Exam 6: Cognitive Developmental Approaches

As a diligent parent,John has read many books on child development.One idea that he found especially fascinating was the zone of proximal development.How could he determine the lower limit of his daughter's zone of proximal development concerning the letters of the alphabet?

Infants born with the domain-specific innate knowledge system of space,numbers,and language would be a description of

The inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and someone else's perspective is called

_________________________ showed us some important things to look for in cognitive development,such as the shift from preoperational to concrete-operational thinking.

Which of the following illustrates the Piagetian concept of horizontal décalage?

Ten-year-old Fred receives a fly-fishing outfit for his birthday.At first he cannot put on a lure,cast the line,or reel it in correctly.With the help of his grandfather,Fred learns to master all of these skills within a month.From this description,you would know that

__________________________ is a method used by researchers in which infants see an event happen as it normally would.Then the event is changed in a way that violates what the infant expects to see.When infants look longer at the event that violates their expectations it indicates they are surprised by it.

Which statement is not a criticism of Vygotsky's theory?

In which sensorimotor substage does infants' mental functioning shift from a purely sensorimotor to symbolic and develop the ability to use primitive symbols?

Which item does not belong?

After getting her hair cut,15-year-old Denise tells her mother,"I can't go to school ever again because everyone is going to be laughing at my hair!" This aspect of adolescent egocentrism is called

Conservation and classification are accomplishments of what Piagetian stage of cognitive development?

Who would be most likely to argue that the speech produced by 3-year-old Gina is socially based and is a main guide of her behavior?

The famous Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget used ______________________ for detailed cognitive observations leading to his research.

A scheme is best thought of as a

Who proposed the zone of proximal development?

Describe the differences between egocentrism and animism and provide an example of each.

According to Piaget,passing what test is a sign that children are at the concrete-operational stage?

Four-year-old Tom learns to lift his stuffed cat up by the tail.After one painful attempt,Tom realizes that you cannot use this behavior on a live cat.In Piagetian terms,Tom's new knowledge involves

_____________________________ involves the ability to logically combine relations to understand certain conclusions.