PSYC 200 CHAPTER 6 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In the context of Piaget's theory, ________ is the process of
adjusting to new environmental
demands.
adaptation
evolution
involution
attention
schemes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In Piaget's theory, ________ are actions or mental representations
that organize knowledge.
use their existing schemes to deal with new information or experiences. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Assimilation occurs when children
adjust their schemes to take new information and experiences into account.
develop one scheme that applies to all information and experiences they encounter.
prevent the incorporation of new environmental experiences and information.
use their existing schemes to deal with new information or experiences.
disequilibrium. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In trying to understand the world, the child is constantly faced
with inconsistencies and counterexamples to his or her existing schemes. This phenomenon is defined as
disequilibrium.
deconstruction.
reactance.
, disruption.
If the infant searches for an interesting object when it disappears. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the
following situations testifies that the infant has developed a sense of object permanence?
If the infant assumes that an object that is out of sight does not exist.
If the infant shows no reaction when an interesting object is taken away.
If the infant searches for an interesting object when it disappears.
If the infant tries to grab an interesting object with his whole hand.
development. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The field of developmental cognitive neuroscience focuses on
connections among brain, cognition, and
development.
feelings.
emotions.
weight.
novelty of the object - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infants' attention to objects is strongly governed by the
________ and habituation.
obscurity of the object
frequency of interactions with the object
familiarity with the object
novelty of the object
adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In the context of Piaget's theory, ________ is the process of
adjusting to new environmental
demands.
adaptation
evolution
involution
attention
schemes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In Piaget's theory, ________ are actions or mental representations
that organize knowledge.
use their existing schemes to deal with new information or experiences. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Assimilation occurs when children
adjust their schemes to take new information and experiences into account.
develop one scheme that applies to all information and experiences they encounter.
prevent the incorporation of new environmental experiences and information.
use their existing schemes to deal with new information or experiences.
disequilibrium. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In trying to understand the world, the child is constantly faced
with inconsistencies and counterexamples to his or her existing schemes. This phenomenon is defined as
disequilibrium.
deconstruction.
reactance.
, disruption.
If the infant searches for an interesting object when it disappears. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the
following situations testifies that the infant has developed a sense of object permanence?
If the infant assumes that an object that is out of sight does not exist.
If the infant shows no reaction when an interesting object is taken away.
If the infant searches for an interesting object when it disappears.
If the infant tries to grab an interesting object with his whole hand.
development. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The field of developmental cognitive neuroscience focuses on
connections among brain, cognition, and
development.
feelings.
emotions.
weight.
novelty of the object - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infants' attention to objects is strongly governed by the
________ and habituation.
obscurity of the object
frequency of interactions with the object
familiarity with the object
novelty of the object
