Question 1

The "tip-of-the-tongue" phenomenon results in difficulty with which aspect of your long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  encoding 
B)  storage 
C)  retrieval 
D)  accessing 
A)  encoding 
B)  storage 
C)  retrieval 
D)  accessing

Question 2

What is the ability to arrange items according to a quantitative dimension?

Accepted Answer

A)  transitivity 
B)  conservation 
C)  reversibility 
D)  seriation 
A)  transitivity 
B)  conservation 
C)  reversibility 
D)  seriation

Question 3

If activation is not maintained, short-term store and working memory

Accepted Answer

A)  can hold information for a long period of time (roughly 2 minutes). 
B)  have a large capacity (can hold about 20 items). 
C)  can hold information for a short period of time (roughly 30 seconds). 
D)  has a very small capacity (can hold only 2 items). 
A)  can hold information for a long period of time (roughly 2 minutes). 
B)  have a large capacity (can hold about 20 items). 
C)  can hold information for a short period of time (roughly 30 seconds). 
D)  has a very small capacity (can hold only 2 items).

Question 4

When a child can figure out that 4 + 7 is 11 by first adding 4 + 6 and then adding one, he or she is using

Accepted Answer

A)  a counting strategy. 
B)  subitizing. 
C)  phonemic awareness. 
D)  practical intelligence. 
A)  a counting strategy. 
B)  subitizing. 
C)  phonemic awareness. 
D)  practical intelligence.

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  The word "persnickety" means fussy or picky. 
B)  Cordelia remembers that she ate oatmeal for breakfast today. 
C)  Thomas knows how to play the piano. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  The word "persnickety" means fussy or picky. 
B)  Cordelia remembers that she ate oatmeal for breakfast today. 
C)  Thomas knows how to play the piano. 
D)  all of the above

Question 6

In ________ models, information is believed to move from one storage facility to another, whereas in ________ models, information is believed to be activated or accessible to different degrees at different times.

Accepted Answer

A)  network; stores 
B)  stores; network 
C)  node; link 
D)  link; node 
A)  network; stores 
B)  stores; network 
C)  node; link 
D)  link; node

Question 7

Being able to consider more than one aspect of a problem is called the ability to

Accepted Answer

A)  centrate. 
B)  decenter. 
C)  seriate. 
D)  subitize. 
A)  centrate. 
B)  decenter. 
C)  seriate. 
D)  subitize.

Question 8

Like ____________ models of memory, connectionist models also propose that knowledge is represented by a pattern of activation across a set of neuron-like units.

Accepted Answer

A)  stores 
B)  fuzzy trace 
C)  strategy choice 
D)  network 
A)  stores 
B)  fuzzy trace 
C)  strategy choice 
D)  network

Question 9

The understanding that words are made up of smaller units is called

Accepted Answer

A)  metalinguistic awareness. 
B)  phonemic awareness. 
C)  automatization. 
D)  knowledge telling. 
A)  metalinguistic awareness. 
B)  phonemic awareness. 
C)  automatization. 
D)  knowledge telling.

Question 10

Children who have learning disabilities in reading often have difficulty with the ability to quickly recognize words. This is called the ability to ________ words.

Accepted Answer

A)  automatize 
B)  produce 
C)  subitize 
D)  rehearse 
A)  automatize 
B)  produce 
C)  subitize 
D)  rehearse

Question 11

Children in the concrete operational stage are able to solve class inclusion problems because they

Accepted Answer

A)  can reverse operations mentally. 
B)  can focus on more than once aspect of a problem. 
C)  are egocentric in their thinking. 
D)  have abstract thinking. 
A)  can reverse operations mentally. 
B)  can focus on more than once aspect of a problem. 
C)  are egocentric in their thinking. 
D)  have abstract thinking.

Question 12

Which of the following is a memory strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  rehearsal 
B)  organization 
C)  elaboration 
D)  all of the above 
A)  rehearsal 
B)  organization 
C)  elaboration 
D)  all of the above

Question 13

What model of information processing views memory as a series of different storage locations?

Accepted Answer

A)  stores 
B)  network 
C)  conservation 
D)  working memory 
A)  stores 
B)  network 
C)  conservation 
D)  working memory

Question 14

In order to hold events in memory-where they are kept even when we are not actively attending to them-they must be passed from the ___________ to the ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term store; long-term store 
B)  long-term store; sensory store 
C)  executive processor; long-term store 
D)  sensory store; executive processor 
A)  short-term store; long-term store 
B)  long-term store; sensory store 
C)  executive processor; long-term store 
D)  sensory store; executive processor

Question 15

Given a list of spelling words to study, Marcus decides to divide the list into verbs and nouns and then again into short and long words. This illustrates which memory strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  rehearsal 
B)  organization 
C)  elaboration 
D)  recombination 
A)  rehearsal 
B)  organization 
C)  elaboration 
D)  recombination

Question 16

Some research indicates that ___________ is (are) most affected by maturation and out-of-school experiences.

Accepted Answer

A)  conservation abilities 
B)  class inclusion 
C)  seriation 
D)  transitivity 
A)  conservation abilities 
B)  class inclusion 
C)  seriation 
D)  transitivity

Question 17

High phonemic awareness has been found to be a strong predictor of reading success-even stronger than a child's IQ score.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What are the differences in memory and information processing between individuals who are experts and individuals who are novices in a particular area?

Accepted Answer

Experts mentally organize their knowledg

Question 19

According to Piaget's theory, what are the differences between the cognitive abilities of a preoperational thinker and the cognitive abilities of a concrete operational thinker?

Accepted Answer

The preoperational thinker is not able t

Question 20

Connectionist models contain all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  scripts. 
B)  units. 
C)  links. 
D)  levels of activation. 
A)  scripts. 
B)  units. 
C)  links. 
D)  levels of activation.

The "tip-of-the-tongue" phenomenon results in difficulty with which aspect of your long-term memory?

What is the ability to arrange items according to a quantitative dimension?

If activation is not maintained, short-term store and working memory

When a child can figure out that 4 + 7 is 11 by first adding 4 + 6 and then adding one, he or she is using

Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?

In models, information is believed to move from one storage facility to another, whereas in models, information is believed to be activated or accessible to different degrees at different times.

Being able to consider more than one aspect of a problem is called the ability to

Like ____________ models of memory, connectionist models also propose that knowledge is represented by a pattern of activation across a set of neuron-like units.

The understanding that words are made up of smaller units is called

Children who have learning disabilities in reading often have difficulty with the ability to quickly recognize words. This is called the ability to ________ words.

Children in the concrete operational stage are able to solve class inclusion problems because they

Which of the following is a memory strategy?

What model of information processing views memory as a series of different storage locations?

In order to hold events in memory-where they are kept even when we are not actively attending to them-they must be passed from the _ to the _.

Given a list of spelling words to study, Marcus decides to divide the list into verbs and nouns and then again into short and long words. This illustrates which memory strategy?

Some research indicates that ___________ is (are) most affected by maturation and out-of-school experiences.

High phonemic awareness has been found to be a strong predictor of reading success-even stronger than a child's IQ score.

What are the differences in memory and information processing between individuals who are experts and individuals who are novices in a particular area?

According to Piaget's theory, what are the differences between the cognitive abilities of a preoperational thinker and the cognitive abilities of a concrete operational thinker?

Connectionist models contain all of the following except

Exploring Child Development

Heredity and the Environment

Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical Development in Infants and Toddlers

Socioemotional Development in Infants and Toddlers

Physical Development in Early Childhood

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescenc

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Exam 11: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

The "tip-of-the-tongue" phenomenon results in difficulty with which aspect of your long-term memory?

What is the ability to arrange items according to a quantitative dimension?

If activation is not maintained, short-term store and working memory

When a child can figure out that 4 + 7 is 11 by first adding 4 + 6 and then adding one, he or she is using

Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?

In ________ models, information is believed to move from one storage facility to another, whereas in ________ models, information is believed to be activated or accessible to different degrees at different times.

Being able to consider more than one aspect of a problem is called the ability to

Like ____________ models of memory, connectionist models also propose that knowledge is represented by a pattern of activation across a set of neuron-like units.

The understanding that words are made up of smaller units is called

Children who have learning disabilities in reading often have difficulty with the ability to quickly recognize words. This is called the ability to ________ words.

Children in the concrete operational stage are able to solve class inclusion problems because they

Which of the following is a memory strategy?

What model of information processing views memory as a series of different storage locations?

In order to hold events in memory-where they are kept even when we are not actively attending to them-they must be passed from the ___________ to the ___________.

Given a list of spelling words to study, Marcus decides to divide the list into verbs and nouns and then again into short and long words. This illustrates which memory strategy?

Some research indicates that ___________ is (are) most affected by maturation and out-of-school experiences.

High phonemic awareness has been found to be a strong predictor of reading success-even stronger than a child's IQ score.

What are the differences in memory and information processing between individuals who are experts and individuals who are novices in a particular area?

According to Piaget's theory, what are the differences between the cognitive abilities of a preoperational thinker and the cognitive abilities of a concrete operational thinker?

Connectionist models contain all of the following except

Exploring Child Development

Heredity and the Environment

Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical Development in Infants and Toddlers

Socioemotional Development in Infants and Toddlers

Physical Development in Early Childhood

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescenc

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In models, information is believed to move from one storage facility to another, whereas in models, information is believed to be activated or accessible to different degrees at different times.

In order to hold events in memory-where they are kept even when we are not actively attending to them-they must be passed from the _ to the _.