Exam 4: Theories of Cognitive Development

Stacey is 2 years old and learning about her environment. As she does so, her language skills expand. She is best able to identify objects as either people, animals, or nonliving things. Stacey is demonstrating which characteristic of children's theories about their world?

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With which statement about planning would information-processing theorists NOT agree?

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Question 142

Describe the aspect of each theory that you found most interesting or accurate. Would it be possible to unify these aspects into one supertheory? Why or why not?

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

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Question 144

The Heathcock, Lobo, and Galloway study described in the text found that preterm infants' reaching appeared to be improved by

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Question 145

Which statement does NOT describe a characteristic of Piaget's stages?

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Question 146

Piaget believed that children of different ages think in _____ ways.

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Now that Nate is an adult, his memories of childhood are in his

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Question 148

According to dynamic-systems theories, development is NOT

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Question 149

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

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Which factor is NOT a central property of Piaget's theory?

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According to Piaget, the accomplishment that characterizes the first few months of life is infants' ability to

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Question 152

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

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Question 153

The perspective that infants build increasingly advanced understanding by combining rudimentary innate knowledge with subsequent experiences is referred to as

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Question 154

The theory that infants have substantial innate knowledge of evolutionarily important domains is to _ as the theory that infants build increasingly advanced understanding by combining rudimentary innate knowledge with subsequent experiences is to _.

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Question 155

Which item is NOT one of the four core-knowledge systems proposed by Spelke?

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Question 156

The repetition of other people's behaviour a substantial time after it originally occurred is referred to as

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Question 157

The view that BEST represents sociocultural theories is of the child as

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Which description is an illustration of behavioural variation in young children's addition strategies?

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Question 159

Which theoretical perspective views children as entering the world equipped with general learning abilities as well as specialized learning mechanisms that allow them to quickly and effortlessly acquire information of evolutionary importance?

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Stacey is 2 years old and learning about her environment. As she does so, her language skills expand. She is best able to identify objects as either people, animals, or nonliving things. Stacey is demonstrating which characteristic of children's theories about their world?

With which statement about planning would information-processing theorists NOT agree?

Describe the aspect of each theory that you found most interesting or accurate. Would it be possible to unify these aspects into one supertheory? Why or why not?

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

The Heathcock, Lobo, and Galloway study described in the text found that preterm infants' reaching appeared to be improved by

Which statement does NOT describe a characteristic of Piaget's stages?

Piaget believed that children of different ages think in _____ ways.

Now that Nate is an adult, his memories of childhood are in his

According to dynamic-systems theories, development is NOT

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

Which factor is NOT a central property of Piaget's theory?

According to Piaget, the accomplishment that characterizes the first few months of life is infants' ability to

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

The perspective that infants build increasingly advanced understanding by combining rudimentary innate knowledge with subsequent experiences is referred to as

The theory that infants have substantial innate knowledge of evolutionarily important domains is to _ as the theory that infants build increasingly advanced understanding by combining rudimentary innate knowledge with subsequent experiences is to _.

Which item is NOT one of the four core-knowledge systems proposed by Spelke?

The repetition of other people's behaviour a substantial time after it originally occurred is referred to as

The view that BEST represents sociocultural theories is of the child as

Which description is an illustration of behavioural variation in young children's addition strategies?

Which theoretical perspective views children as entering the world equipped with general learning abilities as well as specialized learning mechanisms that allow them to quickly and effortlessly acquire information of evolutionary importance?

An Introduction to Child Development

Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period

Biology and Behavior

Perception, Action, and Learning in Infancy

Development of Language and Symbol Use

Conceptual Development

Intelligence and Academic Achievement

Theories of Social Development

Emotional Development

Attachment to Others and Development of Self

The Family

Peer Relationships

Moral Development

Gender Development

Conclusions

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Exam 4: Theories of Cognitive Development

Stacey is 2 years old and learning about her environment. As she does so, her language skills expand. She is best able to identify objects as either people, animals, or nonliving things. Stacey is demonstrating which characteristic of children's theories about their world?

With which statement about planning would information-processing theorists NOT agree?

Describe the aspect of each theory that you found most interesting or accurate. Would it be possible to unify these aspects into one supertheory? Why or why not?

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

The Heathcock, Lobo, and Galloway study described in the text found that preterm infants' reaching appeared to be improved by

Which statement does NOT describe a characteristic of Piaget's stages?

Piaget believed that children of different ages think in _____ ways.

Now that Nate is an adult, his memories of childhood are in his

According to dynamic-systems theories, development is NOT

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

Which factor is NOT a central property of Piaget's theory?

According to Piaget, the accomplishment that characterizes the first few months of life is infants' ability to

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

The perspective that infants build increasingly advanced understanding by combining rudimentary innate knowledge with subsequent experiences is referred to as

The theory that infants have substantial innate knowledge of evolutionarily important domains is to _____ as the theory that infants build increasingly advanced understanding by combining rudimentary innate knowledge with subsequent experiences is to _____.

Which item is NOT one of the four core-knowledge systems proposed by Spelke?

The repetition of other people's behaviour a substantial time after it originally occurred is referred to as

The view that BEST represents sociocultural theories is of the child as

Which description is an illustration of behavioural variation in young children's addition strategies?

Which theoretical perspective views children as entering the world equipped with general learning abilities as well as specialized learning mechanisms that allow them to quickly and effortlessly acquire information of evolutionary importance?

An Introduction to Child Development

Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period

Biology and Behavior

Perception, Action, and Learning in Infancy

Development of Language and Symbol Use

Conceptual Development

Intelligence and Academic Achievement

Theories of Social Development

Emotional Development

Attachment to Others and Development of Self

The Family

Peer Relationships

Moral Development

Gender Development

Conclusions

Filters

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

The theory that infants have substantial innate knowledge of evolutionarily important domains is to _ as the theory that infants build increasingly advanced understanding by combining rudimentary innate knowledge with subsequent experiences is to _.