COUN 502 KEY PASSED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
◉ experience important to Piagets equilibration method of development.
Answer: -Physical and perceptual experience
-Logico-mathematical experience: properties of the action on the object
-Social transmission
◉ informational processing methodological approaches.
Answer: Task analysis
Protocol analysis
Rule or strategy assessment
Experimentation
Computational models (computer simulations)
◉ scope of informational processing theories.
Answer: Thinking is information processing
Focus: precise specification of structure & process, mechanisms of
change
Domain-general (architecture) and domain-specific (tasks / concepts)
◉ multi store model.
, Answer: Architecture of system: Sensory memory → short-
term/working memory → long-term memory
What develops: Increased memory capacity, faster processing speed,
improved attention and rehearsal strategies
Mechanism for change: Brain maturation, strategy use, practice, and
more efficient information processing
◉ production system.
Answer: Architecture of system: Cognitive system made up of
condition-action rules ("if-then" productions)
What develops: Larger rule set, more efficient strategies, better problem-
solving procedures
Mechanism for change: Rule creation, practice, automation, and
experience
◉ connectionist system.
Answer: Architecture of system: Networks of interconnected
nodes/neurons with weighted connections
What develops: Stronger, more specialized neural pathways and pattern
recognition
Mechanism for change: Learning through repeated activation,
adjustment of connection weights, and experience-dependent plasticity
◉ dynamic system.
Answer: Architecture of system: Multiple interacting systems. ball
rolling through waves
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
◉ experience important to Piagets equilibration method of development.
Answer: -Physical and perceptual experience
-Logico-mathematical experience: properties of the action on the object
-Social transmission
◉ informational processing methodological approaches.
Answer: Task analysis
Protocol analysis
Rule or strategy assessment
Experimentation
Computational models (computer simulations)
◉ scope of informational processing theories.
Answer: Thinking is information processing
Focus: precise specification of structure & process, mechanisms of
change
Domain-general (architecture) and domain-specific (tasks / concepts)
◉ multi store model.
, Answer: Architecture of system: Sensory memory → short-
term/working memory → long-term memory
What develops: Increased memory capacity, faster processing speed,
improved attention and rehearsal strategies
Mechanism for change: Brain maturation, strategy use, practice, and
more efficient information processing
◉ production system.
Answer: Architecture of system: Cognitive system made up of
condition-action rules ("if-then" productions)
What develops: Larger rule set, more efficient strategies, better problem-
solving procedures
Mechanism for change: Rule creation, practice, automation, and
experience
◉ connectionist system.
Answer: Architecture of system: Networks of interconnected
nodes/neurons with weighted connections
What develops: Stronger, more specialized neural pathways and pattern
recognition
Mechanism for change: Learning through repeated activation,
adjustment of connection weights, and experience-dependent plasticity
◉ dynamic system.
Answer: Architecture of system: Multiple interacting systems. ball
rolling through waves
