Exam 8: Cognitive Development

Will went on a field trip to the museum. He can't recall any of the art he saw but he can remember each of dinosaurs he saw. Why might this be?

By elementary school, most children have created an imaginary companion.

Most children have accomplished nearly all of the grammatical distinctions of their language by:

The ability to reproduce material from memory is known as:

General outlines of events and the order in which they occur, used to organize thinking and memory about familiar occurrences, is known as:

Children who spend significant time in day care show lower levels of cognitive development.

Children's ability to pass the Piaget's water conservation task indicate that they:

With the children's increases in representational skills we also see increases in:

Two-year-old Sammy helps his mother make cookies by standing on a chair and helping to mix the dough. At 4, he is able to pour in the ingredients and shape the cookies on the pan. At 6, he helps read the recipe and measure the ingredients. By the time he is 8, he only needs help using the oven. This pattern of parental support is known as:

During the false belief task, preschoolers who report that their father will think that there are band-aids in the box have accomplished:

Jayne is learning to tie her shoes. Her mother sees her attempt to tie her shoes and hears her saying, "pull the strings tight. Make a loop. Twist it around and Pull!" This is an example of:

List the subscales of the HOME Inventory