Exam 13: Cognitive Development Through Adolescence

A theory that assumes that children are qualitatively different from adults and go through a fixed order of periods of development is called a ______ theory.

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Question 41

Piaget believed that formal operations begin around the age of ______.

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Question 42

Piaget defined accommodation as the application of mental structures to new objects in the world.

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Question 43

When a chip is hidden from a child's view in an adult's hand,and the child is asked about the truth value of the statement "Either the chip in my hand is blue or it is not blue," ______.

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Question 44

Research suggests that infants show awareness of the Gestalt principle of similarity ______.

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Question 45

Many cognitive psychologists prefer to speak of children's language as being ______ rather than "learned."

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Question 46

Which of the following is NOT a belief held by Jean Piaget?

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Question 47

Which of the following is a criticism raised in response to Piaget's work?

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Question 48

According to Piaget,the preoperational stage is characterized by ______.

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Question 49

Abstract thinking appears in the ______ stage,according to Piaget.

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Question 50

According to Chomsky,people are born with language universals.This means ______.

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Question 51

Research on the development of syntax suggests that ______.

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Question 52

Egocentrism is commonly seen during the ______ stage(s).

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Question 53

Research suggests that children as young as 3 months of age show surprise at "impossible" events.

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Question 54

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the preoperational stage?

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Question 55

Cognitive development ______.

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Question 56

A child acquires the use of language during the preoperational stage.

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Question 57

Renee Baillargeon's experiments rely on looking times to interpret their findings.Which of the following is NOT accurate with respect to looking times?

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Question 58

The major difference between Vygotsky's and Piaget's theories is that Vygotsky ______.

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Question 59

Brain imaging studies have shown that which areas of the brain tend to mature last?

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Question 60

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A theory that assumes that children are qualitatively different from adults and go through a fixed order of periods of development is called a ______ theory.

Piaget believed that formal operations begin around the age of ______.

Piaget defined accommodation as the application of mental structures to new objects in the world.

When a chip is hidden from a child's view in an adult's hand,and the child is asked about the truth value of the statement "Either the chip in my hand is blue or it is not blue," ______.

Research suggests that infants show awareness of the Gestalt principle of similarity ______.

Many cognitive psychologists prefer to speak of children's language as being ______ rather than "learned."

Which of the following is NOT a belief held by Jean Piaget?

Which of the following is a criticism raised in response to Piaget's work?

According to Piaget,the preoperational stage is characterized by ______.

Abstract thinking appears in the ______ stage,according to Piaget.

According to Chomsky,people are born with language universals.This means ______.

Research on the development of syntax suggests that ______.

Egocentrism is commonly seen during the ______ stage(s).

Research suggests that children as young as 3 months of age show surprise at "impossible" events.

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the preoperational stage?

Cognitive development ______.

A child acquires the use of language during the preoperational stage.

Renee Baillargeon's experiments rely on looking times to interpret their findings.Which of the following is NOT accurate with respect to looking times?

The major difference between Vygotsky's and Piaget's theories is that Vygotsky ______.

Brain imaging studies have shown that which areas of the brain tend to mature last?

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