Question 1

Piaget's theory of education can be applied in classrooms by:

Accepted Answer

A)  promoting activities that encourage active discovery. 
B)  designing a uniform mode of instruction for children across age groups. 
C)  upholding and endorsing a single perspective on topics under consideration. 
D)  focusing on learning through rote-repetition. 
A)  promoting activities that encourage active discovery. 
B)  designing a uniform mode of instruction for children across age groups. 
C)  upholding and endorsing a single perspective on topics under consideration. 
D)  focusing on learning through rote-repetition.

Question 2

According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, who among the following children is in the preconventional stage?​

Accepted Answer

A)  Caleb believes that school rules are instituted for the students' wellbeing. 
B)  Fred believes that good sons will obey their parents. 
C)  Dean believes that right and wrong are subjective and change with situation. 
D)  Britney believes that she should always speak the truth so that she does not get punished. 
A)  Caleb believes that school rules are instituted for the students' wellbeing. 
B)  Fred believes that good sons will obey their parents. 
C)  Dean believes that right and wrong are subjective and change with situation. 
D)  Britney believes that she should always speak the truth so that she does not get punished.

Question 3

Which of the following statements describes the term culture-free?​

Accepted Answer

A)  It is the descriptive of a test in which cultural biases have been removed. 
B)  It is the free and fluent association to the elements of problems existing in cultures. 
C)  It is a thought process that attempts to focus on multiple aspects of a culture. 
D)  It is a factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds. 
A)  It is the descriptive of a test in which cultural biases have been removed. 
B)  It is the free and fluent association to the elements of problems existing in cultures. 
C)  It is a thought process that attempts to focus on multiple aspects of a culture. 
D)  It is a factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds.

Question 4

The term _________ is the intellectual level at which a child is functioning, based on the typical performance of a child of a certain age.

Accepted Answer

A)  mental age 
B)  intelligence quotient 
C)  chronological age 
D)  emotional quotient 
A)  mental age 
B)  intelligence quotient 
C)  chronological age 
D)  emotional quotient

Question 5

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 6

Which of the following statements is true of the information processing capabilities of children in middle years?​

Accepted Answer

A)  Memory function in middle childhood is undeveloped and shows qualitative improvement only during early adolescence. 
B)  As children's knowledge of concepts advances, the storehouse of their long-term memory becomes less organized according to categories. 
C)  Concrete-operational children use rote learning only when someone forces them to do so. 
D)  Concrete-operational children can attend to multiple aspects of the problem at once, permitting them to conserve number and volume. 
A)  Memory function in middle childhood is undeveloped and shows qualitative improvement only during early adolescence. 
B)  As children's knowledge of concepts advances, the storehouse of their long-term memory becomes less organized according to categories. 
C)  Concrete-operational children use rote learning only when someone forces them to do so. 
D)  Concrete-operational children can attend to multiple aspects of the problem at once, permitting them to conserve number and volume.

Question 7

Which of the following terms refers to the degree to which the variations in a trait from one person to another can be attributed to genetic factors?​

Accepted Answer

A)  Hypersensitivity 
B)  Transitivity 
C)  Heritability 
D)  Plasticity 
A)  Hypersensitivity 
B)  Transitivity 
C)  Heritability 
D)  Plasticity

Question 8

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.

Question 9

Which of the following statements is true of dyslexia?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is caused by overexposure to food preservatives. 
B)  It is characterized by letter reversal, mirror reading, and reduced comprehension. 
C)  It is more common in girls than in boys. 
D)  It reflects the lack of executive control of the brain over motor and more primitive functions. 
A)  It is caused by overexposure to food preservatives. 
B)  It is characterized by letter reversal, mirror reading, and reduced comprehension. 
C)  It is more common in girls than in boys. 
D)  It reflects the lack of executive control of the brain over motor and more primitive functions.

Question 10

Which of the following characteristics of children is most likely to decrease during middle childhood years?

Accepted Answer

A)  Weight 
B)  Height 
C)  Reaction time 
D)  Muscle strength 
A)  Weight 
B)  Height 
C)  Reaction time 
D)  Muscle strength

Question 11

According to Wechsler, intelligence refers to the:​

Accepted Answer

A)  capacity to understand the world and the resourcefulness to cope with its challenges. 
B)  free and fluent association to the elements of a problem. 
C)  trait characterized by flexibility, ingenuity, and originality. 
D)  thought process that attempts to focus on the single best solution to a problem. 
A)  capacity to understand the world and the resourcefulness to cope with its challenges. 
B)  free and fluent association to the elements of a problem. 
C)  trait characterized by flexibility, ingenuity, and originality. 
D)  thought process that attempts to focus on the single best solution to a problem.

Question 12

Jennifer lies to her father and says that she did not push her baby brother. Later, she falls on the sidewalk and scrapes her knee. She relates the two events and believes that her injury was the punishment for lying to her father. According to Piaget's theory of moral development, in which of the following stages of moral development is Jennifer in?​

Accepted Answer

A)  Autonomous morality 
B)  The postconventional level 
C)  The conventional level 
D)  Objective morality 
A)  Autonomous morality 
B)  The postconventional level 
C)  The conventional level 
D)  Objective morality

Question 13

The following children understand one concept each. In this context, who among the following children understands the principle of transitivity?​

Accepted Answer

A)  Kathy understands that the symbols used in a language are arbitrary. 
B)  Berry understands that if George is fairer that Tina and Tina is fairer than Gia, then George is fairer than Gia. 
C)  Winny understands that the quantity of water does not change even when it is filled in containers of different shapes. 
D)  Sam understands that tulips belong to the category of flowers. 
A)  Kathy understands that the symbols used in a language are arbitrary. 
B)  Berry understands that if George is fairer that Tina and Tina is fairer than Gia, then George is fairer than Gia. 
C)  Winny understands that the quantity of water does not change even when it is filled in containers of different shapes. 
D)  Sam understands that tulips belong to the category of flowers.

Question 14

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 15

Which of the following terms is the view that retribution for wrongdoing is a direct consequence of the wrongdoing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moral realism 
B)  Convergent thinking 
C)  Immanent justice 
D)  Divergent thinking 
A)  Moral realism 
B)  Convergent thinking 
C)  Immanent justice 
D)  Divergent thinking

Question 16

Cultural bias refers to the factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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 cognitiveabilities. 
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 cognitiveabilities. 
D)  It is the perception of morality as existing outside the cognitive functioning of people.

Question 18

According to Jean Piaget, children in the stage of _________ are less egocentric than preoperational children.

Accepted Answer

A)  concrete operations 
B)  moral realism 
C)  objective morality 
D)  preconventional morality 
A)  concrete operations 
B)  moral realism 
C)  objective morality 
D)  preconventional morality

Question 19

According to Piaget's theory of moral development, how do children's moral reasoning differ in the stages of objective morality and autonomous morality?​

Accepted Answer

In the stage of objective morality, chil

Question 20

________refers tothe memory structure capable of relatively permanent storage of information.

Accepted Answer

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

Piaget's theory of education can be applied in classrooms by:

According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, who among the following children is in the preconventional stage?

Which of the following statements describes the term culture-free?

The term _________ is the intellectual level at which a child is functioning, based on the typical performance of a child of a certain age.

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

Which of the following statements is true of the information processing capabilities of children in middle years?

Which of the following terms refers to the degree to which the variations in a trait from one person to another can be attributed to genetic factors?

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

Which of the following statements is true of dyslexia?

Which of the following characteristics of children is most likely to decrease during middle childhood years?

According to Wechsler, intelligence refers to the:

The following children understand one concept each. In this context, who among the following children understands the principle of transitivity?

Which of the following statements is true of sensory memory?

Which of the following terms is the view that retribution for wrongdoing is a direct consequence of the wrongdoing?

Cultural bias refers to the factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds.

Which of the following statements describes metacognition?

According to Jean Piaget, children in the stage of _________ are less egocentric than preoperational children.

According to Piaget's theory of moral development, how do children's moral reasoning differ in the stages of objective morality and autonomous morality?

________refers tothe memory structure capable of relatively permanent storage of information.

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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

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Exam 9: Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Piaget's theory of education can be applied in classrooms by:

According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, who among the following children is in the preconventional stage?​

Which of the following statements describes the term culture-free?​

The term _________ is the intellectual level at which a child is functioning, based on the typical performance of a child of a certain age.

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

Which of the following statements is true of the information processing capabilities of children in middle years?​

Which of the following terms refers to the degree to which the variations in a trait from one person to another can be attributed to genetic factors?​

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

Which of the following statements is true of dyslexia?

Which of the following characteristics of children is most likely to decrease during middle childhood years?

According to Wechsler, intelligence refers to the:​

The following children understand one concept each. In this context, who among the following children understands the principle of transitivity?​

Which of the following statements is true of sensory memory?​

Which of the following terms is the view that retribution for wrongdoing is a direct consequence of the wrongdoing?

Cultural bias refers to the factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds.

Which of the following statements describes metacognition?

According to Jean Piaget, children in the stage of _________ are less egocentric than preoperational children.

According to Piaget's theory of moral development, how do children's moral reasoning differ in the stages of objective morality and autonomous morality?​

________refers tothe memory structure capable of relatively permanent storage of information.

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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According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, who among the following children is in the preconventional stage?

Which of the following statements describes the term culture-free?

Which of the following statements is true of the information processing capabilities of children in middle years?

Which of the following terms refers to the degree to which the variations in a trait from one person to another can be attributed to genetic factors?

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

According to Wechsler, intelligence refers to the:

The following children understand one concept each. In this context, who among the following children understands the principle of transitivity?

Which of the following statements is true of sensory memory?

According to Piaget's theory of moral development, how do children's moral reasoning differ in the stages of objective morality and autonomous morality?