Question 1

According to Piaget, which of the following is characteristic of a child in the preoperational stage?

Accepted Answer

A) They engage in abstract thought. 
B) They can easily sort items based on their size, shape, or appearance. 
C) They pass a conservation concept task. 
D) They tend to ask a barrage of questions. 
A) They engage in abstract thought. 
B) They can easily sort items based on their size, shape, or appearance. 
C) They pass a conservation concept task. 
D) They tend to ask a barrage of questions.

Question 2

Describe two ways that adults think in qualitatively different ways from adolescents.

Accepted Answer

1.As young adults face the constraints o

Question 3

, as young adults begin working, cognitive development switches from:

Accepted Answer

A) applying to acquiring knowledge. 
B) acquiring to applying knowledge. 
C) realistic to idealistic thinking. 
D) intuitive to logical thought. 
A) applying to acquiring knowledge. 
B) acquiring to applying knowledge. 
C) realistic to idealistic thinking. 
D) intuitive to logical thought.

Question 4

A mother spends an hour a day instructing her infant with flashcards and video lessons.What would Piaget say the likely result of this instruction will be?

Accepted Answer

A) Pushing and pressuring the child will result in so much emotional and psychological damage that cognitive development will be slowed. 
B) Cognitive development depends on culture and educational level of the parent, not on training. 
C) The child's cognitive development will progress at a faster rate than peers. 
D) The child's cognitive development will progress similarly to noninstructed peers. 
A) Pushing and pressuring the child will result in so much emotional and psychological damage that cognitive development will be slowed. 
B) Cognitive development depends on culture and educational level of the parent, not on training. 
C) The child's cognitive development will progress at a faster rate than peers. 
D) The child's cognitive development will progress similarly to noninstructed peers.

Question 5

During Piaget's intuitive thought substage, a child's reasoning is fairly:

Accepted Answer

A) primitive. 
B) advanced. 
C) complex. 
D) transitory. 
A) primitive. 
B) advanced. 
C) complex. 
D) transitory.

Question 6

Gabbi bangs her spoon on her highchair to indicate that she would like more Cheerios.Her spoon is a symbol of eating.Gabbi is in which sensorimotor substage?

Accepted Answer

A) internalization of schemes 
B) secondary circular reactions 
C) simple reflexes 
D) object permanence 
A) internalization of schemes 
B) secondary circular reactions 
C) simple reflexes 
D) object permanence

Question 7

Some adolescents engage in risky behaviors, because they believe they are invulnerable to the negative consequences of these actions.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) intuitive thought. 
B) an imaginary audience. 
C) hypothetical deduction. 
D) a personal fable. 
A) intuitive thought. 
B) an imaginary audience. 
C) hypothetical deduction. 
D) a personal fable.

Question 8

What is the main difference between a habit and a reflex?

Accepted Answer

A reflex occurs automatically

Question 9

In assessing the ability to conserve, research findings indicate that this skill:

Accepted Answer

A) is dependent solely on biological maturation. 
B) appears at approximately the same age and in the same sequence across cultures. 
C) improves with training and practice. 
D) is dependent primarily on quality of environment. 
A) is dependent solely on biological maturation. 
B) appears at approximately the same age and in the same sequence across cultures. 
C) improves with training and practice. 
D) is dependent primarily on quality of environment.

Question 10

The concrete operational stage lasts from ages:

Accepted Answer

A) 9 through 16. 
B) 5 through 11. 
C) 8 through 14. 
D) 7 through 11. 
A) 9 through 16. 
B) 5 through 11. 
C) 8 through 14. 
D) 7 through 11.

Question 11

Matthew has scattered ideas about how to compete in different sports.He is slowly constructing a concept of playing on a team.According to Piaget, Matthew is:

Accepted Answer

A) calibrating. 
B) assimilating. 
C) accommodating. 
D) organizing. 
A) calibrating. 
B) assimilating. 
C) accommodating. 
D) organizing.

Question 12

Like Piaget, Vygotsky believed that children:

Accepted Answer

A) progress through strict age-related stages of cognitive development. 
B) learn from watching older, more experienced individuals. 
C) actively construct their knowledge and understanding. 
D) are biologically predisposed to achieve a certain level of cognitive development. 
A) progress through strict age-related stages of cognitive development. 
B) learn from watching older, more experienced individuals. 
C) actively construct their knowledge and understanding. 
D) are biologically predisposed to achieve a certain level of cognitive development.

Question 13

Which of Piaget's stages lasts from birth to about 2 years of age?

Accepted Answer

A) sensorimotor 
B) concrete operational 
C) formal operational 
D) preoperational 
A) sensorimotor 
B) concrete operational 
C) formal operational 
D) preoperational

Question 14

According to Vygotsky, the main purpose of assessment should be to:

Accepted Answer

A) issue criterion-referenced ability reports. 
B) determine a student's zone of proximal development in order to design further instruction. 
C) issue norm-referenced ability standings. 
D) build self-esteem. 
A) issue criterion-referenced ability reports. 
B) determine a student's zone of proximal development in order to design further instruction. 
C) issue norm-referenced ability standings. 
D) build self-esteem.

Question 15

List three criticisms of Vygotsky's theory of development.Evaluate Vygotsky's theory in your own words.

Accepted Answer

1.Vygotsky was not specific enough about

Question 16

The research of Spelke and Baillargeon shows that infants as young as 3 or 4 months old are capable of object permanence.Critics question whether an infant's _____ is a valid measure of object permanence.

Accepted Answer

A) sucking strength and speed 
B) heart rate 
C) longer looking time 
D) longer napping time 
A) sucking strength and speed 
B) heart rate 
C) longer looking time 
D) longer napping time

Question 17

What is the main difference between a reflex and a habit?

Accepted Answer

A) Habits developed for evolutionary survival purposes.Reflexes are developed for cognitive stimulation. 
B) Habits require an eliciting stimulus. 
C) Habits do not require an eliciting stimulus. 
D) There is not a difference.The terms may be used interchangeably. 
A) Habits developed for evolutionary survival purposes.Reflexes are developed for cognitive stimulation. 
B) Habits require an eliciting stimulus. 
C) Habits do not require an eliciting stimulus. 
D) There is not a difference.The terms may be used interchangeably.

Question 18

Describe two ways that the Tools of the Mind early childhood curriculum is grounded in Vygotsky's theory (1962).

Accepted Answer

1.Teachers scaffold children in creating

Question 19

Identify and briefly describe the thinking processes associated with Piaget's four stages of cognitive development.

Accepted Answer

1.Sensorimotor: coordinating sensory exp

Question 20

Give an example of a way to assess whether or not a child has grasped the concept of conservation.

Accepted Answer

(Any answer that gives an example of a c

According to Piaget, which of the following is characteristic of a child in the preoperational stage?

Describe two ways that adults think in qualitatively different ways from adolescents.

, as young adults begin working, cognitive development switches from:

A mother spends an hour a day instructing her infant with flashcards and video lessons.What would Piaget say the likely result of this instruction will be?

During Piaget's intuitive thought substage, a child's reasoning is fairly:

Gabbi bangs her spoon on her highchair to indicate that she would like more Cheerios.Her spoon is a symbol of eating.Gabbi is in which sensorimotor substage?

Some adolescents engage in risky behaviors, because they believe they are invulnerable to the negative consequences of these actions.This is an example of:

What is the main difference between a habit and a reflex?

In assessing the ability to conserve, research findings indicate that this skill:

The concrete operational stage lasts from ages:

Matthew has scattered ideas about how to compete in different sports.He is slowly constructing a concept of playing on a team.According to Piaget, Matthew is:

Like Piaget, Vygotsky believed that children:

Which of Piaget's stages lasts from birth to about 2 years of age?

According to Vygotsky, the main purpose of assessment should be to:

List three criticisms of Vygotsky's theory of development.Evaluate Vygotsky's theory in your own words.

The research of Spelke and Baillargeon shows that infants as young as 3 or 4 months old are capable of object permanence.Critics question whether an infant's _____ is a valid measure of object permanence.

What is the main difference between a reflex and a habit?

Describe two ways that the Tools of the Mind early childhood curriculum is grounded in Vygotsky's theory (1962).

Identify and briefly describe the thinking processes associated with Piaget's four stages of cognitive development.

Give an example of a way to assess whether or not a child has grasped the concept of conservation.

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Exam 6: Cognitive Developmental Approaches

According to Piaget, which of the following is characteristic of a child in the preoperational stage?

Describe two ways that adults think in qualitatively different ways from adolescents.

, as young adults begin working, cognitive development switches from:

A mother spends an hour a day instructing her infant with flashcards and video lessons.What would Piaget say the likely result of this instruction will be?

During Piaget's intuitive thought substage, a child's reasoning is fairly:

Gabbi bangs her spoon on her highchair to indicate that she would like more Cheerios.Her spoon is a symbol of eating.Gabbi is in which sensorimotor substage?

Some adolescents engage in risky behaviors, because they believe they are invulnerable to the negative consequences of these actions.This is an example of:

What is the main difference between a habit and a reflex?

In assessing the ability to conserve, research findings indicate that this skill:

The concrete operational stage lasts from ages:

Matthew has scattered ideas about how to compete in different sports.He is slowly constructing a concept of playing on a team.According to Piaget, Matthew is:

Like Piaget, Vygotsky believed that children:

Which of Piaget's stages lasts from birth to about 2 years of age?

According to Vygotsky, the main purpose of assessment should be to:

List three criticisms of Vygotsky's theory of development.Evaluate Vygotsky's theory in your own words.

The research of Spelke and Baillargeon shows that infants as young as 3 or 4 months old are capable of object permanence.Critics question whether an infant's _____ is a valid measure of object permanence.

What is the main difference between a reflex and a habit?

Describe two ways that the Tools of the Mind early childhood curriculum is grounded in Vygotsky's theory (1962).

Identify and briefly describe the thinking processes associated with Piaget's four stages of cognitive development.

Give an example of a way to assess whether or not a child has grasped the concept of conservation.

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Physical Development and Biological Aging

Health

Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development

Information Processing

Intelligence

Language Development

Emotional Development and Attachment

The Self, Identity, and Personality

Gender and Sexuality

Moral Development, Values, and Religion

Families, Lifestyles, and Parenting

Peers and the Sociocultural World

Schools, Achievement, and Work

Death, Dying, and Grieving

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