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Lifespan ch 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following is the correct order of Piaget's stages of thinking? | Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational |
| According to Piaget, at which stage of cognitive development are most 18-month olds | sensorimotor |
| Piagrt argued that the first reactions by newborns were | reflexsive |
| Piagetians believe that children typically begin to demonstrate the onset of intentional behavior when they are approximately | 8 months old |
| According to Piaget, active experimentation with the environment is most likely to first emerge in a child who is | 12 months old |
| stephen is playing with a toy truck when his mom picks it up and puts it away in a toy box. Stephen turns away and calmly begins playing with naother toy. This reaction best illustrates a lack of? | object permanence |
| According to Piaget, which normally developing child would most likely have just begun to engage in preoperational thinking? | A 48-month-old |
| Rubin, who is in the preoperational stage, is looking down a hill. If asked what other children at the bottom of this hill see, how would Rubin most likely respond? | "The same thing I see." |
| parts of the setting such as the floor and objects such as globes and chairs can talk, move, and have their own personalities. The fact that many young children view such objects as being "alive" is consistent with the Piagetian concept of | animism |
| Centration is defined as ____ thought | narrowly focused |
| The conservation of liquid task directly assesses a child's level of | centration |
| Which of the following strategies would Piaget recommend that teachers use? | teachers should provide materials with which students can make their own discoveries |
| one criticism of Piaget's theory is that it | underestimates the cognitive abilities of infants and overestimates the abilities of adolescents |
| which is a legitimate criticism of Piaget's theory | not enough emphasis on sociocultural influences |
| His dad yells t football on Tv. next time he yells | imiation |
| Improvements in infant memory that occur around six months after birth may be the result of development in which area of the brain? | hippocampus |
| a memory for some significant life event is called a(n) ____ memory | autobiographical |
| which is best example of a question designed to assess autobiographical memory | Who taught you how to ride a bike? |
| How did Piaget and Vygotsky view the "journey" of cognitive development? | Vygotsky has collaboration and Piaget was alone |
| Which of the following is the best example of intersubjectivity? | All members of the soccer team know that the main point is to kick a ball into a goal. |
| How would a parent utilize guided participation to improve the math skills of their children? | Have them play math games with siblings who are more advanced in math. |
| If you believed in the concept of the zone of proximal development, what advice should you give to a child who is attempting to learn how to throw a ball? | Tell the child to ask a friend who knows how to throw well to help him or her out. |
| A coach is trying to implement a scaffolding style into his teaching of tennis to Cho, who is having difficulty, and to Sun-Young, who is doing very well. To do this, the coach must | give Cho more assistance and give Sun-Young less assistance. |
| in which of the following teaching strategies is it critical to not give more help than is needed? | scaffolding |
| Vygotsky refers to internal mental remarks while solving a problem as __________. | private speech |