Exam 4: Theories of Cognitive Development

The study involving American and Chinese college students who were asked to solve two problems, one that required a solution similar to the strategy in the Hansel and Gretel story and one that required a solution similar to a strategy in a Chinese fairy tale, demonstrated the impact of _____on analogical reasoning.

Which of the theories of cognitive development does not address as a major focus how change occurs?

The experiment in which Piaget asks what a doll would see if it were sitting in a chair across the table from the child was designed to examine:

Piaget believed that nature includes children's motivation to meet these two basic functions, central to cognitive growth:

With which of the following statements would a core- knowledge theorist NOT agree?

According to Piaget, the time of the most rapid cognitive development is;

Sociocultural theories refer to the values, economic circumstances, symbol systems, and skills that are involved in everyday interactions as:

Six-month-old Liliana has been exclusively breast-fed since birth and thus has never drunk milk from a bottle. The first time Liliana is offered a bottle, she tries to suck on it the way she is used to sucking. However, her sucking behavior is not successful with the bottle. She thus has to adapt her sucking in order to get sufficient milk from the bottle. Liliana's new understanding of how to suck on the bottle is an indication that she has engaged in the process of:

A playgroup made up of 4-year-olds is unable to agree on the rules of a game. A playgroup made up of 6-year- olds successfully agrees on the rules of their game. What aspect of sociocultural theories is being demonstrated?

According to Piaget, which of the following behaviors contributes to young children's problems with conservation of liquid tasks?

According to Piagetian theory, young infants' goals are, and older infants' goals are more .

Knowledge of the events of one's life is referred to as:

According to core-knowledge theorists, children's intuitive theory of_____ emerges latest.

Piaget's theory suggests that teachers should to help their students learn.

Which of the following terms does NOT identify one of Piaget's stages?

According to dynamic-systems theories, _____is NOT related to children's selection among alternative approaches to a problem.

Dynamic-systems theories suggest that teachers _____to help their students learn.

According to information-processing theories, cognitive development occurs as children go through all of the following processes EXCEPT:

The attempt to overcome obstacles and attain goals is referred to as:

Core knowledge theories depict children as: