Question 1

Epistomology refers to:

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A)  short term memory capacity. 
B)  comprehension. 
C)  thinking about knowledge. 
D)  practical ability.

Question 2

The third step in information processing is:

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A)  selection. 
B)  interpretation. 
C)  memory. 
D)  inference.

Question 3

Which of the following statements about gifted students is TRUE?

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A)  They are more perfectionistic than those with average IQ scores. 
B)  They are generally less well adjusted than those of average intelligence. 
C)  They may sometimes try to hide their talents in order to fit in with peers. 
D)  all of the above

Question 4

Which form of thinking includes the ability to integrate conflicting pieces of information and to realize that many aspects of life are interconnected?

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A)  Formal operational 
B)  Hypothetico-deductive 
C)  Dialectic 
D)  Transitive

Question 5

Adolescents who behave impulsively,intuitively,and indifferently tend to be:

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A)  naïve realists. 
B)  skeptics. 
C)  dogmatists. 
D)  defensive realists.

Question 6

The discrepancy between idealism and behavior is called:

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A)  hypocrisy. 
B)  introspection. 
C)  egocentrism. 
D)  idealism.

Question 7

According to Elkind,imaginary audience and personal fable are both aspects of adolescent:

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A)  daydreaming. 
B)  egocentrism. 
C)  hypocrisy. 
D)  pseudostupidity.

Question 8

Piaget's fourth stage of cognitive development,which extends from eleven or twelve years of age on,is:

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

Question 9

According to Piaget,the tendency of children to focus attention on one detail and be unable to shift their attention to other aspects of the situation is called:

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A)  centering. 
B)  egocentrism. 
C)  seriation. 
D)  animism.

Question 10

Ben can line up a set of sticks in order from shortest to longest.This illustrates:

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A)  abstract thinking. 
B)  hierarchical classification. 
C)  understanding class inclusion relationships. 
D)  seriation.

Question 11

Tasha feels fine about having her hair put in a braid,because if she doesn't like it she can just undo it and go back to her usual hair style.This illustrates:

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A)  conservation. 
B)  reversibility. 
C)  combinativity. 
D)  seriation.

Question 12

Piaget divided the stage of formal operations into how many substages?

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A)  2 
B)  3 
C)  4 
D)  5

Question 13

LeBron has a yo-yo that glows in the dark.Unlike his 3-year-old sister,LeBron knows perfectly well that when the yo-yo is glowing it's not suddenly a different object.This illustrates the concrete operation called:

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A)  associativity. 
B)  combinativity. 
C)  identity or nullifiability. 
D)  reversibility.

Question 14

The approach to the study of cognition that measures quantitative changes in adolescent intelligence is:

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A)  Eriksonian. 
B)  Information Processing. 
C)  Piagetian. 
D)  Psychometric.

Question 15

Soon-Lee knows that her socks are smaller than her mother's socks and that her mother's socks are smaller than her father's socks,so that means her own socks are smaller than her father's socks.This shows that Soon-Lee understands:

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A)  transitive inference. 
B)  hierarchical classifications. 
C)  combinativity. 
D)  all of the above

Question 16

What is the name of the band of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain and transmits information back and forth?

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A)  Cerebrum 
B)  Corpus callosum 
C)  Hippocampus 
D)  Amygdala

Question 17

How fast the brain perceives and uses information is termed:

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A)  cognitive fluidity. 
B)  memory span. 
C)  processing speed. 
D)  confirmation speed.

Question 18

Reasoning involves:

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A)  analogy. 
B)  deductions. 
C)  if-then statements. 
D)  all of the above

Question 19

List and explain Gardner's Eight Frames of Mind.List and describe the two additional types of intelligence that Gardner recently proposed.

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Question 20

List and explain several effects that adolescents' thinking has on their personality and behavior.

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Exam 5: Cognitive Development: Improvements in Thinking, Reasoning, and Decision Making