Exam 6: B: Theories of Cognitive Development

Renee Baillargeon studied object permanence by showing infants possible events and impossible events. In the possible event, a screen rotated until it made contact with a box, at which point it began rotating backwards. In the impossible event, when the rotating screen reached the box, it continued to rotate, the box appeared to disappear, and the box reappeared after the screen rotated past it. She found that 4 ½-month-old infants looked

Which of the following abilities marks the end of the sensorimotor period?

According to information-processing theory, the central executive is like the computer's

Which is the site of ongoing cognitive activity?

According to Piaget, most infants begin to use symbols at about

Before you read this question, the name of the prime minister of Canada was most likely stored in your

Piaget's primary approach to investigating the origins of knowledge involved

________ are strategies and rules that make thinking more systematic and more powerful.

The formal operational child approaches problems by

Baillargeon's studies of object permanence using possible events and impossible events suggest that the concept of object permanence is

Preoperational children's incorrect responses on conservation tasks are best explained by the ________ which is characteristic of their thought.

Compared to Piaget's theory, information-processing theory

Information-processing theorists believe that developmental change occurs

In contrast to concrete operational thinkers, formal operational thinkers

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of formal operational thinking?

________ would best explain why Joey thinks that when he sees Winnie the Pooh on TV and shows him a picture that Winnie the Pooh can see the picture just like he can.

Inhibitory processes

The view of children as active participants in their own development who systematically create ever more sophisticated understandings of their worlds is referred to as

According to Piaget, cognitive development is complete when the ________ period is reached.

Which of the following is an implication of Piaget's theory for teaching practices?