Exam 4: Theories of Cognitive Development

Jenny watches her big brother climb from the couch to the coffee table, a behavior she has never attempted herself. The next day, as soon as her mother turns her back, Jenny climbs up on the couch and then over to the coffee table. Jenny's behavior is referred to as:

Understanding new problems by recognizing parallels with familiar problems is referred to as:

Devon has just begun to use objects to stand for other objects. For instance, his current favorite game is to pretend to play guitar on a toy golf club. Devon is probably in Piaget's stage.

Which of the following theories places the LEAST emphasis on children's own efforts to understand the world?

Kevin and his mother are playing with an interesting squeaky toy. Kevin's mother squeezes the toy in front of him and then hides it under a blanket. Kevin has fun finding the toy under the blanket and then giving it back to his mother. After several rounds of this game, Kevin's mother hides the toy behind a pillow instead of under the blanket. Rather than looking behind the pillow, however, Kevin lifts the blanket to look for the toy. Which of the following statements is true?

In information processing theories, encoding refers to:

In Vygotsky's theory, children are depicted as what?

Myelination does all of the following processes EXCEPT:

Which of the following statements about intersubjectivity is true?

Providing useful associations, improving encoding, and having the ability to determine what is and what is not possible are all ways in which _____improves memory.

According to core-knowledge theorists, what type(s) of development can occur following the appearance of children's initial intuitive theories?

Which of the following theories of cognitive development is the broadest in terms of age range and content?

Core-knowledge theorists view the fact that virtually all children in all societies master the basic grammar of their native language quickly and effortlessly as evidence of:

According to Piaget's theory, a person in the stage is able to conduct a systematic scientific experiment.

When children are in the sensorimotor stage, they are:

Neurons that are activated when a person observes another person perform a goal-directed action as though the observer were performing the action are referred to as_____ neurons.

The tendency to respond to the requirements of the environment in ways that meet one's goals is referred to as:

Leslie is reading a sentence about cars. Which of the following items is likely to be in her working memory?

theorists would be most interested in differences in the ways Chinese and American mothers teach their young children how to count?

Which of the following behaviors is considered a basic process by information-processing theorists?