PSYO 315 - practice exam questions with
correct answers
true or false: all components of memory undergo substantial growth
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across development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false - sensory memory
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does not change substantially across development
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name the 3 learning mechanisms Piaget credited children having from
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birth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-accommodation, assimilation,
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equilibrium
why and when during development do children fail conservation
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according to Piaget? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pre operational period,
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reversible operations |
true or false: all typically developing children reach the concrete
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operational period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true
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true or false: preschool and early elementary school aged kids have
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similar difficulties in inhibiting the impulse to act immediately -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false |
, true or false: quality of executive functioning in preschoolers doesn't
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predict adults' income level - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false
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planning is described most in terms of which theory of development? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-information processing theories
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name 2 problems with planning that make it difficult for children -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-inhibiting desire to act immediately, they tend to
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be overly optimistic in their ability to solve a problem
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according to Piaget, when does symbolic representation develop? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-preoperational stage
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what is task analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-identifying goals,
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obstacles and pathway to accomplish the goals
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true or false: parenting styles can change across development, even
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unbeknownst to the parent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true | | | | | |
ethnic differences in parenting style in North America may be a result of
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differences in: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the motives common in
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different environments |
correct answers
true or false: all components of memory undergo substantial growth
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across development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false - sensory memory
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does not change substantially across development
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name the 3 learning mechanisms Piaget credited children having from
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birth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-accommodation, assimilation,
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equilibrium
why and when during development do children fail conservation
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according to Piaget? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pre operational period,
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reversible operations |
true or false: all typically developing children reach the concrete
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operational period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true
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true or false: preschool and early elementary school aged kids have
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similar difficulties in inhibiting the impulse to act immediately -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false |
, true or false: quality of executive functioning in preschoolers doesn't
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predict adults' income level - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false
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planning is described most in terms of which theory of development? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-information processing theories
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name 2 problems with planning that make it difficult for children -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-inhibiting desire to act immediately, they tend to
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be overly optimistic in their ability to solve a problem
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according to Piaget, when does symbolic representation develop? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-preoperational stage
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what is task analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-identifying goals,
| | | | | | | |
obstacles and pathway to accomplish the goals
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true or false: parenting styles can change across development, even
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unbeknownst to the parent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true | | | | | |
ethnic differences in parenting style in North America may be a result of
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differences in: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the motives common in
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different environments |
