EDUC 210 BROWN EXAM
REPORTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
what is a confederate - Answer- someone apart of the research who is working on the
inside
what 4 things need to happen for observation learning to work - Answer- attention,
retention (remember what you paid attention to), production process, motivation
what is piaget's focus - Answer- cognitive development
what are piaget's 2 topics - Answer- acquisition of knowledge, cognitive development
stages
where are memories held - Answer- neurons or clusters of neurons
what is learning in relation to neurons - Answer- neurons touching other neurons to
remember or learn
what are piaget's 3 topics - Answer- equalibirum, cognitive conflict, dis-equalibrium
what is equalibrium - Answer- idea that you know and are aware of how things work
around you
what is cognitive conflict - Answer- info you don't know how to categorize
what is dis-equalibrium - Answer- emotional or uncomfortable state because you don't
know what the thing is
what is assimilation - Answer- adding something to a category you already have
what is accomodation - Answer- making a new category for something because you
didnt already have one
what is dis-equalibrium supposed to do - Answer- give you motivation so you can
assimilate or accomodate and go back to equilibrium
what are the only 2 ways to go back to equilibrium - Answer- assimilation, accomodation
, what are piaget's 4 cognitive development stages - Answer- sensorimotor,
preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
what is the sensorimotor stage - Answer- birth-2, developing senses and motor skills,
involves object permanence and deferred imitation
what does piaget say about the sensorimotor stage - Answer- kids lack object
permanence, not true. deferred imitation reveals cognitive skills like memory
what is the pre operational stage - Answer- 3-6 yr/old, (ISM'S) anamism, egocentrism,
symbolism, inability to conserve, transductive reasoning
what is anamism - Answer- giving living qualities to non living things
what is egocentrism - Answer- inability to take anothers perspective (to empathize with
them, shared experiences), doesn't work because kids this age don't have enough
experiences
what is symbolism - Answer- one thing represents something else (language and
counting)
what is the inability to conserve - Answer- lack of conservation of volume (juice
example), bc of a problem with vocab, more can mean bigger or taller to kids
what is transductive reasoning - Answer- 2 things happen right after each other, people
who transductive reason think one caused the other
what 3 things does the concrete operational stage include - Answer- ability to conserve,
class inclusion, mental seriation
what is ability to conserve - Answer- volume measurement (good vocab)
what is class inclusion - Answer- can't hold a single object in multiple categories
what is mental seriation - Answer- put things in a series by following a common rule
(crayon organizing)
what is the formal operational stage - Answer- abstract thinking, hypothetical deductive
reasoning, inductive reasoning
what is abstract thinking - Answer- when a word refers to an idea, not a thing
what is hypothetical deductive reasoning - Answer- dont have to be doing it, can think
about it in ur head using scientific reasoning
REPORTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
what is a confederate - Answer- someone apart of the research who is working on the
inside
what 4 things need to happen for observation learning to work - Answer- attention,
retention (remember what you paid attention to), production process, motivation
what is piaget's focus - Answer- cognitive development
what are piaget's 2 topics - Answer- acquisition of knowledge, cognitive development
stages
where are memories held - Answer- neurons or clusters of neurons
what is learning in relation to neurons - Answer- neurons touching other neurons to
remember or learn
what are piaget's 3 topics - Answer- equalibirum, cognitive conflict, dis-equalibrium
what is equalibrium - Answer- idea that you know and are aware of how things work
around you
what is cognitive conflict - Answer- info you don't know how to categorize
what is dis-equalibrium - Answer- emotional or uncomfortable state because you don't
know what the thing is
what is assimilation - Answer- adding something to a category you already have
what is accomodation - Answer- making a new category for something because you
didnt already have one
what is dis-equalibrium supposed to do - Answer- give you motivation so you can
assimilate or accomodate and go back to equilibrium
what are the only 2 ways to go back to equilibrium - Answer- assimilation, accomodation
, what are piaget's 4 cognitive development stages - Answer- sensorimotor,
preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
what is the sensorimotor stage - Answer- birth-2, developing senses and motor skills,
involves object permanence and deferred imitation
what does piaget say about the sensorimotor stage - Answer- kids lack object
permanence, not true. deferred imitation reveals cognitive skills like memory
what is the pre operational stage - Answer- 3-6 yr/old, (ISM'S) anamism, egocentrism,
symbolism, inability to conserve, transductive reasoning
what is anamism - Answer- giving living qualities to non living things
what is egocentrism - Answer- inability to take anothers perspective (to empathize with
them, shared experiences), doesn't work because kids this age don't have enough
experiences
what is symbolism - Answer- one thing represents something else (language and
counting)
what is the inability to conserve - Answer- lack of conservation of volume (juice
example), bc of a problem with vocab, more can mean bigger or taller to kids
what is transductive reasoning - Answer- 2 things happen right after each other, people
who transductive reason think one caused the other
what 3 things does the concrete operational stage include - Answer- ability to conserve,
class inclusion, mental seriation
what is ability to conserve - Answer- volume measurement (good vocab)
what is class inclusion - Answer- can't hold a single object in multiple categories
what is mental seriation - Answer- put things in a series by following a common rule
(crayon organizing)
what is the formal operational stage - Answer- abstract thinking, hypothetical deductive
reasoning, inductive reasoning
what is abstract thinking - Answer- when a word refers to an idea, not a thing
what is hypothetical deductive reasoning - Answer- dont have to be doing it, can think
about it in ur head using scientific reasoning
