Question 1

A visual sensory store is like a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) jiggling movement of the eye when the person gets dizzy. 
B) itchiness felt when an insect crawls on the skin. 
C) brief persistence of an image. 
D) echo in the ear. 
A) jiggling movement of the eye when the person gets dizzy. 
B) itchiness felt when an insect crawls on the skin. 
C) brief persistence of an image. 
D) echo in the ear.

Question 2

IMPLICIT COGNITION is to EXPLICIT COGNITION as ____ is to ____.

Accepted Answer

A) HIDDEN :: SEEN 
B) SMALL :: LARGE 
C) HUNGRY :: SATIATED 
D) MARRIAGE :: DIVORCE 
A) HIDDEN :: SEEN 
B) SMALL :: LARGE 
C) HUNGRY :: SATIATED 
D) MARRIAGE :: DIVORCE

Question 3

The information-processing perspective on cognition asserts that there is a valid analogy between the mind and the

Accepted Answer

A) spirit. 
B) computer. 
C) child's sociocultural context. 
D) schemas adapted by assimilation/accommodation. 
A) spirit. 
B) computer. 
C) child's sociocultural context. 
D) schemas adapted by assimilation/accommodation.

Question 4

While working on a difficult task, a person "thinks out loud" to demonstrate awareness of her own thought processes, a conscious principle called

Accepted Answer

A) fuzzy-trace insight. 
B) learning to learn. 
C) metacognition. 
D) cardinality. 
A) fuzzy-trace insight. 
B) learning to learn. 
C) metacognition. 
D) cardinality.

Question 5

Who will most strongly claim that he or she can "think of nothing," with a totally blank mind?

Accepted Answer

A) A four-year-old preschooler 
B) A 12-year-old seventh-grader 
C) A 17-year-old high schooler 
D) A 40-year-old adult 
A) A four-year-old preschooler 
B) A 12-year-old seventh-grader 
C) A 17-year-old high schooler 
D) A 40-year-old adult

Question 6

Which of these LEAST requires willful application of a cognitive strategy?

Accepted Answer

A) Baking a cake by following a cookbook recipe 
B) Studying a textbook in preparation for a quiz 
C) Recognizing an unusual object by its appearance 
D) Looking at a surface while searching for fingerprints 
A) Baking a cake by following a cookbook recipe 
B) Studying a textbook in preparation for a quiz 
C) Recognizing an unusual object by its appearance 
D) Looking at a surface while searching for fingerprints

Question 7

What trend is known for children's speed of mental processing?

Accepted Answer

A) Maturing children become faster in many skills. 
B) Maturing children become faster, but only in their personal areas of special expertise. 
C) The speed of processing remains constant in childhood. 
D) Individual differences in processing speed are absent. 
A) Maturing children become faster in many skills. 
B) Maturing children become faster, but only in their personal areas of special expertise. 
C) The speed of processing remains constant in childhood. 
D) Individual differences in processing speed are absent.

Question 8

Reasoning with analogies is like

Accepted Answer

A) scolding yourself for being forgetful. 
B) cautiously avoiding mistakes whenever you can. 
C) rearranging mental images by their pictorial shapes. 
D) noticing resemblances in how ideas connect with others. 
A) scolding yourself for being forgetful. 
B) cautiously avoiding mistakes whenever you can. 
C) rearranging mental images by their pictorial shapes. 
D) noticing resemblances in how ideas connect with others.

Question 9

The use of the computer as a model for understanding the child's mind is part of the

Accepted Answer

A) Vygotskian sociocultural viewpoint. 
B) information-processing perspective. 
C) Piagetian cognitive theory. 
D) executive control process. 
A) Vygotskian sociocultural viewpoint. 
B) information-processing perspective. 
C) Piagetian cognitive theory. 
D) executive control process.

Question 10

Patient H.M. had his hippocampus removed and is unable to benefit from learning. Yet, with movement skills, he begins practice each later day at a higher level than he began the previous day. H.M. shows

Accepted Answer

A) implicit memory. 
B) analogical reasoning. 
C) excellent metacognition. 
D) attention-deficit hyperactivity. 
A) implicit memory. 
B) analogical reasoning. 
C) excellent metacognition. 
D) attention-deficit hyperactivity.

Question 11

Numbrinia can count big numbers. To add 42 and 21, she takes apart the numbers, adding four tens to two tens to get six tens, then adding two ones and one to get three ones, and then putting together the tens and ones to get 63, the total. This is the ____ counting strategy.

Accepted Answer

A) min 
B) fact retrieval 
C) decomposition 
D) sum 
A) min 
B) fact retrieval 
C) decomposition 
D) sum

Question 12

Vinnie, age 10, loves video games. He gets increasingly better at helping the video hero escape from 40 different types of cages. His improvement with practice in similar escape situations illustrates

Accepted Answer

A) overcoming a production deficiency. 
B) multistore modeling. 
C) gist clarification. 
D) learning to learn by analogy. 
A) overcoming a production deficiency. 
B) multistore modeling. 
C) gist clarification. 
D) learning to learn by analogy.

Question 13

When preschoolers do memory recall, they perform

Accepted Answer

A) very badly with either cued recall or free recall. 
B) better with free recall than with cued recall. 
C) better with cued recall than with free recall. 
D) superbly with either cued recall or free recall. 
A) very badly with either cued recall or free recall. 
B) better with free recall than with cued recall. 
C) better with cued recall than with free recall. 
D) superbly with either cued recall or free recall.

Question 14

The information capacity of the ____ is extremely large.

Accepted Answer

A) sensory store 
B) memory span 
C) short-term store 
D) long-term store 
A) sensory store 
B) memory span 
C) short-term store 
D) long-term store

Question 15

What is "attention span"?

Accepted Answer

A) The number of items that can be seen simultaneously. 
B) The duration for which the child can remain mentally focused on an activity. 
C) The number of items that can be considered mentally within the same cognitive category. 
D) The number of students who can be distracted by a troublesome peer. 
A) The number of items that can be seen simultaneously. 
B) The duration for which the child can remain mentally focused on an activity. 
C) The number of items that can be considered mentally within the same cognitive category. 
D) The number of students who can be distracted by a troublesome peer.

Question 16

Chi's study of children's chess memory showed that recall

Accepted Answer

A) depends on one's expertise with the memorized materials. 
B) is a general skill that is independent of the items used. 
C) depends on the sociohistorical or cultural context in which the child is reared. 
D) is enhanced when good performance is reinforced. 
A) depends on one's expertise with the memorized materials. 
B) is a general skill that is independent of the items used. 
C) depends on the sociohistorical or cultural context in which the child is reared. 
D) is enhanced when good performance is reinforced.

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT among the several types of memory hypothesized by the multistore model?

Accepted Answer

A) Sensory store 
B) Long-term store 
C) Short-term store 
D) Multipurpose store 
A) Sensory store 
B) Long-term store 
C) Short-term store 
D) Multipurpose store

Question 18

The memorization strategies learned by American children will be LEAST helpful in recalling this type of material:

Accepted Answer

A) instructions for a set of related video games. 
B) orally transmitted stories. 
C) grammatical rules for language. 
D) word lists. 
A) instructions for a set of related video games. 
B) orally transmitted stories. 
C) grammatical rules for language. 
D) word lists.

Question 19

Identify five strategies that children might use to solve addition problems, and illustrate each strategy using the problem 12 + 8.

Accepted Answer

1. Counting on: Children might start wit

Question 20

Eyewitness memory is a special type of ____ about a traumatic experience or misdeed.

Accepted Answer

A) strategic memory 
B) infantile amnesia 
C) span of apprehension 
D) event memory 
A) strategic memory 
B) infantile amnesia 
C) span of apprehension 
D) event memory

A visual sensory store is like a(n)

IMPLICIT COGNITION is to EXPLICIT COGNITION as is to .

The information-processing perspective on cognition asserts that there is a valid analogy between the mind and the

While working on a difficult task, a person "thinks out loud" to demonstrate awareness of her own thought processes, a conscious principle called

Who will most strongly claim that he or she can "think of nothing," with a totally blank mind?

Which of these LEAST requires willful application of a cognitive strategy?

What trend is known for children's speed of mental processing?

Reasoning with analogies is like

The use of the computer as a model for understanding the child's mind is part of the

Patient H.M. had his hippocampus removed and is unable to benefit from learning. Yet, with movement skills, he begins practice each later day at a higher level than he began the previous day. H.M. shows

Numbrinia can count big numbers. To add 42 and 21, she takes apart the numbers, adding four tens to two tens to get six tens, then adding two ones and one to get three ones, and then putting together the tens and ones to get 63, the total. This is the ____ counting strategy.

Vinnie, age 10, loves video games. He gets increasingly better at helping the video hero escape from 40 different types of cages. His improvement with practice in similar escape situations illustrates

When preschoolers do memory recall, they perform

The information capacity of the ____ is extremely large.

What is "attention span"?

Chi's study of children's chess memory showed that recall

Which of the following is NOT among the several types of memory hypothesized by the multistore model?

The memorization strategies learned by American children will be LEAST helpful in recalling this type of material:

Identify five strategies that children might use to solve addition problems, and illustrate each strategy using the problem 12 + 8.

Eyewitness memory is a special type of ____ about a traumatic experience or misdeed.

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

A visual sensory store is like a(n)

IMPLICIT COGNITION is to EXPLICIT COGNITION as ____ is to ____.

The information-processing perspective on cognition asserts that there is a valid analogy between the mind and the

While working on a difficult task, a person "thinks out loud" to demonstrate awareness of her own thought processes, a conscious principle called

Who will most strongly claim that he or she can "think of nothing," with a totally blank mind?

Which of these LEAST requires willful application of a cognitive strategy?

What trend is known for children's speed of mental processing?

Reasoning with analogies is like

The use of the computer as a model for understanding the child's mind is part of the

Patient H.M. had his hippocampus removed and is unable to benefit from learning. Yet, with movement skills, he begins practice each later day at a higher level than he began the previous day. H.M. shows

Numbrinia can count big numbers. To add 42 and 21, she takes apart the numbers, adding four tens to two tens to get six tens, then adding two ones and one to get three ones, and then putting together the tens and ones to get 63, the total. This is the ____ counting strategy.

Vinnie, age 10, loves video games. He gets increasingly better at helping the video hero escape from 40 different types of cages. His improvement with practice in similar escape situations illustrates

When preschoolers do memory recall, they perform

The information capacity of the ____ is extremely large.

What is "attention span"?

Chi's study of children's chess memory showed that recall

Which of the following is NOT among the several types of memory hypothesized by the multistore model?

The memorization strategies learned by American children will be LEAST helpful in recalling this type of material:

Identify five strategies that children might use to solve addition problems, and illustrate each strategy using the problem 12 + 8.

Eyewitness memory is a special type of ____ about a traumatic experience or misdeed.

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

IMPLICIT COGNITION is to EXPLICIT COGNITION as is to .