Exam 4: Theories of Cognitive Development

Jacob and his mother are driving home from school. Jacob, who is sitting in the back seat behind his mother, is telling a story about his foot getting hurt. Of course, his mother, who is driving, cannot see his foot, but Jacob keeps pointing to his foot, saying, "Mommy, see where I have my boo-boo?" Jacob is suffering from:

The father of 4-year-old Annabelle and 9-year-old Shana tells his daughters that they need to buy 10 items at the supermarket, including 5 items to make cake (eggs, flour, butter, sugar, and chocolate) and 5 items for lunch (milk, bread, peanut butter, jelly, and apples). He asks Annabelle to help him remember the cake ingredients, and he asks Shana to help him remember the lunch items. Which of the following occurrences is MOST likely to happen?

With which of the following statements about analogical reasoning would information-processing theories NOT agree?

Ann Brown's "community of learners" program is supported by:

Describe the three main components of memory discussed in the text. Describe how these three components related to your studying for this exam.

Which perspective on development focuses on how basic actions, such as crawling, walking, reaching, and grasping, can yield insights?

Describe the typical behavior of a 6-year-old child on a test of the conservation concept. Discuss two benefits and two limitations of Piaget's theory for explaining this result.

Egocentrism is characteristic of which of Piaget's_____ stage.

Compared to the other theories described in the chapter, dynamic-systems theories place particular emphasis on children's:

According to core-knowledge theories, children's informal theories have which of the following properties?

The term conservation concept refers to the idea that:

Which theory emphasizes that children are a product of their culture?

An 11-month-old infant would be MOST likely to use analogical reasoning when new and old problems are the same in terms of:

Private speech is conceived of by Vygotsky as a(n):

The dynamic-systems approach considers which of the following behaviors to be a mechanism for change?

Myelin acts as a(n):

Each day, each of us solves a variety of problems, including finding lost keys, remembering a friend's phone number, figuring out what to get Dad for Father's Day, and so on. Think about a recent problem, small or large, that you have recently had to solve. Do a task analysis of your problem solving. Be sure to describe your goals, subgoals, and relevant facts, as well as any inferences you had to make or biases you had. Also be sure to describe any errors you made in your processing.

Children first come to reason logically about features of the world in Piaget's stage.

Task analysis refers to:

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are out of view is referred to as: