Exam 7: Cognitive Development: an Information-Processing Perspective

Six-year-old Nafiz is giving testimony about domestic violence he witnessed. Which of the following techniques is most likely to result in response consistency and accuracy in his testimony?

When children grasp the principle of cardinality, they understand that

Constructive processing takes place during

Siegler's model of strategy applies a(n) __________ perspective to children's cognition.

In the store model of the information-processing system, the central executive __________ the mental system.

Research has shown that most preschoolers

__________ knowledge contributes vitally to the development of __________ memory, or recollections of personally experienced events that occurred at a specific time and place.

Schneider's and Bjorklund's study of children soccer experts versus soccer novices demonstrated that compared to novices, expert children are more likely to

Children generate central conceptual structures when schemes

Kendrie's preschool class changes the calendar at the beginning of class every day and looks at words that tell the month and day. This activity contributes to Kendrie's

Once formed, scripts can

Which of the following statements is supported by research on reading?

Heritability evidence suggests that individual differences in working-memory capacity and attentional processing

Effective self-regulatory skills

In the store model of the information-processing system, we use mental strategies to

Seven-year-old Carlos is presented with a verbatim digit span task. Carlos should be able to recall _________ digits.

Autobiographical memory refers to representations of

Which of the following statements is supported by research on memory?

Younger children are more likely than older children to organize by

Mario sees a familiar face at the mall, but he cannot recall the person's name. Mario is having problems with