Deck 45: Cognitive Development

Question 1

__________ is characterized by decreasing centration, reversibility of a mental sequence, set identity, conservation of physical properties, classification skills, and an inability to think abstractly.

A) Concrete thought
B) Matrix classification
C) Preoperational thought
D) Logical internal organization

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following enable school-aged children to understand multiplication and division in math?

A) Set identity
B) Matrix classification skills
C) Decreasing centration
D) Hierarchical classification

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A child's ability to comprehend that the amount of juice a glass holds depends on both its height and its width is a result of __________.

A) classification skills
B) hierarchical classification
C) matrix classification
D) decreasing centration

Answer 3

D

Question 4

If 8-year-old Billy understands that having three collies and four poodles results in having more total dogs than poodles, what ability has he developed?

A) Set identity
B) Decreasing centration
C) Hierarchical classification
D) Matrix classification

Question 5

Hierarchical classification refers to the ability to __________.

A) understand the relationship between subordinate and superordinate classes
B) categorize things along two dimensions simultaneously
C) reverse a mental sequence
D) understand that the identity of a set remains the same despite the fact that its physical properties are rearranged

Question 6

Decreasing centration, reversibility of a sequence, and set identity contribute to a concrete thinker's ability to __________.

A) identify faces and names
B) conserve physical properties
C) rank items by importance
D) recall a list of items

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of set identity?

A) Ten M&Ms are ten M&Ms whether they are arranged in one row or two rows.
B) A piece of clay remains the same mass whether it is rolled in a snake or clumped together.
C) If you have not added or subtracted anything, the set remains the same.
D) Baseball cards are sorted by team and field position.

Question 8

As concrete thinkers, middle-aged children can think through a sequence of actions in their minds, and then reverse it to arrive back where they started.

Question 9

Using hierarchical classification skills, older children with diabetes can learn to sort food groups and exchanges for their diets.

Question 10

Matrix classification skills are more complex than hierarchical classification.

Question 11

Concrete thinking develops later than abstract thinking.