Question 1

Bilingual children have more academic problems than those who speak only one language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

is said to occur when African-American and Latino-American children worry about their performance on intell worry causes anxiety, which distracts them from the test questions and negatively affects their test scores.

Accepted Answer

A)  Heritability 
B)  Divergent thinking 
C)  Stereotype vulnerability 
D)  Stereotype prediction 
A)  Heritability 
B)  Divergent thinking 
C)  Stereotype vulnerability 
D)  Stereotype prediction C

Question 3

What makes a good teacher?

Accepted Answer

It is difficult to agree upon, define, and measure exactly what constitutes good teaching. economists (Chetty, Friedman,& Rockoff, 2012) followed elementary and high school s 20 years. They defined good teaching as those teachers who raised children's scores on Results of their study indicated that good teachers not only raised achievement score te value in other ways to their student's lives, such as long-lasting academic and financial strong positive correlation between 'value-added teaching" and financial gain at age 28. "value-added" teachers not only did better on achievement tests but made more money

Question 4

How many chunks of information can a typical adult keep in short-term memory at one time?

Accepted Answer

A)  2 plus 1 
B)  5 minus 3 
C)  7 plus or minus 2 
D)  9 plus or minus 5 
A)  2 plus 1 
B)  5 minus 3 
C)  7 plus or minus 2 
D)  9 plus or minus 5

Question 5

Piaget tested children's abilities of seriation by asking them to place 10 sticks in order of size.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (SBIS) assumes that intelligence increases with age.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Sarah is being taught to read using a method that requires her to associate written letters and letter combinations with indicate. Which teaching method of reading does this represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  Word recognition method 
B)  Phonetic method 
C)  Both the phonetic and the word recognition methods 
D)  Neither the phonetic nor the word recognition method 
A)  Word recognition method 
B)  Phonetic method 
C)  Both the phonetic and the word recognition methods 
D)  Neither the phonetic nor the word recognition method

Question 8

Which type of memory can be referred to as trace memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sensory 
B)  Short-term 
C)  Long-term 
D)  Automatic 
A)  Sensory 
B)  Short-term 
C)  Long-term 
D)  Automatic

Question 9

The research on children's eyewitness testimonies reveals that

Accepted Answer

A)  children have exceptionally accurate memories. 
B)  children can be induced into "remembering" things that did not happen to them. 
C)  children can reliably distinguish between what happened to them and what they simply heard about. 
D)  children do not have reliable memories until age 9 or 10. 
A)  children have exceptionally accurate memories. 
B)  children can be induced into "remembering" things that did not happen to them. 
C)  children can reliably distinguish between what happened to them and what they simply heard about. 
D)  children do not have reliable memories until age 9 or 10.

Question 10

According to Thurstone (1938), which of the following is a primary mental ability?

Accepted Answer

A)  "g" 
B)  Visual-spatial skill 
C)  Creative intelligence 
D)  Genetic intelligence 
A)  "g" 
B)  Visual-spatial skill 
C)  Creative intelligence 
D)  Genetic intelligence

Question 11

Brenda has good broad reasoning skills. She is also an accomplished researcher in the area of nanotechnology. Accor Brenda's

Accepted Answer

A)  broad reasoning skills reflect "s." 
B)  talent for nanotechnology reflects "s." 
C)  talent for nanotechnology represents "g." 
D)  broad reasoning skills represent creative intelligence. 
A)  broad reasoning skills reflect "s." 
B)  talent for nanotechnology reflects "s." 
C)  talent for nanotechnology represents "g." 
D)  broad reasoning skills represent creative intelligence.

Question 12

Recent research on long-term memory has found that when comparing children and adults,

Accepted Answer

A)  children have better memory ability. 
B)  adults have better memory ability. 
C)  children who are experts in an area show better memory ability than adults who are amateurs. 
D)  there is no conclusive evidence of comparative abilities. 
A)  children have better memory ability. 
B)  adults have better memory ability. 
C)  children who are experts in an area show better memory ability than adults who are amateurs. 
D)  there is no conclusive evidence of comparative abilities.

Question 13

Which of the following adjectives accurately describes Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Inconsistent 
B)  Unpredictable 
C)  Sequential 
D)  Random 
A)  Inconsistent 
B)  Unpredictable 
C)  Sequential 
D)  Random

Question 14

Match the following:
-Moral realism

Accepted Answer

A) focus on important elements of a problem 
B) relating new material to well-known material 
C) information is maintained for only a fraction of a second 
D) focus simultaneously on multiple aspects of a problem 
E) awareness of and control of cognitive abilities
F)cluster of related items
G)descriptive of Sternberg's view of three intelligences
H)moral acts conform to authority or to the rules of the game
I)awareness of the functioning of one's memory
J)encoding based upon meaning
K)capable of relatively permanent storage of information
L)intellectual level of functioning
M)placing objects in order
N)genetic disorder related to intellectual disability
O)academic ability
P)transforming sensory input into a readily useable form
Q)using divergent thinking
R)physical number of years of age
S)street smarts
T)recognition that processes can be undone 
A) focus on important elements of a problem 
B) relating new material to well-known material 
C) information is maintained for only a fraction of a second 
D) focus simultaneously on multiple aspects of a problem 
E) awareness of and control of cognitive abilities
F)cluster of related items
G)descriptive of Sternberg's view of three intelligences
H)moral acts conform to authority or to the rules of the game
I)awareness of the functioning of one's memory
J)encoding based upon meaning
K)capable of relatively permanent storage of information
L)intellectual level of functioning
M)placing objects in order
N)genetic disorder related to intellectual disability
O)academic ability
P)transforming sensory input into a readily useable form
Q)using divergent thinking
R)physical number of years of age
S)street smarts
T)recognition that processes can be undone

Question 15

Jennifer lied to her father when she said she didn't pull the dog's tail. Afterward, she falls on the sidewalk and scrap is in the stage of moral realism, she will likely believe that

Accepted Answer

A)  the sidewalk is alive and meant to trip her. 
B)  scraping her knee is punishment for the lie she told. 
C)  scraping her knee was an accident. 
D)  she hurt the sidewalk's feelings when she fell on it. 
A)  the sidewalk is alive and meant to trip her. 
B)  scraping her knee is punishment for the lie she told. 
C)  scraping her knee was an accident. 
D)  she hurt the sidewalk's feelings when she fell on it.

Question 16

By what age will children generally use rehearsal on their own as a memory strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  2-3 years 
B)  3-4 years 
C)  5-6 years 
D)  6-7 years 
A)  2-3 years 
B)  3-4 years 
C)  5-6 years 
D)  6-7 years

Question 17

According to Piaget, which of the following would a concrete operational child be unable to do?

Accepted Answer

A)  Add 2 plus 3 and get 5. 
B)  Solve if A plus B equals 5, what is A? 
C)  Think about something from someone else's perspective. 
D)  Think about objects they have seen before. 
A)  Add 2 plus 3 and get 5. 
B)  Solve if A plus B equals 5, what is A? 
C)  Think about something from someone else's perspective. 
D)  Think about objects they have seen before.

Question 18

José understands that if A is heavier than B, and B is heavier than C, then A is also heavier than C. This demonstrate

Accepted Answer

A)  transitivity. 
B)  reversibility. 
C)  formal operations. 
D)  centration. 
A)  transitivity. 
B)  reversibility. 
C)  formal operations. 
D)  centration.

Question 19

Match the following:
-Semantic code

Accepted Answer

A) focus on important elements of a problem 
B) relating new material to well-known material 
C) information is maintained for only a fraction of a second 
D) focus simultaneously on multiple aspects of a problem 
E) awareness of and control of cognitive abilities
F)cluster of related items
G)descriptive of Sternberg's view of three intelligences
H)moral acts conform to authority or to the rules of the game
I)awareness of the functioning of one's memory
J)encoding based upon meaning
K)capable of relatively permanent storage of information
L)intellectual level of functioning
M)placing objects in order
N)genetic disorder related to intellectual disability
O)academic ability
P)transforming sensory input into a readily useable form
Q)using divergent thinking
R)physical number of years of age
S)street smarts
T)recognition that processes can be undone 
A) focus on important elements of a problem 
B) relating new material to well-known material 
C) information is maintained for only a fraction of a second 
D) focus simultaneously on multiple aspects of a problem 
E) awareness of and control of cognitive abilities
F)cluster of related items
G)descriptive of Sternberg's view of three intelligences
H)moral acts conform to authority or to the rules of the game
I)awareness of the functioning of one's memory
J)encoding based upon meaning
K)capable of relatively permanent storage of information
L)intellectual level of functioning
M)placing objects in order
N)genetic disorder related to intellectual disability
O)academic ability
P)transforming sensory input into a readily useable form
Q)using divergent thinking
R)physical number of years of age
S)street smarts
T)recognition that processes can be undone

Question 20

Justin puts his school supplies away in his desk. When asked why, he replies, "Because my teacher told me to." He b wrong are absolutes and that behavior is correct when it conforms to rules. According to Piaget, what stage of moral in?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moral realism 
B)  Autonomous morality 
C)  Concrete operational moralism 
D)  Transitivity morality 
A)  Moral realism 
B)  Autonomous morality 
C)  Concrete operational moralism 
D)  Transitivity morality

Bilingual children have more academic problems than those who speak only one language.

is said to occur when African-American and Latino-American children worry about their performance on intell worry causes anxiety, which distracts them from the test questions and negatively affects their test scores.

What makes a good teacher?

How many chunks of information can a typical adult keep in short-term memory at one time?

Piaget tested children's abilities of seriation by asking them to place 10 sticks in order of size.

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (SBIS) assumes that intelligence increases with age.

Sarah is being taught to read using a method that requires her to associate written letters and letter combinations with indicate. Which teaching method of reading does this represent?

Which type of memory can be referred to as trace memory?

The research on children's eyewitness testimonies reveals that

According to Thurstone (1938), which of the following is a primary mental ability?

Brenda has good broad reasoning skills. She is also an accomplished researcher in the area of nanotechnology. Accor Brenda's

Recent research on long-term memory has found that when comparing children and adults,

Which of the following adjectives accurately describes Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

Match the following: -Moral realism

Jennifer lied to her father when she said she didn't pull the dog's tail. Afterward, she falls on the sidewalk and scrap is in the stage of moral realism, she will likely believe that

By what age will children generally use rehearsal on their own as a memory strategy?

According to Piaget, which of the following would a concrete operational child be unable to do?

José understands that if A is heavier than B, and B is heavier than C, then A is also heavier than C. This demonstrate

Match the following: -Semantic code

Justin puts his school supplies away in his desk. When asked why, he replies, "Because my teacher told me to." He b wrong are absolutes and that behavior is correct when it conforms to rules. According to Piaget, what stage of moral in?

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Bilingual children have more academic problems than those who speak only one language.

is said to occur when African-American and Latino-American children worry about their performance on intell worry causes anxiety, which distracts them from the test questions and negatively affects their test scores.

What makes a good teacher?

How many chunks of information can a typical adult keep in short-term memory at one time?

Piaget tested children's abilities of seriation by asking them to place 10 sticks in order of size.

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (SBIS) assumes that intelligence increases with age.

Sarah is being taught to read using a method that requires her to associate written letters and letter combinations with indicate. Which teaching method of reading does this represent?

Which type of memory can be referred to as trace memory?

The research on children's eyewitness testimonies reveals that

According to Thurstone (1938), which of the following is a primary mental ability?

Brenda has good broad reasoning skills. She is also an accomplished researcher in the area of nanotechnology. Accor Brenda's

Recent research on long-term memory has found that when comparing children and adults,

Which of the following adjectives accurately describes Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

Match the following: -Moral realism

Jennifer lied to her father when she said she didn't pull the dog's tail. Afterward, she falls on the sidewalk and scrap is in the stage of moral realism, she will likely believe that

By what age will children generally use rehearsal on their own as a memory strategy?

According to Piaget, which of the following would a concrete operational child be unable to do?

José understands that if A is heavier than B, and B is heavier than C, then A is also heavier than C. This demonstrate

Match the following: -Semantic code

Justin puts his school supplies away in his desk. When asked why, he replies, "Because my teacher told me to." He b wrong are absolutes and that behavior is correct when it conforms to rules. According to Piaget, what stage of moral in?

History-Theories-And-Methods

Heredity-And-Conception

Prenatal-Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World

Infancy-Physical-Development

Infancy-Cognitive-Development

Infancy-Social-And-Emotional-Development

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Early-Childhood-Cognitive-Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

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