NURSING 201 CORE MAIN EXAMINATION SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔DISCUSS PIAGET'S IDEA OF OBJECT PERMANENCE, LIST THE SUB STAGES:
- ✔✔Knowing that something they can't see is there.
Sub stage 2- act surprised when something disappears. no signs of searching
Sub stage 3- search briefly, if they can kind of see an item they will start to look for it
briefly
Sub stage 4- 8-12 months looking for hidden object, look for it where something was not
where it is now
Sub stage 5- 12-18 months- better at searching, more understanding of where
something went is where it is
Sub stage 6- 18-24 months, A not B error is completely resolved
✔✔WHAT ARE THE 2 MAIN IDEAS OF THE SENSORIMOTOR STAGE? -
✔✔separation anxiety and object permanence
✔✔DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS RELATED TO PIAGET'S COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT: Accommodation - ✔✔accommodating new information, adjusting their
model to fit new information, ex) not every animal is a dog
, ✔✔DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS RELATED TO PIAGET'S COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT: Assimilation - ✔✔notice and remember experiences, fusing incoming
information with previous experiences.
✔✔DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS RELATED TO PIAGET'S COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT: sensorimotor intelligence - ✔✔combination of assimilation and
accomadation
✔✔DESCRIBE SCHEMATIC LEARNING - ✔✔developing different experiences for
things. unfamiliar vs familiar
✔✔DESCRIBE LEARNING IN INFANCY: classical conditioning - ✔✔involuntary- some
type of stimuli
✔✔Jean-Ralphio is 8 months old. He sees a toy that he wants to play with, but it is out
of reach. He uses the toy in his hand to drag the out-of-reach toy closer. What is Jean-
Ralphio demonstrating?
A)Reflexive behavior
B)Coordination of secondary schemes
C)Mental representation
D) Means-end behavior - ✔✔D) Means-end behavior
✔✔In which substage of Piaget's sensorimotor stage of cognitive development will
babies look for partially hidden objects?
A)Substage 1 (0-1 month)
B)Substage 2 (1-4 months)
C)Substage 3 (4-8 months)
D)Substage 4 (8-12 months) - ✔✔C)Substage 3 (4-8 months)
✔✔When a child looks for an object in the place where it was last seen and gives up if it
is not there, what aspect of logic is being demonstrated?
A)The A-not-B error
V)Representational logic
C)The fallacy of object permanence
D)trial-and-error logic - ✔✔A)The A-not-B error
✔✔Some nursing mothers inadvertently smother their infants by holding them
improperly during breastfeeding. The babies' responses are usually to resist nursing.
This illustrates which of the following concepts at work in infant learning?
A)Classical conditioning
B)Operant conditioning
C)Deferred imitation
D)Limited reinforcement - ✔✔A)Classical conditioning
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔DISCUSS PIAGET'S IDEA OF OBJECT PERMANENCE, LIST THE SUB STAGES:
- ✔✔Knowing that something they can't see is there.
Sub stage 2- act surprised when something disappears. no signs of searching
Sub stage 3- search briefly, if they can kind of see an item they will start to look for it
briefly
Sub stage 4- 8-12 months looking for hidden object, look for it where something was not
where it is now
Sub stage 5- 12-18 months- better at searching, more understanding of where
something went is where it is
Sub stage 6- 18-24 months, A not B error is completely resolved
✔✔WHAT ARE THE 2 MAIN IDEAS OF THE SENSORIMOTOR STAGE? -
✔✔separation anxiety and object permanence
✔✔DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS RELATED TO PIAGET'S COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT: Accommodation - ✔✔accommodating new information, adjusting their
model to fit new information, ex) not every animal is a dog
, ✔✔DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS RELATED TO PIAGET'S COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT: Assimilation - ✔✔notice and remember experiences, fusing incoming
information with previous experiences.
✔✔DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS RELATED TO PIAGET'S COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT: sensorimotor intelligence - ✔✔combination of assimilation and
accomadation
✔✔DESCRIBE SCHEMATIC LEARNING - ✔✔developing different experiences for
things. unfamiliar vs familiar
✔✔DESCRIBE LEARNING IN INFANCY: classical conditioning - ✔✔involuntary- some
type of stimuli
✔✔Jean-Ralphio is 8 months old. He sees a toy that he wants to play with, but it is out
of reach. He uses the toy in his hand to drag the out-of-reach toy closer. What is Jean-
Ralphio demonstrating?
A)Reflexive behavior
B)Coordination of secondary schemes
C)Mental representation
D) Means-end behavior - ✔✔D) Means-end behavior
✔✔In which substage of Piaget's sensorimotor stage of cognitive development will
babies look for partially hidden objects?
A)Substage 1 (0-1 month)
B)Substage 2 (1-4 months)
C)Substage 3 (4-8 months)
D)Substage 4 (8-12 months) - ✔✔C)Substage 3 (4-8 months)
✔✔When a child looks for an object in the place where it was last seen and gives up if it
is not there, what aspect of logic is being demonstrated?
A)The A-not-B error
V)Representational logic
C)The fallacy of object permanence
D)trial-and-error logic - ✔✔A)The A-not-B error
✔✔Some nursing mothers inadvertently smother their infants by holding them
improperly during breastfeeding. The babies' responses are usually to resist nursing.
This illustrates which of the following concepts at work in infant learning?
A)Classical conditioning
B)Operant conditioning
C)Deferred imitation
D)Limited reinforcement - ✔✔A)Classical conditioning
