Deck 33: Cognitive Development II

Question 1

The process that entails children using words to construct a useful network of associations about things is called __________.

A) encoding
B) verbal coding
C) maturation
D) verbalization

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT something a researcher would be likely to examine when investigating the information processing theory that cognitive development occurs by the improvement of cognitive processes?

A) Which types of information children represent
B) How children process the types of information they represent
C) Which psychological mechanisms are responsible for cognitive changes
D) How strong the relationship is between the parents and the child

Answer 2

D

Question 3

During the preschool years, the improvements that occur in both how much children remember and how they remember it are attributed to __________.

A) maturation of encoding
B) better parenting and an increase in peer pressure
C) the explosion in language encoding capacity
D) maturation of the neocortex and the explosion in language skills

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Many developmental psychologists believe that today's cognitive psychology is actually the psychology of children's __________.

A) language skills
B) encoding skills
C) theory of mind
D) attention and memory

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT true regarding children's memory?

A) During the preschool years, children begin to develop efficient memory strategies such as rehearsal, organization, and retrieval.
B) The memory skills of preschoolers are as efficient as those in older children.
C) If the phone number is set to a familiar tune, children will remember it better because songs and music are stored whole in a different area of the brain.
D) Preschoolers remember what they pay attention to and they pay attention to what is salient.

Question 6

Information processing theorists believe that cognitive development occurs by the improvement of cognitive processes such as ___________.

A) attention and memory
B) language skills
C) maturation of the neocortex
D) networking skills

Question 7

Theory of mind describes children's understanding of ___________.

A) their own actions and behaviors
B) their own information processing ability
C) other people's language skills and encoding process
D) other people's thoughts, desires, and emotional states

Question 8

If a phone number is set to a familiar tune, young children will remember it better than they will remember seven digits because songs and music are stored whole in a different area of the brain.

Question 9

Theory of mind is an ability that begins to emerge at about 5 to 6 years of age.

Question 10

Studies have shown that early-childhood children possess far less intellectual competence than Piaget believed.

Question 11

The nature of the task used to investigate how children think can influence the results.