Question 1

Adults recall much more from preschool ages than from when they were infants because

Accepted Answer

A) parents take more family photos of preschoolers. 
B) as infants, they repressed memories of abusive events. 
C) preschoolers build language fluency and a sense of self. 
D) infants focus on sensorimotor play rather than on memory. 
A) parents take more family photos of preschoolers. 
B) as infants, they repressed memories of abusive events. 
C) preschoolers build language fluency and a sense of self. 
D) infants focus on sensorimotor play rather than on memory.

Question 2

Problem-solving strategies show much variety, but they share this feature in common:

Accepted Answer

A) the necessity of making errors. 
B) a goal that is sought. 
C) a team of two or more who cooperate to find a solution. 
D) enemies or distractors who seek to prevent a solution. 
A) the necessity of making errors. 
B) a goal that is sought. 
C) a team of two or more who cooperate to find a solution. 
D) enemies or distractors who seek to prevent a solution.

Question 3

Children get better at solving problems when they can generalize a strategy used successfully in other, similar problems. This is known as

Accepted Answer

A) metacognitive inspirational insight. 
B) learning to learn. 
C) strategic application. 
D) instructional support. 
A) metacognitive inspirational insight. 
B) learning to learn. 
C) strategic application. 
D) instructional support.

Question 4

When actors memorize, they add a few lines at a time to the previous lines that they already know. This resembles the rehearsal technique called

Accepted Answer

A) scripting. 
B) clustering. 
C) analogical reasoning. 
D) attentional spanification. 
A) scripting. 
B) clustering. 
C) analogical reasoning. 
D) attentional spanification.

Question 5

____ refers to the duration for which a child can remain continuously focused without distraction.

Accepted Answer

A) Attention span 
B) Reticular formation 
C) Mnemonic continuance 
D) Span of apprehension 
A) Attention span 
B) Reticular formation 
C) Mnemonic continuance 
D) Span of apprehension

Question 6

Explain what is meant by metacognition.

Accepted Answer

Metacognition refers to the awareness an

Question 7

Injury to the brain's ____ would be expected to yield harmful effects on attention span.

Accepted Answer

A) parietal lobe of the cerebral cortex 
B) reticular formation 
C) corpus callosum 
D) medulla 
A) parietal lobe of the cerebral cortex 
B) reticular formation 
C) corpus callosum 
D) medulla

Question 8

Children learn strategies for math, reading, memory, or problem-solving in various places but especially at

Accepted Answer

A) a parent's lap during preschool age. 
B) informal play activities with peers. 
C) scouts or other youth activities. 
D) school. 
A) a parent's lap during preschool age. 
B) informal play activities with peers. 
C) scouts or other youth activities. 
D) school.

Question 9

What kind of information is especially suitable to be organized in memory as scripts?

Accepted Answer

A) Fleeting sensory experiences 
B) Familiar repeated action routines 
C) Lists of words being studied with strategies 
D) Explorations of new unfamiliar vacation sites 
A) Fleeting sensory experiences 
B) Familiar repeated action routines 
C) Lists of words being studied with strategies 
D) Explorations of new unfamiliar vacation sites

Question 10

Describe what scripted memories are, and discuss how scripts may interfere with memories of novel events.

Accepted Answer

Scripted memories are memories that are

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a strength of the information-processing approach?

Accepted Answer

A) It detailed processes that Piaget did not identify. 
B) It has led to important instructional changes to support learning. 
C) It has identified domain-specific academic skills. 
D) It provides a coherent, holistic picture of the development of cognition. 
A) It detailed processes that Piaget did not identify. 
B) It has led to important instructional changes to support learning. 
C) It has identified domain-specific academic skills. 
D) It provides a coherent, holistic picture of the development of cognition.

Question 12

The analogical reasoning tested by Chen and colleagues in their "pull on a toy string" experiment drew upon

Accepted Answer

A) semantic similarity of words. 
B) perceptual similarity among objects. 
C) auditory similarity among sounds. 
D) relational similarity. 
A) semantic similarity of words. 
B) perceptual similarity among objects. 
C) auditory similarity among sounds. 
D) relational similarity.

Question 13

SOFTWARE is to HARDWARE as ____ is to ____.

Accepted Answer

A) EXPLICIT COGNITION :: IMPLICIT COGNITION 
B) ACCOMMODATION :: ASSIMILATION 
C) STRATEGY :: NERVOUS SYSTEM 
D) FREE RECALL :: CUED RECALL 
A) EXPLICIT COGNITION :: IMPLICIT COGNITION 
B) ACCOMMODATION :: ASSIMILATION 
C) STRATEGY :: NERVOUS SYSTEM 
D) FREE RECALL :: CUED RECALL

Question 14

The general developmental trend for strategy use is that as children become more mature, they

Accepted Answer

A) apply strategies in the same ways as when young. 
B) use more strategies, more effectively. 
C) become increasingly reliant on unconscious habits. 
D) suffer from confusion because they must make choices from an expanded range of possible strategies. 
A) apply strategies in the same ways as when young. 
B) use more strategies, more effectively. 
C) become increasingly reliant on unconscious habits. 
D) suffer from confusion because they must make choices from an expanded range of possible strategies.

Question 15

Arithmetic reasoning deals with understanding about

Accepted Answer

A) quantities or amounts. 
B) temporal progressions. 
C) familiarity vs. unfamiliarity. 
D) thinking with meaningful categories. 
A) quantities or amounts. 
B) temporal progressions. 
C) familiarity vs. unfamiliarity. 
D) thinking with meaningful categories.

Question 16

John and Marsha tell their friends about all the great things they did during a recent trip to El Morro National Monument. They tell about their trip from

Accepted Answer

A) short-term memory. 
B) strategic memory. 
C) event memory. 
D) autobigraphical memory. 
A) short-term memory. 
B) strategic memory. 
C) event memory. 
D) autobigraphical memory.

Question 17

Jaime is adding 10 + 8, and then 8 + 6. It takes her a really long time to do it, and also it takes her longer to add the former than the latter. This pattern suggests that Jaime is using which strategy?

Accepted Answer

A) Min 
B) Sum 
C) Decomposition 
D) Fact retrieval 
A) Min 
B) Sum 
C) Decomposition 
D) Fact retrieval

Question 18

Children remember details from vacation trips best when those details

Accepted Answer

A) match the contents of relevant familiar scripts. 
B) deviate away from relevant familiar scripts. 
C) discourage the child from doing rehearsal. 
D) clarify their fuzzy traces. 
A) match the contents of relevant familiar scripts. 
B) deviate away from relevant familiar scripts. 
C) discourage the child from doing rehearsal. 
D) clarify their fuzzy traces.

Question 19

Which maturational change has been identified as the source of age-related improvements in children's processing speed?

Accepted Answer

A) Myelinization of the brain's associative areas 
B) Strengthening of the body's large muscles 
C) Resiliency of the body's immune system 
D) Tendency to eat a well-balanced diet 
A) Myelinization of the brain's associative areas 
B) Strengthening of the body's large muscles 
C) Resiliency of the body's immune system 
D) Tendency to eat a well-balanced diet

Question 20

As the child matures, the ability to focus attention selectively on particular activities tends to

Accepted Answer

A) weaken or diminish. 
B) show no systematic age trend. 
C) strengthen and improve. 
D) interfere with explicit memory, but help other skills. 
A) weaken or diminish. 
B) show no systematic age trend. 
C) strengthen and improve. 
D) interfere with explicit memory, but help other skills.

Adults recall much more from preschool ages than from when they were infants because

Problem-solving strategies show much variety, but they share this feature in common:

Children get better at solving problems when they can generalize a strategy used successfully in other, similar problems. This is known as

When actors memorize, they add a few lines at a time to the previous lines that they already know. This resembles the rehearsal technique called

____ refers to the duration for which a child can remain continuously focused without distraction.

Explain what is meant by metacognition.

Injury to the brain's ____ would be expected to yield harmful effects on attention span.

Children learn strategies for math, reading, memory, or problem-solving in various places but especially at

What kind of information is especially suitable to be organized in memory as scripts?

Describe what scripted memories are, and discuss how scripts may interfere with memories of novel events.

Which of the following is NOT a strength of the information-processing approach?

The analogical reasoning tested by Chen and colleagues in their "pull on a toy string" experiment drew upon

SOFTWARE is to HARDWARE as is to .

The general developmental trend for strategy use is that as children become more mature, they

Arithmetic reasoning deals with understanding about

John and Marsha tell their friends about all the great things they did during a recent trip to El Morro National Monument. They tell about their trip from

Jaime is adding 10 + 8, and then 8 + 6. It takes her a really long time to do it, and also it takes her longer to add the former than the latter. This pattern suggests that Jaime is using which strategy?

Children remember details from vacation trips best when those details

Which maturational change has been identified as the source of age-related improvements in children's processing speed?

As the child matures, the ability to focus attention selectively on particular activities tends to

Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Its Research Strategies

Hereditary Influences on Development

Prenatal Development and Birth

Infancy

Physical Development: the Brain, the Body, Motor Skills, and Sexual Development

Cognitive Development: Piagets Theory and Vygotskys Sociocultural Viewpoint

Intelligence: Measuring Mental Performance

Development of Language and Communication Skills

Emotional Development, Temperament, and Attachment

Development of the Self-Concept

Sex Differences and Gender-Role Development

Aggression, Altruism, and Moral Development

The Context of Development I: the Family

The Context of Development

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Exam 7: Cognitive Development: Information-Processing Perspectives

Adults recall much more from preschool ages than from when they were infants because

Problem-solving strategies show much variety, but they share this feature in common:

Children get better at solving problems when they can generalize a strategy used successfully in other, similar problems. This is known as

When actors memorize, they add a few lines at a time to the previous lines that they already know. This resembles the rehearsal technique called

____ refers to the duration for which a child can remain continuously focused without distraction.

Explain what is meant by metacognition.

Injury to the brain's ____ would be expected to yield harmful effects on attention span.

Children learn strategies for math, reading, memory, or problem-solving in various places but especially at

What kind of information is especially suitable to be organized in memory as scripts?

Describe what scripted memories are, and discuss how scripts may interfere with memories of novel events.

Which of the following is NOT a strength of the information-processing approach?

The analogical reasoning tested by Chen and colleagues in their "pull on a toy string" experiment drew upon

SOFTWARE is to HARDWARE as ____ is to ____.

The general developmental trend for strategy use is that as children become more mature, they

Arithmetic reasoning deals with understanding about

John and Marsha tell their friends about all the great things they did during a recent trip to El Morro National Monument. They tell about their trip from

Jaime is adding 10 + 8, and then 8 + 6. It takes her a really long time to do it, and also it takes her longer to add the former than the latter. This pattern suggests that Jaime is using which strategy?

Children remember details from vacation trips best when those details

Which maturational change has been identified as the source of age-related improvements in children's processing speed?

As the child matures, the ability to focus attention selectively on particular activities tends to

Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Its Research Strategies

Hereditary Influences on Development

Prenatal Development and Birth

Infancy

Physical Development: the Brain, the Body, Motor Skills, and Sexual Development

Cognitive Development: Piagets Theory and Vygotskys Sociocultural Viewpoint

Intelligence: Measuring Mental Performance

Development of Language and Communication Skills

Emotional Development, Temperament, and Attachment

Development of the Self-Concept

Sex Differences and Gender-Role Development

Aggression, Altruism, and Moral Development

The Context of Development I: the Family

The Context of Development

Filters

SOFTWARE is to HARDWARE as is to .