Exam 9: The Growth of Knowledge

All of the following are main dimensions used to describe theories of cognitive development EXCEPT:

Donaldson's research suggests that children fail the classic Piaget number conservation task because they:

Madison comes to understand the principles of cause and effect and applies these to many areas of life from physics to social interactions.This illustrates:

Which best describes Piaget's view of development?

Describe how the performance of preoperational and concrete operational children differs on Piaget's three mountains task.

All of the following statements about using geometric information are true EXCEPT:

Bryant and Trabasso's study suggests that children were failing the Piaget seriation task because of the task's:

Preschoolers are much better at sorting objects into ________ level categories than they are at using other category levels.

Piaget's theory posits that children progress through four stages of development characterized by different ways of thinking and understanding the world.This progression illustrates:

Allie, a 7-year-old, sees two rows of pennies of equal length.The experimenter spreads out one row and asks Allie if they have the same number.Allie says they do have the same number and one row just has more space between pennies.What stage is Allie in?

All of the following are considered universal core biological beliefs EXCEPT:

What is the zone of proximal development, and how could teachers apply this concept to facilitate student learning?

Toys are an example of what type of category?

Which of the following statements is true about cognitive developmental theories?

At which level are all category members both maximally similar to each other and maximally distinct from members of other categories?

Kenisha is helping her daughter put together a puzzle.She provides support in subtle ways, such as suggesting that they focus on the edges of the puzzle.This illustrates:

Describe the abilities and limitations associated with the preoperational child's use of symbols.

The National Research Council report called Taking Science to School suggests all of the following EXCEPT:

Jasmine wants a big piece of cake.Her mother puts it on a big plate, and Jasmine complains that she wants more cake.Jasmine is satisfied when her mother moves the cake to a small plate because she is only focused on one dimension, plate size.This phenomenon of focusing excessively on a single dimension is called:

The order of Piaget's developmental stages is: