Exam 9: The Growth of Knowledge

John, an elementary school student, is taking a test.One of the questions states that Gary has more money than Gordon, and Gordon has more money than Geoff.John must determine if Gary has more money than Geoff.This question is tapping:

Differentiate between foundational and emergent constraints.

Carolina, a young child, originally sees two equal rows of coins.When an experimenter spreads out one of the rows of coins, Carolina thinks this row gets longer but does not realize that the increase of length is due to an increase in the space between coins.This illustrates Carolina lacks the logical operator of:

Which of the following statements about foundational and emergent constraints is true?

Kendra tells her mother that she needs to take her teddy bear with her to the store so that he is not lonely.This is an illustration of:

Danica is a preschooler who is only able to focus on one aspect of a problem and is unable to attend to multiple aspects simultaneously.According to Piaget, Danica would be in which stage of cognitive development?

Describe the process of scaffolding and provide an example.

The ability to think systematically about different possibilities that might depart from the current reality is referred to as:

________ refers to modification of cognitive structures to fit what the child has learned about the environment.

Latoya is 3 years old.According to Piaget, she would be in which period of cognitive development?

Jackie and her twin, Jill, are served hot dogs for lunch.Each receives one hot dog, and their mother first helps cut Jackie's hot dog into pieces.Jill is upset and says that Jackie has more hot dog than she does.This illustrates that Jill has not yet mastered:

Infants seem to be aware of all the following mechanical principles EXCEPT:

Which of the following statements is true?

Suzanne puts her blocks in order of size starting with the biggest block and ending with the smallest block.This demonstrates:

Jiang learns to recognize Chinese characters through repeated exposure.This illustrates:

Ashwin is able to reason logically without reference to his immediate surroundings.What stage of development best describes Ashwin?

What are schemes and how did Piaget believe they changed with development?

A researcher believes that as young children start to understand how solid objects collide with one another and cause movement, this understanding is largely guided by intuitions about physical mechanics that are present in infancy.This illustrates ________ constraints.

Differentiate between qualitative versus quantitative development.

Cin Cin, a preschooler, is shown a plate of fruit consisting of seven grapes and two blueberries.If asked if there are more grapes or more fruit, Cin Cin will likely say: