Question 1

_________refers to the memory structure capable of relatively permanent storage of information. ​

Accepted Answer

A)  Long-term memory 
B)  Sensory memory 
C)  Procedural memory 
D)  Short-term memory 
A)  Long-term memory 
B)  Sensory memory 
C)  Procedural memory 
D)  Short-term memory A

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true of concrete-operational children?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are more egocentric than preoperational children. 
B)  They have the decentration capacity to allow them to seriate in two dimensions. 
C)  They fail to understand the principles of conservation and class inclusion. 
D)  They focus on intangible ideas instead of tangible objects. 
A)  They are more egocentric than preoperational children. 
B)  They have the decentration capacity to allow them to seriate in two dimensions. 
C)  They fail to understand the principles of conservation and class inclusion. 
D)  They focus on intangible ideas instead of tangible objects. B

Question 3

Overweight children excel in sports and are considered attractive in adolescence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Decentration refers to the principle that if A > B and B > C, then A > C.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

How do sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory differ?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. When one looks at an

Question 6

Activities like skipping, hopping, and jumping require the use of fine motor skills.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to Sternberg's theory of intelligence, _________is academic ability. ​

Accepted Answer

A)  practical intelligence 
B)  creative intelligence 
C)  analytical intelligence 
D)  interpersonal intelligence 
A)  practical intelligence 
B)  creative intelligence 
C)  analytical intelligence 
D)  interpersonal intelligence

Question 8

Which of the following is a useful strategy for promoting memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Seriation 
B)  Mainstreaming 
C)  Encoding 
D)  Decentration 
A)  Seriation 
B)  Mainstreaming 
C)  Encoding 
D)  Decentration

Question 9

Which of the following is true of the stimulants used for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?

Accepted Answer

A)  They reduce children's attention spans. 
B)  They improve children's academic performance. 
C)  They have zero addiction liability. 
D)  They degrade cognitive development. 
A)  They reduce children's attention spans. 
B)  They improve children's academic performance. 
C)  They have zero addiction liability. 
D)  They degrade cognitive development.

Question 10

Which of the following statements describes metacognition?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is the faculty which is attained by one's efforts and presumed to be made possible by one's abilities. 
B)  It is the ability to react to a stimuli in a short amount of time. 
C)  It is the awareness of and control of one's cognitive abilities. 
D)  It is the perception of morality as existing outside the cognitive functioning of people. 
A)  It is the faculty which is attained by one's efforts and presumed to be made possible by one's abilities. 
B)  It is the ability to react to a stimuli in a short amount of time. 
C)  It is the awareness of and control of one's cognitive abilities. 
D)  It is the perception of morality as existing outside the cognitive functioning of people.

Question 11

Which of the following is a difference between judgments made at the preconventional level and judgments made at the postconventional level of reasoning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unlike judgments made at the preconventional level, judgments made at the postconventional level are based on the consequences of behavior. 
B)  Unlike judgments made at the preconventional level, judgments made at the postconventional level are found in adolescents and adults. 
C)  Unlike judgments made at the postconventional level, judgments made at the preconventional level are based on a person's own moral standards. 
D)  Unlike judgments made at the postconventional level, judgments made at the preconventional level are mostly found in children above 10 years of age. 
A)  Unlike judgments made at the preconventional level, judgments made at the postconventional level are based on the consequences of behavior. 
B)  Unlike judgments made at the preconventional level, judgments made at the postconventional level are found in adolescents and adults. 
C)  Unlike judgments made at the postconventional level, judgments made at the preconventional level are based on a person's own moral standards. 
D)  Unlike judgments made at the postconventional level, judgments made at the preconventional level are mostly found in children above 10 years of age.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale?

Accepted Answer

A)  It groups test questions into subtests that measure different motor skills. 
B)  It suggests children's strengths and weaknesses as well as provides overall measures of cognitive functioning. 
C)  It yields a score called the intelligence quotient and can be used with children from the age of two up to adults. 
D)  It is a culture-free intelligence test and can be used for anyone irrespective of their cultural background. 
A)  It groups test questions into subtests that measure different motor skills. 
B)  It suggests children's strengths and weaknesses as well as provides overall measures of cognitive functioning. 
C)  It yields a score called the intelligence quotient and can be used with children from the age of two up to adults. 
D)  It is a culture-free intelligence test and can be used for anyone irrespective of their cultural background.

Question 13

Which of the following statements is true of sensory memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has unlimited capacity to store information. 
B)  It is used exclusively for visual stimuli. 
C)  It shows qualitative improvement through early adolescence. 
D)  It retains the trace of a stimuli for a fraction of a second. 
A)  It has unlimited capacity to store information. 
B)  It is used exclusively for visual stimuli. 
C)  It shows qualitative improvement through early adolescence. 
D)  It retains the trace of a stimuli for a fraction of a second.

Question 14

Which of the following is a crucial determinant of a person's intellectual development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Giftedness 
B)  Creativity 
C)  Heredity 
D)  Plasticity 
A)  Giftedness 
B)  Creativity 
C)  Heredity 
D)  Plasticity

Question 15

Andrew and Jason are playing catch. While throwing the ball toward Jason, Andrew slipped and the ball accidently hits Jason on the head. Though Jason gets angry, he realizes that he was not in much pain and moreover, it was not intentional. He considers the situation and decides that Andrew's action was not wrong. According to Piaget's theory of moral development, Jason shows _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  autonomous morality 
B)  seriation 
C)  objective morality 
D)  transitivity 
A)  autonomous morality 
B)  seriation 
C)  objective morality 
D)  transitivity

Question 16

Preoperational children engaged in problem solving tend to focus on more than one element of the problem at a time, which is a major reason they have developed conservation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Children in the middle adulthood years have more trouble understanding passive sentences than preschoolers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Describe Piaget's concrete-operational stage.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. According to Jean Pia

Question 19

_________is the ability to do things that are novel and useful. ​

Accepted Answer

A)  Adaptability 
B)  Creativity 
C)  Heritability 
D)  Transitivity 
A)  Adaptability 
B)  Creativity 
C)  Heritability 
D)  Transitivity

Question 20

Intelligence quotient is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  intellectual level at which a child functions, based on the typical performance of a child of a certain age. 
B)  ratio obtained by dividing a child's mental age on an intelligence test by his or her chronological age. 
C)  factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds. 
D)  descriptive result of an intelligence test in which cultural biases have been removed. 
A)  intellectual level at which a child functions, based on the typical performance of a child of a certain age. 
B)  ratio obtained by dividing a child's mental age on an intelligence test by his or her chronological age. 
C)  factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds. 
D)  descriptive result of an intelligence test in which cultural biases have been removed.

_________refers to the memory structure capable of relatively permanent storage of information.

Which of the following statements is true of concrete-operational children?

Overweight children excel in sports and are considered attractive in adolescence.

Decentration refers to the principle that if A > B and B > C, then A > C.

How do sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory differ?

Activities like skipping, hopping, and jumping require the use of fine motor skills.

According to Sternberg's theory of intelligence, _________is academic ability.

Which of the following is a useful strategy for promoting memory?

Which of the following is true of the stimulants used for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?

Which of the following statements describes metacognition?

Which of the following is a difference between judgments made at the preconventional level and judgments made at the postconventional level of reasoning?

Which of the following statements is true of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale?

Which of the following statements is true of sensory memory?

Which of the following is a crucial determinant of a person's intellectual development?

Preoperational children engaged in problem solving tend to focus on more than one element of the problem at a time, which is a major reason they have developed conservation.

Children in the middle adulthood years have more trouble understanding passive sentences than preschoolers.

Describe Piaget's concrete-operational stage.

_________is the ability to do things that are novel and useful.

Intelligence quotient is the:

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Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

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_________refers to the memory structure capable of relatively permanent storage of information. ​

Which of the following statements is true of concrete-operational children?

Overweight children excel in sports and are considered attractive in adolescence.

Decentration refers to the principle that if A > B and B > C, then A > C.

How do sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory differ?

Activities like skipping, hopping, and jumping require the use of fine motor skills.

According to Sternberg's theory of intelligence, _________is academic ability. ​

Which of the following is a useful strategy for promoting memory?

Which of the following is true of the stimulants used for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?

Which of the following statements describes metacognition?

Which of the following is a difference between judgments made at the preconventional level and judgments made at the postconventional level of reasoning?

Which of the following statements is true of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale?

Which of the following statements is true of sensory memory?

Which of the following is a crucial determinant of a person's intellectual development?

Preoperational children engaged in problem solving tend to focus on more than one element of the problem at a time, which is a major reason they have developed conservation.

Children in the middle adulthood years have more trouble understanding passive sentences than preschoolers.

Describe Piaget's concrete-operational stage.

_________is the ability to do things that are novel and useful. ​

Intelligence quotient is the:

History, Theories, and Methods

Heredity and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World

Infancy: Physical Development

Infancy: Cognitive Development

Infancy: Social and Emotional Development

Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

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_________refers to the memory structure capable of relatively permanent storage of information.

According to Sternberg's theory of intelligence, _________is academic ability.

_________is the ability to do things that are novel and useful.