PSY 221 EXAM 2 (LATEST UPDATE) REAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED
A
Concrete Operational Period Ans✓✓✓According to Piaget, what period
of development is marked by acquisition of mental operations--actions
that can be performed on objects or ideas that consistently yield a result?
7-11 Ans✓✓✓What age is a child in the concrete operational stage?
Mental operations Ans✓✓✓What are cognitive actions that can be
performed on objects or ideas that consistently yield a result?
Formal Operational Period Ans✓✓✓According to Piaget, what stage of
development is characterized by the move beyond thinking about
concrete things in the here and now to more abstract thinking?
11 years to adulthood Ans✓✓✓What age is someone in the formal
operational period?
Deductive reasoning Ans✓✓✓Adolescents' more sophisticated thinking
is shown in their ability to draw conclusions from facts, which is known
as __________.
Working memory and long-term memory Ans✓✓✓What are the two
information processing theories of memory?
,Working memory Ans✓✓✓Where does most human thought take
place, where a relatively small number of thoughts can be stored briefly?
Long-term memory Ans✓✓✓Where must information be transferred in
order to actually learn things in working memory and is a permanent
storehouse of knowledge that has unlimited capacity?
Organization and elaboration Ans✓✓✓What are the two types of
memory strategies?
Organization Ans✓✓✓What type of memorization strategy involves
structuring info to be remembered so that related information is placed
together?
Elaboration Ans✓✓✓What type of memorization strategy involves
embellishing information to be remembered to make it more
memorable?
Organization Ans✓✓✓A sixth grader who tries to remember major
battles by organizing them geographically is using what memory
strategy?
Elaboration Ans✓✓✓A child who is trying to remember if the word
"rehearsal" is spelled "her" or "hear" reminds his/herself that rehearsal is
like re-hear-ing is using which memory strategy?
,Thinking about thinking Ans✓✓✓What is metacognition?
Metamemory Ans✓✓✓What is a child's intuitive understanding of
memory, including the ability to diagnose memorizing problems
accurately and monitoring the effectiveness of memory strategies?
1. Diagnosing memory problems accurately
2. Monitoring the effectiveness of memory strategies Ans✓✓✓What are
the two critical components of metamemory?
Metacognitive knowledge Ans✓✓✓What is the awareness of cognitive
processes?
Attention, perception, intentions, and knowledge
Ans✓✓✓Metacognitive knowledge involves learning and thinking
critically about processes like...
Cognitive self-regulation Ans✓✓✓What is one of the most important
features of metacognitive knowledge?
Cognitive self-regulation Ans✓✓✓What is the skill at identifying goals,
selecting effective strategies, and accurate monitoring; a characteristic of
successful students?
, Binet Ans✓✓✓Who developed mental age?
Mental age Ans✓✓✓What refers to the difficulty of the problems
someone could solve correctly?
The Stanford-Binet Ans✓✓✓What was the first objective measure of
intelligence?
(Mental age/Chronological Age) x100 Ans✓✓✓How is IQ calculated
according to The Stanford-Binet?
100 Ans✓✓✓What is the average IQ score?
Comparing performance to average performance of children their age
Ans✓✓✓How is IQ calculated now?
Yes (correlate anywhere from .5-.7 to actual school grades)
Ans✓✓✓Do IQ tests work?
Analytic ability, creative ability, and practical ability Ans✓✓✓What are
the 3 parts to Sternberg's Theory of Successful Intelligence?
The ability to skillfully achieve one's personal goals Ans✓✓✓What is
Sternberg's Theory of Successful Intelligence based on?
VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED
A
Concrete Operational Period Ans✓✓✓According to Piaget, what period
of development is marked by acquisition of mental operations--actions
that can be performed on objects or ideas that consistently yield a result?
7-11 Ans✓✓✓What age is a child in the concrete operational stage?
Mental operations Ans✓✓✓What are cognitive actions that can be
performed on objects or ideas that consistently yield a result?
Formal Operational Period Ans✓✓✓According to Piaget, what stage of
development is characterized by the move beyond thinking about
concrete things in the here and now to more abstract thinking?
11 years to adulthood Ans✓✓✓What age is someone in the formal
operational period?
Deductive reasoning Ans✓✓✓Adolescents' more sophisticated thinking
is shown in their ability to draw conclusions from facts, which is known
as __________.
Working memory and long-term memory Ans✓✓✓What are the two
information processing theories of memory?
,Working memory Ans✓✓✓Where does most human thought take
place, where a relatively small number of thoughts can be stored briefly?
Long-term memory Ans✓✓✓Where must information be transferred in
order to actually learn things in working memory and is a permanent
storehouse of knowledge that has unlimited capacity?
Organization and elaboration Ans✓✓✓What are the two types of
memory strategies?
Organization Ans✓✓✓What type of memorization strategy involves
structuring info to be remembered so that related information is placed
together?
Elaboration Ans✓✓✓What type of memorization strategy involves
embellishing information to be remembered to make it more
memorable?
Organization Ans✓✓✓A sixth grader who tries to remember major
battles by organizing them geographically is using what memory
strategy?
Elaboration Ans✓✓✓A child who is trying to remember if the word
"rehearsal" is spelled "her" or "hear" reminds his/herself that rehearsal is
like re-hear-ing is using which memory strategy?
,Thinking about thinking Ans✓✓✓What is metacognition?
Metamemory Ans✓✓✓What is a child's intuitive understanding of
memory, including the ability to diagnose memorizing problems
accurately and monitoring the effectiveness of memory strategies?
1. Diagnosing memory problems accurately
2. Monitoring the effectiveness of memory strategies Ans✓✓✓What are
the two critical components of metamemory?
Metacognitive knowledge Ans✓✓✓What is the awareness of cognitive
processes?
Attention, perception, intentions, and knowledge
Ans✓✓✓Metacognitive knowledge involves learning and thinking
critically about processes like...
Cognitive self-regulation Ans✓✓✓What is one of the most important
features of metacognitive knowledge?
Cognitive self-regulation Ans✓✓✓What is the skill at identifying goals,
selecting effective strategies, and accurate monitoring; a characteristic of
successful students?
, Binet Ans✓✓✓Who developed mental age?
Mental age Ans✓✓✓What refers to the difficulty of the problems
someone could solve correctly?
The Stanford-Binet Ans✓✓✓What was the first objective measure of
intelligence?
(Mental age/Chronological Age) x100 Ans✓✓✓How is IQ calculated
according to The Stanford-Binet?
100 Ans✓✓✓What is the average IQ score?
Comparing performance to average performance of children their age
Ans✓✓✓How is IQ calculated now?
Yes (correlate anywhere from .5-.7 to actual school grades)
Ans✓✓✓Do IQ tests work?
Analytic ability, creative ability, and practical ability Ans✓✓✓What are
the 3 parts to Sternberg's Theory of Successful Intelligence?
The ability to skillfully achieve one's personal goals Ans✓✓✓What is
Sternberg's Theory of Successful Intelligence based on?
