Deck 5: Werners Organismic and Comparative Theory

Question 1

A father remembers how large he must look to his 3-year-old son. The father's awareness illustrates

A) a comparative approach
B) a differential approach
C) a phenomenological approach
D) all of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The old Wintu woman who said the earth feels sore where the white men have abused it illustrates Werner's concept of

A) physiognomic perception
B) synesthesia
C) multilinear development
D) eidetic imagery

Answer 2

A

Question 3

An example of synesthesia is

A) hearing a sound as yellow
B) remembering dreams in vivid detail
C) viewing a triangle as alive
D) remembering a scene in precise detail

Answer 3

A

Question 4

A 7-year-old girl no longer just hammers and nails, but first forms an image of what she wants to build, and this image now guides her actions. In Werner's terms, her new approach illustrates

A) microgenesis
B) hierarchic integration
C) conceptual reasoning
D) all of the above

Question 5

The text criticizes Werner for

A) being unclear on the discontinuity issue
B) not taking clear stands
C) overvaluing artistic development
D) being too phenomenological

Question 6

Microgenesis means

A) the micro-analysis of development in diverse areas
B) the same principles apply to microorganisms as to higher species
C) each thought or perception undergoes development
D) small, discrete behavior generates into broader forms

Question 7

In Werner's Organismic Theory

A) perception is initially fused with actions and feelings
B) the goal is to study psychological processes as separate functions
C) the organism thinks abstractly from early infancy
D) all of the above

Question 8

Werner tried to

A) refute Piaget
B) advance behaviorism
C) tie thinking to the whole organism
D) make a strong case that Rousseau was correct

Question 9

Werner said discontinuity refers to

A) only qualitative change
B) both qualitative and quantitative changes that are sudden or abrupt
C) only qualitative changes that are sudden or abrupt
D) both quantitative and quantitative changes, regardless of their abruptness

Question 10

In Werner's terminology, a person who sees a room as cold and rejecting illustrates

A) differentiation
B) hierarchic integration
C) physiognomic perception
D) all of the above

Question 11

In their book, Symbol Formation, Werner and Kaplan argued that words

A) retain their physical feeling tones in adults
B) are tied to objects in conventional and arbitrary ways
C) are mastered at a rapid pace in childhood
D) can best be understood by referring to Chomsky

Question 12

According to the text, Werner's orientation

A) suggests the importance of early formal education
B) suggests how literacy emerges out of other activities
C) demonstrates that the best thinking is precise and abstract
D) neglected the artistic side of child development

Question 13

Werner said that eidetic imagery

A) should be distinguished from what is commonly called "photographic memory"
B) is an example of physiognomic perception
C) is an example of synesthesia
D) is more common in children than in adults

Question 14

Werner believed that physiognomic perception is dominant in

A) children
B) artists
C) schizophrenic patients
D) all of the above

Question 15

Werner said creative thinking

A) involves microgenetic mobility
B) utilizes primitive as well as advanced modes of thinking
C) begins with undifferentiated impressions and images
D) all of the above

Question 16

The text says Werner is valuable today

A) because he formulated the concept of formal operations
B) because he pointed to the flaws in Rousseau's character
C) his concepts shed light on our primordial connections to nature
D) his three levels of development are the focus on enormous research