Exam 11: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

The ________ states that memories range on a continuum from literal information to imprecise and general information.

Which type of memory pieces together information and infers the rest?

In early childhood, thought is ____________, while in middle childhood, it is ____________.

Piaget's third stage of cognitive development is called ________.

Recent research on learning to read indicates that visual and phonological (sound) properties of words are processed in different areas of the brain but that specific neural circuits between the ________________ lobes develop as the visual and sound properties of words are experienced together.

According to network models of memory, why is it likely to be easier for you to recall your mother's maiden name when asked than to remember the name of an acquaintance that you've only met once or twice?

Last week, Dudley learned in his science class that the fluffy white clouds in the sky are called cumulous clouds. However, a week later, on his science test, he is not able to remember their name. According to the network model, Dudley is most likely having difficulty ________ the information.

Reconstructive memory uses information from storage and _____ cues.

On average, how many chunks of information can your short-term memory hold?

Identify and describe the major steps of memory processing in the stores model of memory.

The amount of information a person knows about a particular area or topic is called their

List and describe the six developmental stages in Chall's theory on reading.

Thomas watches his teacher, Ms. Hunt, perform a classic conservation task. She has two glasses with an equal amount of a blue liquid. She then pours the liquid from one glass into a tall narrow container and the liquid from another glass into a short wide container. Ms. Hunt asks him which container has more liquid or do they have the same amount. Thomas responds confidently, "They have the same amount; if you poured them back into their original glasses, they would be the same." Thomas is most likely illustrating which aspect of thought?

Research studies indicate that teachers should not encourage their students to use inventive spelling when trying to correctly spell words.

Describe the similarities and differences between the short-term store in the stores model and the working memory in the network model.

Nine-year-old Dustin comes home from a birthday party and tells everyone what he did at the party, all the friends he met, and the games they played. Dustin is using ______ memory to rely on his recall for events of the party.

What information-processing memory theory has been applied to the study of language development?

Jonah is participating in the liquid conservation task, and according to the production system model, he only uses two productions to guide his reasoning (see Table 11.1, Model I). He watches as liquid is poured from a short glass into a tall glass and explains that there is more in the new tall glass because

In "Career Focus: Meet a Child and Family Therapist," what does Dr. Updegrove suggest for helping children to accurately recall events?

When children make up their own versions of the spelling of words, it is called