Exam 2: The Development of Cognitive, Learning, and Language Skills

Martha doesn't understand that when someone else looks at her doll from a different point of view they see the doll differently. How would Piaget describe Martha's communication style?

A highly canalized ability develops only with a supportive environment.

The absorption, or taking in, of knowledge from the social contexts in which it is observed, so that one can use it for oneself.

Vygotsky proposed what is still considered the most influential single theory of cognitive development that has been offered.

When Roger was a sophomore in college, he began to realize that most real-life problems do not have a unique solution that is fully correct while other solutions are incorrect. Some neo-Piagetians would say that Roger has reached this stage of thinking.

In continuous views of development, development is seen as being established largely by nonenvironmental forces.

Piaget: 1960s and 1970s; Vygotsky:

The domain distinction has very little relevance to expert teachers.

Ms. Coleman is an elementary school teacher who sees her student, Danique, struggling in math. Ms. Coleman expects a sudden burst in Danique's ability to understand the math concepts. Ms. Coleman is most like which theorist?

Erroneous strategies children consistently use when they add, subtract, multiply, or divide.

Internalization is the action taken to improve a child's cognitive, socioemotional, or behavioral development.

Amy calls all four-legged animals "dog." This is an example of:

According to Piaget, this is the main mechanism by which cognitive development occurs.

Mariah is taking a test where the examiner gives her a series of hints until she reaches the correct answer. The examiner is using

Piaget suggested that disequilibrium was good for children's notions because it is the impetus for developing expertise.

Piaget's theory is largely domain general.

Why is it important for teachers to understand the difference between learning and maturation?

The preoperational child can understand subtraction as the inverse of addition or division as the inverse of multiplication.

The collective rules for combining words is called syntax.

During this Piagetian stage, children become able to manipulate mentally the internal representations they started to form in the previous stage.