Psych 460 Exam Study Questions with
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Michael turns a blanket into a cape. His teddy bear becomes his trusted sidekick. The oversized
refrigerator box is Michael's spaceship. According to Piaget, what characteristic is Michael
displaying? - ✔✔symbolic representation
Which statement does NOT accurately describe Piaget's theories? - ✔✔Piaget believed that
children's development occurred gradually
according to information-processing theorists, cognitive development does NOT arise from -
✔✔sudden and distinct transitions from one strategy to another
_____ is not a basic process - ✔✔selective attention
According to the overlapping-waves theory, development does NOT occur through -
✔✔promptly discarding an old strategy in favor of always using a new, more efficient one
which of the theories of cognitive development does NOT address, as a major focus, how
change occurs? - ✔✔Piaget's theory
The assumption that children have some innate, or inborn, knowledge in areas that are
evolutionarily important to survival is central to ______ theories of cognitive development -
✔✔core-knowledge
Sociocultural theorists believe that - ✔✔the process through which children learn is similar
across societies.
Joint attention develops around - ✔✔1 year of age
, Which theory(ies) emphasize(s) that children's development is a product of their surrounding
culture and interactions with other people? - ✔✔sociocultural theories
What do dynamic-systems researchers believe to be TRUE of seemingly simple developmental
actions? - ✔✔They are more complex and interesting than previously realized
Becca is just beginning to learn to walk. She practices often despite the fact that crawling would
get her where she wants to go more quickly. This example supports dynamic-systems theorists'
emphasis on children's: - ✔✔motivation to learn
Infants' variable performance on different versions of the A-not-B task supports the idea that -
✔✔infants' performance on the A-not-B task is not purely conceptual
what is the process by which children balance assimilation and accommodation to create a
stable understanding of their world? - ✔✔equilibrium
sharon has learned to press buttons on the television remote control. she finds a touch-tone
phone sitting on the coffee table. she begins pressing the buttons much like she would the
remote control buttons. according to piagetian theory, this is an example of -
✔✔assimilation
when children are in the sensorimotor stage, they are - ✔✔between birth and 2 years old
and know the world through their senses and actions
long-term memory is limited in... - ✔✔nothing - there are no known limits
which example illustrates guided participation? - ✔✔a parent teaching a child to draw by
having the child draw each of the individual lines needed
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Michael turns a blanket into a cape. His teddy bear becomes his trusted sidekick. The oversized
refrigerator box is Michael's spaceship. According to Piaget, what characteristic is Michael
displaying? - ✔✔symbolic representation
Which statement does NOT accurately describe Piaget's theories? - ✔✔Piaget believed that
children's development occurred gradually
according to information-processing theorists, cognitive development does NOT arise from -
✔✔sudden and distinct transitions from one strategy to another
_____ is not a basic process - ✔✔selective attention
According to the overlapping-waves theory, development does NOT occur through -
✔✔promptly discarding an old strategy in favor of always using a new, more efficient one
which of the theories of cognitive development does NOT address, as a major focus, how
change occurs? - ✔✔Piaget's theory
The assumption that children have some innate, or inborn, knowledge in areas that are
evolutionarily important to survival is central to ______ theories of cognitive development -
✔✔core-knowledge
Sociocultural theorists believe that - ✔✔the process through which children learn is similar
across societies.
Joint attention develops around - ✔✔1 year of age
, Which theory(ies) emphasize(s) that children's development is a product of their surrounding
culture and interactions with other people? - ✔✔sociocultural theories
What do dynamic-systems researchers believe to be TRUE of seemingly simple developmental
actions? - ✔✔They are more complex and interesting than previously realized
Becca is just beginning to learn to walk. She practices often despite the fact that crawling would
get her where she wants to go more quickly. This example supports dynamic-systems theorists'
emphasis on children's: - ✔✔motivation to learn
Infants' variable performance on different versions of the A-not-B task supports the idea that -
✔✔infants' performance on the A-not-B task is not purely conceptual
what is the process by which children balance assimilation and accommodation to create a
stable understanding of their world? - ✔✔equilibrium
sharon has learned to press buttons on the television remote control. she finds a touch-tone
phone sitting on the coffee table. she begins pressing the buttons much like she would the
remote control buttons. according to piagetian theory, this is an example of -
✔✔assimilation
when children are in the sensorimotor stage, they are - ✔✔between birth and 2 years old
and know the world through their senses and actions
long-term memory is limited in... - ✔✔nothing - there are no known limits
which example illustrates guided participation? - ✔✔a parent teaching a child to draw by
having the child draw each of the individual lines needed
