Exam 7: A: Cognitive Processes and Academic Skills

Knowledge in a specific area helps organize and give meaning to information in that area.

In acting as a witness, children should be interviewed as soon as possible after the event in question.

Young babies can remember events for days or weeks at a time.

The stable-order principle states that number names must be counted in the same order.

Decoding processes transform the information in a problem into a mental representation.

Typically, children begin using rehearsal when they are 12 years old.

By four years of age, most youngsters can count to 20.

Although research shows that children become more effective problem solvers as they get older, even young children sometimes show remarkable problem-solving skills.

Elaboration and organization are good ways to help remember information.

Piaget's view that children and adolescents solve problems in fundamentally different ways is supported by the modern view of problem solving.