Question 1

Match the following:
-Triarchic

Accepted Answer

A) focus on important elements of a problem 
B) relating new material to well-known material 
C) information is maintained for only a fraction of a second 
D) focus simultaneously on multiple aspects of a problem 
E) awareness of and control of cognitive abilities
F)cluster of related items
G)descriptive of Sternberg's view of three intelligences
H)moral acts conform to authority or to the rules of the game
I)awareness of the functioning of one's memory
J)encoding based upon meaning
K)capable of relatively permanent storage of information
L)intellectual level of functioning
M)placing objects in order
N)genetic disorder related to intellectual disability
O)academic ability
P)transforming sensory input into a readily useable form
Q)using divergent thinking
R)physical number of years of age
S)street smarts
T)recognition that processes can be undone

Question 2

Transitivity refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  being able to compare all items in a set to all other items. 
B)  the ability to think with abstract concepts. 
C)  centration. 
D)  hypothetical thinking.

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of "bodily-kinesthetic" intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Being good at math 
B)  Having a keen awareness of one's internal self 
C)  Being a professional basketball player or dancer 
D)  Having "street smarts"

Question 4

What is the average IQ score?

Accepted Answer

A)  It depends upon one's age. 
B)  100 
C)  It depends upon one's sex. 
D)  90

Question 5

By the age of 6, a child's vocabulary has expanded to words.

Accepted Answer

A)  100 
B)  1,000 
C)  10,000 
D)  20,000

Question 6

Natalie believes that Heinz should steal the drug because "that is what a good husband would do." According to Kohl of which level of moral development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Preconventional 
B)  Conventional 
C)  Postconventional 
D)  Moral realism

Question 7

Research shows that Asian mothers tend to attribute their children's academic successes to , whereas America attribute their children's academic successes to .

Accepted Answer

A)  hard work; luck 
B)  luck; hard work 
C)  hard work; natural ability 
D)  natural ability; hard work

Question 8

Match the following:
-Mental age (MA)

Accepted Answer

A) focus on important elements of a problem 
B) relating new material to well-known material 
C) information is maintained for only a fraction of a second 
D) focus simultaneously on multiple aspects of a problem 
E) awareness of and control of cognitive abilities
F)cluster of related items
G)descriptive of Sternberg's view of three intelligences
H)moral acts conform to authority or to the rules of the game
I)awareness of the functioning of one's memory
J)encoding based upon meaning
K)capable of relatively permanent storage of information
L)intellectual level of functioning
M)placing objects in order
N)genetic disorder related to intellectual disability
O)academic ability
P)transforming sensory input into a readily useable form
Q)using divergent thinking
R)physical number of years of age
S)street smarts
T)recognition that processes can be undone

Question 9

In a research study by Jordan et al., (2009), children from lower income homes progressed more slowly in math than peers. This was attributed to

Accepted Answer

A)  their SES. 
B)  poor nutrition. 
C)  general lack of cognitive ability. 
D)  lack of whole number skills.

Question 10

Match the following:
-Metamemory

Accepted Answer

A) focus on important elements of a problem 
B) relating new material to well-known material 
C) information is maintained for only a fraction of a second 
D) focus simultaneously on multiple aspects of a problem 
E) awareness of and control of cognitive abilities
F)cluster of related items
G)descriptive of Sternberg's view of three intelligences
H)moral acts conform to authority or to the rules of the game
I)awareness of the functioning of one's memory
J)encoding based upon meaning
K)capable of relatively permanent storage of information
L)intellectual level of functioning
M)placing objects in order
N)genetic disorder related to intellectual disability
O)academic ability
P)transforming sensory input into a readily useable form
Q)using divergent thinking
R)physical number of years of age
S)street smarts
T)recognition that processes can be undone

Question 11

If intelligence is defined as competence or learning ability, then achievement would be defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  learning ability. 
B)  genetic ability. 
C)  attainment. 
D)  environmentally determined.

Question 12

Match the following:
-Analytical intelligence

Accepted Answer

A) focus on important elements of a problem 
B) relating new material to well-known material 
C) information is maintained for only a fraction of a second 
D) focus simultaneously on multiple aspects of a problem 
E) awareness of and control of cognitive abilities
F)cluster of related items
G)descriptive of Sternberg's view of three intelligences
H)moral acts conform to authority or to the rules of the game
I)awareness of the functioning of one's memory
J)encoding based upon meaning
K)capable of relatively permanent storage of information
L)intellectual level of functioning
M)placing objects in order
N)genetic disorder related to intellectual disability
O)academic ability
P)transforming sensory input into a readily useable form
Q)using divergent thinking
R)physical number of years of age
S)street smarts
T)recognition that processes can be undone

Question 13

When using the Binet-Simon scale, what is meant by chronological age?

Accepted Answer

A)  A child's actual age in months and years 
B)  The intellectual level at which the child is functioning 
C)  How old the child will be before he/she reaches average intelligence 
D)  The age at which IQ can be tested

Question 14

Which of the following children is most likely to accurately evaluate his or her own memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  A child who has developed metamemory 
B)  A boy 
C)  A 5-year-old 
D)  A girl

Question 15

Which memory process lasts for up to 30 seconds without rehearsal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sensory 
B)  Trace 
C)  Short-term 
D)  Long-term

Question 16

Piaget felt that

Accepted Answer

A)  education could greatly accelerate cognitive development. 
B)  practice was essential for cognitive development. 
C)  the sequence of cognitive development was generally the same from child to child. 
D)  children could not be properly educated in a school classroom setting.

Question 17

Match the following:
-Encode

Accepted Answer

A) focus on important elements of a problem 
B) relating new material to well-known material 
C) information is maintained for only a fraction of a second 
D) focus simultaneously on multiple aspects of a problem 
E) awareness of and control of cognitive abilities
F)cluster of related items
G)descriptive of Sternberg's view of three intelligences
H)moral acts conform to authority or to the rules of the game
I)awareness of the functioning of one's memory
J)encoding based upon meaning
K)capable of relatively permanent storage of information
L)intellectual level of functioning
M)placing objects in order
N)genetic disorder related to intellectual disability
O)academic ability
P)transforming sensory input into a readily useable form
Q)using divergent thinking
R)physical number of years of age
S)street smarts
T)recognition that processes can be undone

Question 18

Nine-year-old Nathan has been taught by his parents that it's never acceptable to run into the street. However, he see wandered onto the road, and after looking both ways, runs out to retrieve it. Nathan believes

Accepted Answer

A)  he will be punished automatically. 
B)  he has done something wrong, as he views rules as absolutes. 
C)  that circumstances sometimes require breaking the rules. 
D)  that he has been bad as he was not obedient to his parents.

Question 19

Research suggests that children fail at many Piagetian tasks because they

Accepted Answer

A)  cannot simultaneously hold many pieces of information in memory. 
B)  have not yet developed sensory memory. 
C)  do not have long-term memory. 
D)  are not able to process visual tasks until age 8 or 9.

Question 20

Phonics allows children to associate letters with their sounds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 12: Middle-Childhood-Cognitive-Development

Match the following: -Triarchic