrete 
B) formal 
C) inference 
D) judgment 
A) concrete 
B) formal 
C) inference 
D) judgment

Question 7

Children with a helpless orientation often attribute their difficulty to

Accepted Answer

A) bad luck. 
B) uncaring adults. 
C) poor efforts. 
D) a lack of ability. 
A) bad luck. 
B) uncaring adults. 
C) poor efforts. 
D) a lack of ability.

Question 8

________ is an important strategy that involves engaging in more extensive processing of information.

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A) Diversification 
B) Collaboration 
C) Elaboration 
D) Schematization 
A) Diversification 
B) Collaboration 
C) Elaboration 
D) Schematization

Question 9

During middle and late childhood,autobiographical memories become

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A) less elaborate and less broad. 
B) more elaborate but less broad. 
C) more elaborate and broader. 
D) briefer but more elaborate. 
A) less elaborate and less broad. 
B) more elaborate but less broad. 
C) more elaborate and broader. 
D) briefer but more elaborate.

Question 10

According to research by Pomerantz,children's motivation to do well academically

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A) is the child's responsibility. 
B) increases with parental involvement. 
C) suffers when parents are involved. 
D) is unaffected by parental involvement. 
A) is the child's responsibility. 
B) increases with parental involvement. 
C) suffers when parents are involved. 
D) is unaffected by parental involvement.

Question 11

Regarding children's education,Piaget suggested that

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A) a child's genetic heritage plays a pivotal role in his or her cognitive development. 
B) teachers should turn classrooms into a setting of exploration and discovery. 
C) children must be able to trust adults before they will be willing to learn from them. 
D) children can store an infinite amount of information in their long-term memories. 
A) a child's genetic heritage plays a pivotal role in his or her cognitive development. 
B) teachers should turn classrooms into a setting of exploration and discovery. 
C) children must be able to trust adults before they will be willing to learn from them. 
D) children can store an infinite amount of information in their long-term memories.

Question 12

Compare and contrast short-term memory and long-term memory.

Accepted Answer

Short-term memory increases considerably

Question 13

List a few strategies for encouraging children's creative thinking.

Accepted Answer

Students' answers may vary. Following ar

Question 14

Who has suggested that there are eight different types of intelligences or "frames of mind"?

Accepted Answer

A) Alfred Binet 
B) David Wechsler 
C) Robert Sternberg 
D) Howard Gardner 
A) Alfred Binet 
B) David Wechsler 
C) Robert Sternberg 
D) Howard Gardner

Question 15

Carol has just started to acquire reading skills.Based on the available research,Carol's teacher is MOST likely to tell Carol's parents that the best way to teach her to read is through

Accepted Answer

A) the whole-language approach. 
B) learning two languages simultaneously. 
C) an emphasis on direct instruction in phonological training. 
D) listening to someone read to her. 
A) the whole-language approach. 
B) learning two languages simultaneously. 
C) an emphasis on direct instruction in phonological training. 
D) listening to someone read to her.

Question 16

Describe fuzzy trace theory.

Accepted Answer

Charles Brainerd and Valerie Reyna's fuz

Question 17

Two important strategies for improving memory are creating mental images and elaborating on information.Describe elaboration with a suitable example.

Accepted Answer

Students' answers may vary. Elaboration

Question 18

Briefly describe extrinsic and intrinsic motivation.

Accepted Answer

Extrinsic motivation involves external i

Question 19

Which of the following is a relatively permanent type of memory that holds huge amounts of information?

Accepted Answer

A) Recoverable memory 
B) Referenced memory 
C) Schematic memory 
D) Long-term memory 
A) Recoverable memory 
B) Referenced memory 
C) Schematic memory 
D) Long-term memory

Question 20

Which of the following is TRUE of dual-language learning in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Bilingualism is not linked to positive outcomes for children in the United States. 
B) Many immigrant children experience subtractive dual-language learning,in which they end up monolingual in English. 
C) Most high schools in the U.S.have a rigorous dual-language requirement of dual fluency to graduate. 
D) Immigrants in the U.S.are taught almost exclusively with the English-only approach. 
A) Bilingualism is not linked to positive outcomes for children in the United States. 
B) Many immigrant children experience subtractive dual-language learning,in which they end up monolingual in English. 
C) Most high schools in the U.S.have a rigorous dual-language requirement of dual fluency to graduate. 
D) Immigrants in the U.S.are taught almost exclusively with the English-only approach.

What is metamemory? How does it change with age?

Critique Piaget's concrete operational stage.

According to Jacqueline and Martin Brooks,teachers can help cultivate critical thinking in their students by

Marlena is a non-English speaking student who is receiving her education in both English and her native language.Marlena is participating in the ________ approach.

Which of the following statements about children's cognitive development and concrete operational abilities is correct?

Children with a helpless orientation often attribute their difficulty to

________ is an important strategy that involves engaging in more extensive processing of information.

During middle and late childhood,autobiographical memories become

According to research by Pomerantz,children's motivation to do well academically

Regarding children's education,Piaget suggested that

Compare and contrast short-term memory and long-term memory.

List a few strategies for encouraging children's creative thinking.

Who has suggested that there are eight different types of intelligences or "frames of mind"?

Carol has just started to acquire reading skills.Based on the available research,Carol's teacher is MOST likely to tell Carol's parents that the best way to teach her to read is through

Describe fuzzy trace theory.

Two important strategies for improving memory are creating mental images and elaborating on information.Describe elaboration with a suitable example.

Briefly describe extrinsic and intrinsic motivation.

Which of the following is a relatively permanent type of memory that holds huge amounts of information?

Which of the following is TRUE of dual-language learning in the United States?

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development

Birth

Physical Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical Development in Early Childhood

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle in Late Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

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Exam 12: Cognitive Development in Middle in Late Childhood

What is metamemory? How does it change with age?

Critique Piaget's concrete operational stage.

According to Jacqueline and Martin Brooks,teachers can help cultivate critical thinking in their students by

Marlena is a non-English speaking student who is receiving her education in both English and her native language.Marlena is participating in the ________ approach.

Which of the following statements about children's cognitive development and concrete operational abilities is correct?

Children with a helpless orientation often attribute their difficulty to

________ is an important strategy that involves engaging in more extensive processing of information.

During middle and late childhood,autobiographical memories become

According to research by Pomerantz,children's motivation to do well academically

Regarding children's education,Piaget suggested that

Compare and contrast short-term memory and long-term memory.

List a few strategies for encouraging children's creative thinking.

Who has suggested that there are eight different types of intelligences or "frames of mind"?

Carol has just started to acquire reading skills.Based on the available research,Carol's teacher is MOST likely to tell Carol's parents that the best way to teach her to read is through

Describe fuzzy trace theory.

Two important strategies for improving memory are creating mental images and elaborating on information.Describe elaboration with a suitable example.

Briefly describe extrinsic and intrinsic motivation.

Which of the following is a relatively permanent type of memory that holds huge amounts of information?

Which of the following is TRUE of dual-language learning in the United States?

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development

Birth

Physical Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical Development in Early Childhood

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle in Late Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

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