Exam 7: Cognitive Development: an Information-Processing Perspective

Fatima wants her 3-year-old son Jamal to tell his grandfather about his recent trip to the beach. To elicit his recall, Fatima asks, "What did we do at the beach?" "What did you play with?" "What did we do there?" This represents a(n) __________ narrative style.

Researchers believe that Guatemalan Mayan children were better able to remember the placement of 40 familiar objects in a play scene than their U.S. agemates because Mayan children

Case's neo-Piagetian theory attributes movement from one stage to the next to increases in the efficiency with which children use their limited

In learning basic math, poorly performing students

Describe how semantic knowledge and the use of memory strategies support one another.

Stimulus recognition

What are scripts, and how do they influence memory and understanding in everyday life?

Research shows that __________ strongly motivate(s) use of memory strategies.

Between the ages of 6 and 10, children

By age 10, most children