Exam 5: Physical and Cognitive Development

The following example that BEST illustrates Piaget's concept of egocentrism is a child who:

When do children in the United States begin to look down on and make fun of obese kids?

In the information-processing framework,_____ memory is the name for the process of transforming material into information that can later be remembered.

According to Vygotsky,children learn to monitor their behavior through inner speech.

Brittany gets lost as she is driving to visit a friend.Brittany does not have a pen or paper when she calls her friend to get driving directions,so she memorizes the directions by repeating the turns and street names in her mind over and over again.Brittany is using a learning strategy called:

Based on the text,what trait makes human beings stand out?

Synaptogenesis refers to the process of:

Which situation shows a child's lack of an understanding of identity constancy?

In choosing the best baseball players for an elementary school baseball team,and with all things being equal,would a coach choose Sandra or Sam to play on the team?

Goran can't resist racing around the classroom while he is supposed to sit still and listen to his teacher.Goran is having trouble with which two executive functions?

The "b" and "c" sounds of language are called _____.

An information-processing researcher would state that learning:

Vygotsky believed that people should allow children's cognitive skills to unfold on their own.

A child who has developed a theory of mind does NOT have the new capacity to:

The mean length of utterance (MLU)refers to the average number of:

Dr.Large wants to summarize a few obesity statistics as of 2015.Which is NOT a statement he should make?

Lack of nourishment harms the development of various body systems and reduces activity.For these reasons,children who are undernourished tend to:

In the United States,children are labeled "obese" when their body mass index (BMI)is at or above the:

Which disorder is defined by serious theory-of-mind impairments?

Leon is 8 years old;his brother Murph is 4 years old.Their Aunt Erica is taking a developmental psychology class,and will get credit if she administers Piaget's conservation of liquid task to her nephews.Describe Erica's procedure,and compare Leon and Murph's likely responses.