Child Development Final Exam Study EXAM TESTBANK
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If a child perceives the world SOLELY from their own point of view,
what is likely true of that child (from a Piagetian perspective)?
They are likely in the preoperational stage of development
Which types of identification are and are not parts of "task analysis"
Task analysis involves breaking a task into steps, identifying skills
needed,
and understanding the order of actions, but doesn't focus on
personality or emotions.
When does joint attention appear to develop?
1 year (12 months of age)
What is assimilation?
The process of incorporating new information into existing
schemas or knowledge structures
,The idea that children have some innate knowledge in areas that are
evolutionarily important to survival is central to which theories of
cognitive development?
Nativist and core knowledge theories
A person with autism spectrum disorder might have difficulty
appreciating thedistinction between their own mind and others'.
From a core-
knowledgeperspective, which area is creating this challenge?
Theory of mind
What kinds of things are true of children in the sensorimotor stage?
They are between birth and 2 years old and know the world
through their senses and actions
Bob believes that thought is actually internalized speech. Which
theorists' views would be most similar to Bob's?
Lev Vygotsky
What kind of a description of infants would Skinner (that is, a
behaviorist or even someone like John Locke) support?
The concept of tabula rasa (blank slate)
,Which theories claim that cognitive development is the result of
the continuous development of domain general abilities and the
addition of strategies?
Information processing theory and neo-Piagetian theories
Which concept from Piagetian theory describes the process by which
a
person's experiences cause them to change to a new, different
operational structure?
Assimilation and accommodation
Chad watches as a ball of Play-Doh™ is rolled out into a long, thin
snake of Play-Doh™ . After watching this, he then insists that
there is MORE Play- Doh™ than there was before. This error
means that Chad is likely in which
Piagetian stage?
Preoperational stage (ages 2 to 7 where children struggle with
conservation)
When a person seems to be able to focus only on one aspect of a
problem or presentation (such as focusing only on the HEIGHT of
the water in a
conservation task but not the WIDTH of the container), what is it
called?
Centration
, Which brain area takes the longest to mature?
The prefrontal cortex
Which of these statements does the best job of characterizing
how Piaget thought about children's learning?
Children are intrinsically motivated to learn
Why is Piaget often labeled as a constructivist?
He believed that children construct knowledge in response to
their experiences
LATEST WITH COMPLETE REAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (CORRECT VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) LATEST UPDATED VERSION |GUARANTEED
PASS.
If a child perceives the world SOLELY from their own point of view,
what is likely true of that child (from a Piagetian perspective)?
They are likely in the preoperational stage of development
Which types of identification are and are not parts of "task analysis"
Task analysis involves breaking a task into steps, identifying skills
needed,
and understanding the order of actions, but doesn't focus on
personality or emotions.
When does joint attention appear to develop?
1 year (12 months of age)
What is assimilation?
The process of incorporating new information into existing
schemas or knowledge structures
,The idea that children have some innate knowledge in areas that are
evolutionarily important to survival is central to which theories of
cognitive development?
Nativist and core knowledge theories
A person with autism spectrum disorder might have difficulty
appreciating thedistinction between their own mind and others'.
From a core-
knowledgeperspective, which area is creating this challenge?
Theory of mind
What kinds of things are true of children in the sensorimotor stage?
They are between birth and 2 years old and know the world
through their senses and actions
Bob believes that thought is actually internalized speech. Which
theorists' views would be most similar to Bob's?
Lev Vygotsky
What kind of a description of infants would Skinner (that is, a
behaviorist or even someone like John Locke) support?
The concept of tabula rasa (blank slate)
,Which theories claim that cognitive development is the result of
the continuous development of domain general abilities and the
addition of strategies?
Information processing theory and neo-Piagetian theories
Which concept from Piagetian theory describes the process by which
a
person's experiences cause them to change to a new, different
operational structure?
Assimilation and accommodation
Chad watches as a ball of Play-Doh™ is rolled out into a long, thin
snake of Play-Doh™ . After watching this, he then insists that
there is MORE Play- Doh™ than there was before. This error
means that Chad is likely in which
Piagetian stage?
Preoperational stage (ages 2 to 7 where children struggle with
conservation)
When a person seems to be able to focus only on one aspect of a
problem or presentation (such as focusing only on the HEIGHT of
the water in a
conservation task but not the WIDTH of the container), what is it
called?
Centration
, Which brain area takes the longest to mature?
The prefrontal cortex
Which of these statements does the best job of characterizing
how Piaget thought about children's learning?
Children are intrinsically motivated to learn
Why is Piaget often labeled as a constructivist?
He believed that children construct knowledge in response to
their experiences
