PSY 210 Final Exam questions with verified answers A+ Grade
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cognition
- correct answer the activity of knowing and the processes through which knowledge is aquired and
problems are solved.
What was Piaget interested in?
- correct answer How children thought, not just what they know.
What is the correct order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
- correct answer Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
Coordination of secondary schemes
- correct answer secondary actions are coordinated in order to achieve simple goals (ie; pushing or
grasping)
Object permanence
- correct answer the understanding that objects continue to exist when they are not visible.
Symbolic capacity
- correct answer the ability to use images, words, gestures to represent or stand for objects and
experiences.
Perceptual salience
- correct answer understanding is driven by how things look rather than derived from logical reasoning.
Ego-centrism
- correct answer difficulty seeing things from other perspectives and assume that what is in their mind is
also what others are thinking.
, What is Atkinson and Shiffrin known for?
- correct answer The human information processing system.
How does sensory register work?
- correct answer The sensory register logs input, holds an environmental stimulus for a fraction of a
second. With attention information is moved to short-term memory, holds about 7 chunks of
information, short-term memory may be passive or active, active short-term memory is working
memory, stores information while actively working on it, remembered information is moved to long-
term memory.
Long term memory
- correct answer relatively permanent store; knowledge of the world, past events, information
processing strategies.
How is information processed for the first time?
- correct answer information made available by the environment is processed by a series of processing
systems (e.g. attention, perception, short-term memory);these processing systems transform or alter
the information in systematic ways; the aim of research is to specify the processes and structures that
underlie cognitive performance; information processing in humans resembles that in computers.
Storage process
- correct answer Information can only be stored for a brief duration in short-term memory (0-30
seconds), but long-term memory can last a lifetime.
Implicit memory
- correct answer occurs unintentionally, automatically, and without awareness. Ie; riding a bike.
Explicit memory
- correct answer involves deliberate, effortful, recollection.
What is taking place in the limitation of memory in older adults?
- correct answer metamemory
2026\2027
cognition
- correct answer the activity of knowing and the processes through which knowledge is aquired and
problems are solved.
What was Piaget interested in?
- correct answer How children thought, not just what they know.
What is the correct order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
- correct answer Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
Coordination of secondary schemes
- correct answer secondary actions are coordinated in order to achieve simple goals (ie; pushing or
grasping)
Object permanence
- correct answer the understanding that objects continue to exist when they are not visible.
Symbolic capacity
- correct answer the ability to use images, words, gestures to represent or stand for objects and
experiences.
Perceptual salience
- correct answer understanding is driven by how things look rather than derived from logical reasoning.
Ego-centrism
- correct answer difficulty seeing things from other perspectives and assume that what is in their mind is
also what others are thinking.
, What is Atkinson and Shiffrin known for?
- correct answer The human information processing system.
How does sensory register work?
- correct answer The sensory register logs input, holds an environmental stimulus for a fraction of a
second. With attention information is moved to short-term memory, holds about 7 chunks of
information, short-term memory may be passive or active, active short-term memory is working
memory, stores information while actively working on it, remembered information is moved to long-
term memory.
Long term memory
- correct answer relatively permanent store; knowledge of the world, past events, information
processing strategies.
How is information processed for the first time?
- correct answer information made available by the environment is processed by a series of processing
systems (e.g. attention, perception, short-term memory);these processing systems transform or alter
the information in systematic ways; the aim of research is to specify the processes and structures that
underlie cognitive performance; information processing in humans resembles that in computers.
Storage process
- correct answer Information can only be stored for a brief duration in short-term memory (0-30
seconds), but long-term memory can last a lifetime.
Implicit memory
- correct answer occurs unintentionally, automatically, and without awareness. Ie; riding a bike.
Explicit memory
- correct answer involves deliberate, effortful, recollection.
What is taking place in the limitation of memory in older adults?
- correct answer metamemory
