Question 1

Compared to younger adults,older adults tend to show a greater __________.

Accepted Answer

A) use of heuristics 
B) logical reasoning bias 
C) hindsight bias 
D) decision-making hierarchy 
A) use of heuristics 
B) logical reasoning bias 
C) hindsight bias 
D) decision-making hierarchy

Question 2

Children learn language from adults with the help of __________.

Accepted Answer

A) visual symbols 
B) child-directed speech 
C) explicit memory cues 
D) linguistic modifiers 
A) visual symbols 
B) child-directed speech 
C) explicit memory cues 
D) linguistic modifiers

Question 3

Older adults may have trouble accessing processing __________ sentences.

Accepted Answer

A) declarative 
B) interrogative 
C) syntactically complex 
D) morphologically ambiguous 
A) declarative 
B) interrogative 
C) syntactically complex 
D) morphologically ambiguous

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a reason for smaller working memory span in children?

Accepted Answer

A) slower speaking rates 
B) weaker neurological binding 
C) smaller vocabularies 
D) poorer metacognitive skills 
A) slower speaking rates 
B) weaker neurological binding 
C) smaller vocabularies 
D) poorer metacognitive skills

Question 5

Why might humans be born so neurologically immature relative to other animals?

Accepted Answer

A) They are bigger than some animals. 
B) lack of normal exposure to nature during development 
C) Increased technology available for humans has stunted neurological growth. 
D) They have more complex nervous systems. 
A) They are bigger than some animals. 
B) lack of normal exposure to nature during development 
C) Increased technology available for humans has stunted neurological growth. 
D) They have more complex nervous systems.

Question 6

Older adults may be more dependent on schemas and scripts during language comprehension.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The precise number aspect of basic number sense develops earlier in infants than the approximate number sense.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

Accepted Answer

Piaget's stages of cognitive development

Question 9

Children can do was well as-if not better than-adults on a working memory span task if __________.

Accepted Answer

A) the adults are made to recall things while sitting in a small chair 
B) the tester treats them as equals,and doesn't talk down to them 
C) no more than two words are presented each second 
D) they involve things that are interested in is focused on 
A) the adults are made to recall things while sitting in a small chair 
B) the tester treats them as equals,and doesn't talk down to them 
C) no more than two words are presented each second 
D) they involve things that are interested in is focused on

Question 10

According to Vygotsky,knowledge that is just beyond a child's ability is said to be in the __________.

Accepted Answer

A) learning range 
B) zone of proximal development 
C) reachable future 
D) penumbra 
A) learning range 
B) zone of proximal development 
C) reachable future 
D) penumbra

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a neurological change that accompanies aging?

Accepted Answer

A) decline in the dopamine system 
B) slower neural firing 
C) loss of function in the tectum 
D) reduced frontal lobe function 
A) decline in the dopamine system 
B) slower neural firing 
C) loss of function in the tectum 
D) reduced frontal lobe function

Question 12

During the word explosion,a child's vocabulary goes from about ________ words to __________ of words at age 5.

Accepted Answer

A) 40; hundreds of thousands 
B) 15; millions 
C) 50; thousands 
D) 30; hundreds 
A) 40; hundreds of thousands 
B) 15; millions 
C) 50; thousands 
D) 30; hundreds

Question 13

Compared to younger adults,the vocabularies of older adults are __________.

Accepted Answer

A) stricter 
B) looser 
C) smaller 
D) larger 
A) stricter 
B) looser 
C) smaller 
D) larger

Question 14

Compared to younger adults,older adults show larger __________ effects.

Accepted Answer

A) context 
B) priming 
C) creativity 
D) fan 
A) context 
B) priming 
C) creativity 
D) fan

Question 15

The developmental cognition of object permanence is present at birth.FALSE (p.W-10)

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What is presbyopia as it relates to aging and vision?

Accepted Answer

A) retinal atrophy 
B) retinal detachment 
C) a softening of the lens 
D) a hardening of the lens 
A) retinal atrophy 
B) retinal detachment 
C) a softening of the lens 
D) a hardening of the lens

Question 17

Which of the following is a developmental accomplishment during the preoperational stage?

Accepted Answer

A) conservation of mass 
B) perspective taking 
C) abstract thinking 
D) object permanence 
A) conservation of mass 
B) perspective taking 
C) abstract thinking 
D) object permanence

Question 18

During the two-word stage of language development,the words are largely __________ words.

Accepted Answer

A) function 
B) content 
C) helping 
D) compound 
A) function 
B) content 
C) helping 
D) compound

Question 19

How acute is infant face perception after one year?

Accepted Answer

A) still almost completely absent 
B) adult-like 
C) only for family members 
D) halfway to adult capacity 
A) still almost completely absent 
B) adult-like 
C) only for family members 
D) halfway to adult capacity

Question 20

What is basic number sense?

Accepted Answer

A) knowing that the number line starts on the left 
B) some understanding of how many items are in a display 
C) the conceptual knowledge that some numbers are bigger than others 
D) the ability to count to ten 
A) knowing that the number line starts on the left 
B) some understanding of how many items are in a display 
C) the conceptual knowledge that some numbers are bigger than others 
D) the ability to count to ten

Compared to younger adults,older adults tend to show a greater __________.

Children learn language from adults with the help of __________.

Older adults may have trouble accessing processing __________ sentences.

Which of the following is NOT a reason for smaller working memory span in children?

Why might humans be born so neurologically immature relative to other animals?

Older adults may be more dependent on schemas and scripts during language comprehension.

The precise number aspect of basic number sense develops earlier in infants than the approximate number sense.

What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

Children can do was well as-if not better than-adults on a working memory span task if __________.

According to Vygotsky,knowledge that is just beyond a child's ability is said to be in the __________.

Which of the following is NOT a neurological change that accompanies aging?

During the word explosion,a child's vocabulary goes from about words to __ of words at age 5.

Compared to younger adults,the vocabularies of older adults are __________.

Compared to younger adults,older adults show larger __________ effects.

The developmental cognition of object permanence is present at birth.FALSE (p.W-10)

What is presbyopia as it relates to aging and vision?

Which of the following is a developmental accomplishment during the preoperational stage?

During the two-word stage of language development,the words are largely __________ words.

How acute is infant face perception after one year?

What is basic number sense?

Cognitive Psychology: An Introduction

Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Sensation and Perception

Attention

Short-Term Working Memory

Learning and Remembering

Knowing

Using Knowledge in the Real World

Language

Comprehension: Written and Spoken Language

Decisions, Judgments, and Reasoning

Problem Solving

Cognition and Emotion

Filters

Exam 14: Cognitive Development

Compared to younger adults,older adults tend to show a greater __________.

Children learn language from adults with the help of __________.

Older adults may have trouble accessing processing __________ sentences.

Which of the following is NOT a reason for smaller working memory span in children?

Why might humans be born so neurologically immature relative to other animals?

Older adults may be more dependent on schemas and scripts during language comprehension.

The precise number aspect of basic number sense develops earlier in infants than the approximate number sense.

What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

Children can do was well as-if not better than-adults on a working memory span task if __________.

According to Vygotsky,knowledge that is just beyond a child's ability is said to be in the __________.

Which of the following is NOT a neurological change that accompanies aging?

During the word explosion,a child's vocabulary goes from about ________ words to __________ of words at age 5.

Compared to younger adults,the vocabularies of older adults are __________.

Compared to younger adults,older adults show larger __________ effects.

The developmental cognition of object permanence is present at birth.FALSE (p.W-10)

What is presbyopia as it relates to aging and vision?

Which of the following is a developmental accomplishment during the preoperational stage?

During the two-word stage of language development,the words are largely __________ words.

How acute is infant face perception after one year?

What is basic number sense?

Cognitive Psychology: An Introduction

Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Sensation and Perception

Attention

Short-Term Working Memory

Learning and Remembering

Knowing

Using Knowledge in the Real World

Language

Comprehension: Written and Spoken Language

Decisions, Judgments, and Reasoning

Problem Solving

Cognition and Emotion

Filters

During the word explosion,a child's vocabulary goes from about words to __ of words at age 5.