Exam 8: Cognitive Development

Steve,Kim,Darren,and Vinit have been asked to make drawings of all the life forms that might occur on another planet.According to Piaget,the most novel,creative ideas of life forms are likely to come from the child in which stage of cognitive development?

Discuss what the results from research by Baillargeon (and colleagues)suggest about Piaget's conclusions regarding object permanence.Is Baillargeon measuring what Piaget claimed to measure? If not,then what is being measured?

Fourteen-year-old Trevor thought all he needed to do to earn an "A" was to show up for class and pay attention.In his first year of high school he got Cs in all his classes because he didn't study enough.The next year he studied almost every evening after school.What does the change in Trevor's understanding of what was necessary to succeed in school illustrate?

Piaget believed that intellectual development occurs in a fixed sequence.Which factor(s)did he base this belief on?

According to Piaget,how is cognitive growth stimulated?

According to Piaget,what characterizes concrete-operational thought?

According to Piaget,what does egocentric speech indicate about the child?

Which statement best summarizes the research findings of Rogoff and her colleagues regarding guided participation?

What would be an overall slogan of Vygotsky's theory?

Which statement best summarizes Baillargeon's conclusion as to why young infants stare longer at "impossible" scenes than they do at "possible" scenes?

Which process did Piaget propose to explain why people react to new experiences on the basis of similarities to their past experiences?

According to Vygotsky,the longitudinal observation of a child's development of toy sharing would be appropriate for which type of research?

Based on what you know about the development of a belief-desire theory of mind,what would you predict about cross-cultural differences in the emergence of this ability?

What is the Piagetian term for an organized pattern of thought or action that the child constructs to make sense of his or her experience?

Daniel is 3 months old and he loves to suck his thumb.He does it over and over again,every chance he gets.Daniel's behaviour is characteristic of which stage of cognitive development?

Which of the following is the best description of the way in which formal-operational children approach tasks such as the "pendulum" problem?

Camilla and Frank both teach Grade 4 students.Camilla most often uses cooperative learning activities,whereas Frank most often uses independent,discovery-based activities.Based on this information,with which cognitive theorist would Camilla and Frank most likely agree?

Amanda is currently in the sensorimotor stage of development.According to Piaget,when will her parents know that her object concept is fully mature?

According to Piaget,between what ages does the concrete operational period of development occur?

Suppose you hide a toy behind one of two screens.Then,when you take the screen away,the toy is missing.According to recent research,what would be the most likely response of an 8-month-old infant to this situation?