Exam 10: The Growth of Cognitive Skills

When Jason is read a list of words, he has a better memory for the last few words in the list.This is consistent with a:

When 6-year-old chess "experts" perform memory tasks, researchers find all of the following EXCEPT:

Generally, researchers agree that at some point in learning to read, children obtain phonological awareness, or:

Cognitive activities involved in problem-solving and goal-directed tasks are referred to as:

What is ADHD, and what are the core types of symptoms of the disorder?

Children's ability to draw comes about largely once they are ________ years old.

Compared to countries with poorer-performing math students, countries with higher-performing math students have teachers who typically:

What are declarative and procedural memory? Use an example to show why this distinction between them is important.

Jeff has mastered dual representation.This means he can understand that:

Following the first year of life, the neural systems hypothesis becomes less important in understanding autobiographical memory because the brain is:

Describe the three broad mathematical skills used in mathematical reasoning.

Alerting structures in the brain discussed in the text include all of the following EXCEPT the:

A way of comparing things that seem different on the surface, but have deeper similarities underneath is:

When 4-year-olds are asked to remember a series of pictures, they will:

Describe dual representation and include an example.

What are the major steps in learning how to read?

When young children begin learning about memory strategies, they initially do not spontaneously use them to improve their ability to recall information.This is because there is a ________ deficit.

What is the serial position curve, what does it show, and why is it important?

ADHD-Combined Type is typically described as a disorder that includes symptoms of:

When Jamilla experiences something new, like her first day of school, her: