Question 1

Piaget proposed a totally internally coherent logical structure known as the INRC group. What does INRC stand for?

Accepted Answer

A) Invariant-Number-Reversible-Cooperative 
B) Incorporated-Numerosity-Relative-Correlative 
C) Identity-Negation-Reciprocity-Correlative 
D) Individual-Numerosity-Recognition-Coordination 
A) Invariant-Number-Reversible-Cooperative 
B) Incorporated-Numerosity-Relative-Correlative 
C) Identity-Negation-Reciprocity-Correlative 
D) Individual-Numerosity-Recognition-Coordination C

Question 2

Piaget(and later Siegel) found that …

Accepted Answer

A) The more complex relations in formal operational thinking are mastered at 13 years. 
B) Not everybody manages to master the more complex relations that form part of formal operational thinking. 
C) The more complex relations in formal operational thinking are mastered at 11 years. 
D) The balance beam task is not a good test of formal operations. 
A) The more complex relations in formal operational thinking are mastered at 13 years. 
B) Not everybody manages to master the more complex relations that form part of formal operational thinking. 
C) The more complex relations in formal operational thinking are mastered at 11 years. 
D) The balance beam task is not a good test of formal operations. B

Question 3

According to Levin et al.(1991), which executive skills reached adult levels by age 12?

Accepted Answer

A) Inhibition and task switching 
B) Task switching and planning 
C) Planning and generating new solutions 
D) Inhibition and planning 
A) Inhibition and task switching 
B) Task switching and planning 
C) Planning and generating new solutions 
D) Inhibition and planning A

Question 4

In covariation, the sum of the diagnols strategy involves …

Accepted Answer

A) looking at the frequency in Cell A and determining if it is stronger than the other cells 
B) comparing the frequencies of Cells A and B 
C) comparing the number of events comfirming a positive relationship with the number disconfirming the relationship 
D) comparing the frequencies of Cells C and D 
A) looking at the frequency in Cell A and determining if it is stronger than the other cells 
B) comparing the frequencies of Cells A and B 
C) comparing the number of events comfirming a positive relationship with the number disconfirming the relationship 
D) comparing the frequencies of Cells C and D

Question 5

Piaget makes two claims about thinking in the period after concrete operations. One of these claims is that formal operational thinking is the final stage of development. What is the other claim?

Accepted Answer

A) Developmental changes continue through early adolescence. 
B) Developmental changes do not continue through early adolescence. 
C) Formal operational thinking is not qualitatively different from concrete operational thinking, but it is quantitatively different. 
D) The transition to formal operational thinking begins at around 13 years. 
A) Developmental changes continue through early adolescence. 
B) Developmental changes do not continue through early adolescence. 
C) Formal operational thinking is not qualitatively different from concrete operational thinking, but it is quantitatively different. 
D) The transition to formal operational thinking begins at around 13 years.

Question 6

Which of the following was NOT a study reported by Piaget and Inhelder(1955)?

Accepted Answer

A) The mental rotation task 
B) The balance beam task 
C) The pendulum task 
D) The communicating vessels task 
A) The mental rotation task 
B) The balance beam task 
C) The pendulum task 
D) The communicating vessels task

Question 7

Children are able to coordinate information for analyses best in the …

Accepted Answer

A) concrete operational stage 
B) preoperational stage 
C) formal operational stage 
D) sensorimotor stage 
A) concrete operational stage 
B) preoperational stage 
C) formal operational stage 
D) sensorimotor stage

Question 8

Which is NOT true of formal operational thought?

Accepted Answer

A) It is Piaget's final cognitive stage. 
B) It is the stage in which transitive inferences can begin to be made. 
C) It is the stage where deductive logic is acquired. 
D) It is the stage in which the ability to consider two or more factors at a time is acquired. 
A) It is Piaget's final cognitive stage. 
B) It is the stage in which transitive inferences can begin to be made. 
C) It is the stage where deductive logic is acquired. 
D) It is the stage in which the ability to consider two or more factors at a time is acquired.

Question 9

Cognitive development …

Accepted Answer

A) is linked to maturation that is independent of puberty 
B) is linked to puberty 
C) occurs sporadically 
D) is completed at the same time pubertal changes are completed 
A) is linked to maturation that is independent of puberty 
B) is linked to puberty 
C) occurs sporadically 
D) is completed at the same time pubertal changes are completed

Question 10

The Go/No-Go task measures …

Accepted Answer

A) inhibition 
B) planning 
C) task switching 
D) generating new solutions 
A) inhibition 
B) planning 
C) task switching 
D) generating new solutions

Question 11

Which is NOT a reason as to why younger children retain less information?

Accepted Answer

A) They take longer to process information and so more of it is decayed. 
B) They are not able to organise memories due to a less developed PFC. 
C) They have less efficient attention strategies. 
D) They have less efficient rehearsal strategies. 
A) They take longer to process information and so more of it is decayed. 
B) They are not able to organise memories due to a less developed PFC. 
C) They have less efficient attention strategies. 
D) They have less efficient rehearsal strategies.

Question 12

Which book helped to establish the view that adolescence was a structurally distinct developmental period?

Accepted Answer

A) Manual of Child Psychology 
B) Handbook on Formal Operational Thinking 
C) The Growth of Logical Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence 
D) Your Child and You 
A) Manual of Child Psychology 
B) Handbook on Formal Operational Thinking 
C) The Growth of Logical Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence 
D) Your Child and You

Question 13

Which is NOT considered a higher order executive skill which normally needs more time to mature and develop?

Accepted Answer

A) planning 
B) retrieving and organising information 
C) memory strategy 
D) attentional control 
A) planning 
B) retrieving and organising information 
C) memory strategy 
D) attentional control

Question 14

In Helwig's scenarios(1995), younger adolescents tended to …

Accepted Answer

A) affirm equality of freedom of speech 
B) affirm freedoms of speech and religion more often 
C) not confirm civil liberties 
D) affirm freedoms of speech and religion less often 
A) affirm equality of freedom of speech 
B) affirm freedoms of speech and religion more often 
C) not confirm civil liberties 
D) affirm freedoms of speech and religion less often

Question 15

Filling in the last word in a sentence based on context and then remembering all of the last words is a classic test for measuring …

Accepted Answer

A) working memory 
B) short-term memory 
C) attention 
D) executive functions 
A) working memory 
B) short-term memory 
C) attention 
D) executive functions

Question 16

Baldwin referred to the final cognitive stage as …

Accepted Answer

A) hyper-logical 
B) operational 
C) logical 
D) post-logical 
A) hyper-logical 
B) operational 
C) logical 
D) post-logical

Question 17

Children in the concrete operational stage can solve ___________ transitive interference problems.

Accepted Answer

A) No 
B) All 
C) Abstract 
D) Concrete 
A) No 
B) All 
C) Abstract 
D) Concrete

Question 18

Which key new operation is available in the formal operations stage, according to Piaget?

Accepted Answer

A) critical analysis 
B) formal reasoning 
C) formal induction 
D) formal deduction 
A) critical analysis 
B) formal reasoning 
C) formal induction 
D) formal deduction

Question 19

Shaklee's study(1988) found that when given covariant problems …

Accepted Answer

A) college-age students were able to naturally and spontaneously use the conditional probablility rule 
B) college-age students were more developmentally ready to receive training in conditional probability 
C) adolescents performed significantly more poorly than college-age students before training 
D) adolescents showed significant improvement after training 
A) college-age students were able to naturally and spontaneously use the conditional probablility rule 
B) college-age students were more developmentally ready to receive training in conditional probability 
C) adolescents performed significantly more poorly than college-age students before training 
D) adolescents showed significant improvement after training

Question 20

A study by Shaklee(1988) served to demonstrate that …

Accepted Answer

A) not all adults attain the formal operations stage 
B) the formal operations stage is attained universally 
C) education can play a role in developing formal operational thought 
D) education has little role to play in formal operational thought 
A) not all adults attain the formal operations stage 
B) the formal operations stage is attained universally 
C) education can play a role in developing formal operational thought 
D) education has little role to play in formal operational thought

Piaget proposed a totally internally coherent logical structure known as the INRC group. What does INRC stand for?

Piaget(and later Siegel) found that …

According to Levin et al.(1991), which executive skills reached adult levels by age 12?

In covariation, the sum of the diagnols strategy involves …

Piaget makes two claims about thinking in the period after concrete operations. One of these claims is that formal operational thinking is the final stage of development. What is the other claim?

Which of the following was NOT a study reported by Piaget and Inhelder(1955)?

Children are able to coordinate information for analyses best in the …

Which is NOT true of formal operational thought?

Cognitive development …

The Go/No-Go task measures …

Which is NOT a reason as to why younger children retain less information?

Which book helped to establish the view that adolescence was a structurally distinct developmental period?

Which is NOT considered a higher order executive skill which normally needs more time to mature and develop?

In Helwig's scenarios(1995), younger adolescents tended to …

Filling in the last word in a sentence based on context and then remembering all of the last words is a classic test for measuring …

Baldwin referred to the final cognitive stage as …

Children in the concrete operational stage can solve ___________ transitive interference problems.

Which key new operation is available in the formal operations stage, according to Piaget?

Shaklee's study(1988) found that when given covariant problems …

A study by Shaklee(1988) served to demonstrate that …

Framework and Methods

Theories and Approaches

Introduction to Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Introduction to the Preschool Years

Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years

Language Development in the Preschool Years

Social and Emotional Development in the Preschool Years

Introduction to Middle Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Literacy

Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood

Introduction to Adolescence

Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence

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Exam 14: Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Piaget proposed a totally internally coherent logical structure known as the INRC group. What does INRC stand for?

Piaget(and later Siegel) found that …

According to Levin et al.(1991), which executive skills reached adult levels by age 12?

In covariation, the sum of the diagnols strategy involves …

Piaget makes two claims about thinking in the period after concrete operations. One of these claims is that formal operational thinking is the final stage of development. What is the other claim?

Which of the following was NOT a study reported by Piaget and Inhelder(1955)?

Children are able to coordinate information for analyses best in the …

Which is NOT true of formal operational thought?

Cognitive development …

The Go/No-Go task measures …

Which is NOT a reason as to why younger children retain less information?

Which book helped to establish the view that adolescence was a structurally distinct developmental period?

Which is NOT considered a higher order executive skill which normally needs more time to mature and develop?

In Helwig's scenarios(1995), younger adolescents tended to …

Filling in the last word in a sentence based on context and then remembering all of the last words is a classic test for measuring …

Baldwin referred to the final cognitive stage as …

Children in the concrete operational stage can solve ___________ transitive interference problems.

Which key new operation is available in the formal operations stage, according to Piaget?

Shaklee's study(1988) found that when given covariant problems …

A study by Shaklee(1988) served to demonstrate that …

Framework and Methods

Theories and Approaches

Introduction to Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Introduction to the Preschool Years

Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years

Language Development in the Preschool Years

Social and Emotional Development in the Preschool Years

Introduction to Middle Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Literacy

Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood

Introduction to Adolescence

Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence

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