DEP Exam #2 Questions and Correct
Answers
intelligence - Answer-ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills
adaptation - Answer-in piagets cognitive developmental theory, a person's inborn tendency to adjust to
the demands of the environment, consisting of the complementary processes of assimilatoin and
accomodation
assimilation - Answer-piagets term for the process by which children interpret new experiences in terms
of their existing schemata
accomodation - Answer-in piagets cognitive developmental theory, the process of modifying existing
schemes to incorporate or adapt to new experiences
equilibrium - Answer-the process of seeking a state of mental stability in which our thoughts are
consistent with info we receive from the external world
disequilibrium - Answer-lack of stability in our thoughts and external world
stages of development - Answer-sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal
operational
, vgotsky's perspective - Answer-children are entrenched in different sociocultural contexts and their
cognitive development is advanced through social interaction with more skilled individuals
Scaffolding - Answer-jerome bruners term for providing structure to a less skilled learner to encourage
advancement
zone of proximal development - Answer-vygotskys term for the difference between what a learner can
accomplish independently and what a learner can accomplish with the guidance and encouragement of
a more skilled partner
guided participation - Answer-a process in which children learn by actively participating in culturally
relevant activities with the aid and support of their parents and other knowledgable individuals
object permanence - Answer-understanding that objects continue to exist when they are no longer
visible or otherwise detectable to the senses; fully mastered by end of infancy
A not B error - Answer-tendency of 8-12 month old infants to search for a hidden object in the place
they last found it (A) rather than in its new hiding place (B)
emergence of symbols - Answer-infants use symbols such as words, images, or actions to represent or
stand for objects and experiences
egocentrism - Answer-tendency to view the world from the persons own perspective and fail to
recognize that others may have different points of view
decentrism - Answer-ability to focus on 2+ dimensions of a problem at one time
centrism - Answer-tendency to focus on only one aspect of a problem when 2+ aspects are relevant
Answers
intelligence - Answer-ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills
adaptation - Answer-in piagets cognitive developmental theory, a person's inborn tendency to adjust to
the demands of the environment, consisting of the complementary processes of assimilatoin and
accomodation
assimilation - Answer-piagets term for the process by which children interpret new experiences in terms
of their existing schemata
accomodation - Answer-in piagets cognitive developmental theory, the process of modifying existing
schemes to incorporate or adapt to new experiences
equilibrium - Answer-the process of seeking a state of mental stability in which our thoughts are
consistent with info we receive from the external world
disequilibrium - Answer-lack of stability in our thoughts and external world
stages of development - Answer-sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal
operational
, vgotsky's perspective - Answer-children are entrenched in different sociocultural contexts and their
cognitive development is advanced through social interaction with more skilled individuals
Scaffolding - Answer-jerome bruners term for providing structure to a less skilled learner to encourage
advancement
zone of proximal development - Answer-vygotskys term for the difference between what a learner can
accomplish independently and what a learner can accomplish with the guidance and encouragement of
a more skilled partner
guided participation - Answer-a process in which children learn by actively participating in culturally
relevant activities with the aid and support of their parents and other knowledgable individuals
object permanence - Answer-understanding that objects continue to exist when they are no longer
visible or otherwise detectable to the senses; fully mastered by end of infancy
A not B error - Answer-tendency of 8-12 month old infants to search for a hidden object in the place
they last found it (A) rather than in its new hiding place (B)
emergence of symbols - Answer-infants use symbols such as words, images, or actions to represent or
stand for objects and experiences
egocentrism - Answer-tendency to view the world from the persons own perspective and fail to
recognize that others may have different points of view
decentrism - Answer-ability to focus on 2+ dimensions of a problem at one time
centrism - Answer-tendency to focus on only one aspect of a problem when 2+ aspects are relevant
