Exam 5: Cognitive Development: Improvements in Thinking, Reasoning, and Decision Making

Jamal realizes that he understands things better when he reads them than when he hears them.This example best illustrates Jamal's:

Nina is organizing her book collection into groups and subgroups.This best demonstrates:

Stages are to __________ development as gradual change is to __________ development.

Chip is certain that everyone will notice the pimple on his cheek,so he doesn't want to go to school.Chip is experiencing:

What are the imaginary audience and the personal fable? Give two theories as to why these tend to develop during adolescence.

Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Stuart keeps getting the multiple choice questions wrong because he overanalyzes them and makes them complex when they're actually quite simple.This illustrates the concept of:

Which lobe of the brain is most involved in language and in interpreting nonverbal communication?

Which of the groupings in Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence includes the ability to size up situations and solve everyday problems?

Looking for evidence that is in accordance with one's hypothesis is called:

Which grouping in Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence includes the ability to develop new insights,theories,and ideas?

List and explain at least three factors that influence intelligence test results.How might these relate to the misuse of intelligence tests?

Moshman believes that most of the improvement in deduction that occurs during adolescence is due to adolescents' ability to:

According to the three-stage model of memory,information is held for only a fraction of a second in:

The approach to the study of cognition that emphasizes the qualitative changes in adolescent thought is:

Inductive reasoning is:

Describe the type of mental operations that individuals are capable of using in each of Piaget's four stages.

Language is acquired during Piaget's ________ stage.

Which of Gardner's eight intelligences is most essential for a successful clinical psychologist?

Explain the four levels of epistemological understanding.