Exam 3: Cognitive Foundations

According to research done in the 1990s, Black children raised by White families had higher IQs than their White counterparts.

Gains in reflective judgment are due to maturation.

According to Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory, Anthony would be in what stage?

primary purpose of metacognition is to monitor and reason about

dangerous behavior is best explained by the

Which psychologist is credited with the development of a cultural approach to cognition?

Lorraine is being

stage of reflective judgment would Sue be displaying?

recent study completed by Peng and Nisbett (1999) which focused on dialectical thinking found that what culture tended to promote this type of thinking more than others?

Overproduction of synaptic connections is especially concentrated in the

Geoff's statement provides an excellent example of

Mental operations performed by children in the concrete operational stage (age 7-11) are limited to what they can

would be arguing that information processing

contrast to emerging adults, adolescents tend to engage in

thought processes would be likened to the