PSYCHOLOGY 8TH EDITION BY HOCKENBURY
2026 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
⩥Which of these is NOT a main type of cognition?
A. Learning
B. Telepathy
C. Perceiving
D. Remembering. Answer: B
⩥____ refers to children's changes in mental abilities over their lifetime.
A. Longitudinal decalage
B. Neo-nativistic centration
C. Phylogenetic development
D. Cognitive development. Answer: D
⩥Theorist Jean Piaget's academic background was focused in these two
subjects:
A. statistics and experimental design.
B. animal husbandry and crop science.
C. epistemology and zoology.
,D. chemistry and astronomy.. Answer: C
⩥Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that is concerned with the
A. origins of knowledge.
B. rules of logical thinking.
C. moral principles of proper conduct.
D. relationship of religious belief and behavior.. Answer: A
⩥Genetic epistemology, Piaget's academic specialty, could be defined as
the study of the
A. child's social relations with others such as peers.
B. inheritance of mental deficiency/disability.
C. inheritance of behavioral habits.1
D development of knowledge.. Answer: D
⩥Piaget's clinical method for research resembles
A. a literature review.
B. the correlational method.
C. experimentation.
D. interviewing.. Answer: D
,⩥Professor Pompous talks to children about how they solve puzzles. The
course of questioning is modified, depending on the child's earlier
answers. Pompous's approach resembles Piaget's ____ method.
A. representational insight
B. proximally decentrated
C. epistemological
D. clinical. Answer: D
⩥In Piaget's cognitive developmental theory, the basic goal of
intelligence is to
A. adapt to the environment.
B. enable the child to get ahead in school.
C. encourage scaffolding by relevant nearby adults.
D. discourage accommodation while encouraging assimilation.. Answer:
A
⩥In Piaget's cognitive theory, intelligence is like a(n)
A. random unpredictable series of thunderstorms.
B. counselor who helps a new arrival adjust to camp life.
C. teacher who explains everything with animal metaphors.
D. innate genetic disease that occurs at a programmed age.. Answer: B
⩥A slogan of Piaget's theory of intelligence would be,
, A. "Build your vocabulary!"
B. "Look for a scaffold!"
C. "Impress others!"
D. "Adapt!". Answer: D
⩥In Piaget's theory, balance between the child's thoughts and the
environment is called
A. tertiary circular reaction.
B. phylogenetic scaffolding.
C. pompous constructivism.
D. cognitive equilibrium.. Answer: D
⩥Dino, age 10, is a "dinosaur expert." At a dinosaur museum, all of the
most recent information matches what Dino already knows. Dino
experiences
A. transitivity of mental seriation.
B. a secondary circular reaction.
C. cognitive equilibrium.
D. an A-not-B error.. Answer: C
⩥During Piaget's process of "equilibration," the child
A. makes mental adjustments in response to new experiences.
B. avoids scaffolding while seeking independent action.
2026 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
⩥Which of these is NOT a main type of cognition?
A. Learning
B. Telepathy
C. Perceiving
D. Remembering. Answer: B
⩥____ refers to children's changes in mental abilities over their lifetime.
A. Longitudinal decalage
B. Neo-nativistic centration
C. Phylogenetic development
D. Cognitive development. Answer: D
⩥Theorist Jean Piaget's academic background was focused in these two
subjects:
A. statistics and experimental design.
B. animal husbandry and crop science.
C. epistemology and zoology.
,D. chemistry and astronomy.. Answer: C
⩥Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that is concerned with the
A. origins of knowledge.
B. rules of logical thinking.
C. moral principles of proper conduct.
D. relationship of religious belief and behavior.. Answer: A
⩥Genetic epistemology, Piaget's academic specialty, could be defined as
the study of the
A. child's social relations with others such as peers.
B. inheritance of mental deficiency/disability.
C. inheritance of behavioral habits.1
D development of knowledge.. Answer: D
⩥Piaget's clinical method for research resembles
A. a literature review.
B. the correlational method.
C. experimentation.
D. interviewing.. Answer: D
,⩥Professor Pompous talks to children about how they solve puzzles. The
course of questioning is modified, depending on the child's earlier
answers. Pompous's approach resembles Piaget's ____ method.
A. representational insight
B. proximally decentrated
C. epistemological
D. clinical. Answer: D
⩥In Piaget's cognitive developmental theory, the basic goal of
intelligence is to
A. adapt to the environment.
B. enable the child to get ahead in school.
C. encourage scaffolding by relevant nearby adults.
D. discourage accommodation while encouraging assimilation.. Answer:
A
⩥In Piaget's cognitive theory, intelligence is like a(n)
A. random unpredictable series of thunderstorms.
B. counselor who helps a new arrival adjust to camp life.
C. teacher who explains everything with animal metaphors.
D. innate genetic disease that occurs at a programmed age.. Answer: B
⩥A slogan of Piaget's theory of intelligence would be,
, A. "Build your vocabulary!"
B. "Look for a scaffold!"
C. "Impress others!"
D. "Adapt!". Answer: D
⩥In Piaget's theory, balance between the child's thoughts and the
environment is called
A. tertiary circular reaction.
B. phylogenetic scaffolding.
C. pompous constructivism.
D. cognitive equilibrium.. Answer: D
⩥Dino, age 10, is a "dinosaur expert." At a dinosaur museum, all of the
most recent information matches what Dino already knows. Dino
experiences
A. transitivity of mental seriation.
B. a secondary circular reaction.
C. cognitive equilibrium.
D. an A-not-B error.. Answer: C
⩥During Piaget's process of "equilibration," the child
A. makes mental adjustments in response to new experiences.
B. avoids scaffolding while seeking independent action.
