PSYC 140 DEVELOPMENTAL LIFESPAN
PSYCHOLOGY MODULE EXAMS 2026 FULL
PRACTICE TEST
◉ Children's repeated interactions with others enhance their ability
to decenter and to interpret others' thoughts, feelings, and desires.
This ability to consider another's point of view is called what?
Answer: Perspective taking
◉ Jeremy, a 2nd grader, is in the counselor's office because he hit
another boy on the playground. He tells the counselor that he knew
the other boy was about to hit him first. He was just "getting back" at
the other student. The counselor tries to help Jeremy control his
aggressive behavior by explaining that the other boy didn't intend to
hurt him. Given what you have learned about social development,
which of the following is your best recommendation for the
counselor? Answer: Jeremy probably doesn't have a good
understanding of another person's intentions at this age. The
counselor should assess the quality of Jeremy's perspective-taking
and structure the intervention accordingly.
◉ Eight-year-old Marquita has spent a great deal of time learning
basic addition facts. When she solves a complex addition problem in
school, she pulls these facts out of memory. Marquita is using a
____________ strategy to help her solve addition problems. Answer:
retrieval
,◉ What cognitive ability do children develop in middle childhood
that empowers or enables them to answer conservation questions
correctly (like those posed by Piaget) and to think reversibly?
Answer: Ability to decenter
◉ Jenna, a 10-year-old, has a mental structure, or schema, about
what typically happens when you go out to eat in a restaurant. Her
schema indicates that a host or hostess first leads you to a table,
then a waiter or waitress comes to take your order, and so on. This
kind of mental structure is called Answer: a script.
◉ Five-year-old Brennan was questioned by police about a
babysitter (Ginger) who was suspected of abusing Brennan's older
sister. To encourage Brennan to reveal what he knew about Ginger, a
police interviewer referred to the babysitter as a "nasty lady who
does some strange things." These interviewer remarks are an
example of Answer: stereotype induction.
◉ Some theorists combine Piaget's stages of cognitive development
with information processing theories. What are these theorists
called? Answer: NeoPiagetians
◉ Dylan, a 9-year-old, is manipulative in his interactions with his
friends. He does not use physical aggression, but he often tries
, threats and scare tactics to get what he wants. Dylan's interpersonal
orientation would be described as Answer: other-transforming.
◉ For counselors who work with abused and maltreated children,
which of the following statements draws an appropriate conclusion
from research on social cognition and friendships? Answer:
Counselors should pay attention to the social world of these
maltreated children, because those who can make a best friend have
a good chance of improving their self-esteem.
◉ Before using cognitive therapies with children, which of the
following is an important area of cognitive ability that clinicians
should assess in their young clients? Answer: Metacognitive skill
◉ Wayne is taking a digit span test. When he hears this series of
digits, 3 9 4 2 6 1 2, he realizes the digits match the ages of people in
his family; his mother is 39, his father is 42, his little sister is 6, and
he is 12. He decides to remember the series of four ages rather than
try to recall each digit separately. Wayne is using a strategy called
Answer: chunking
◉ In the information processing approach to cognitive development,
the brain's cognitive functioning is compared to what? Answer:
Computer processing of information
PSYCHOLOGY MODULE EXAMS 2026 FULL
PRACTICE TEST
◉ Children's repeated interactions with others enhance their ability
to decenter and to interpret others' thoughts, feelings, and desires.
This ability to consider another's point of view is called what?
Answer: Perspective taking
◉ Jeremy, a 2nd grader, is in the counselor's office because he hit
another boy on the playground. He tells the counselor that he knew
the other boy was about to hit him first. He was just "getting back" at
the other student. The counselor tries to help Jeremy control his
aggressive behavior by explaining that the other boy didn't intend to
hurt him. Given what you have learned about social development,
which of the following is your best recommendation for the
counselor? Answer: Jeremy probably doesn't have a good
understanding of another person's intentions at this age. The
counselor should assess the quality of Jeremy's perspective-taking
and structure the intervention accordingly.
◉ Eight-year-old Marquita has spent a great deal of time learning
basic addition facts. When she solves a complex addition problem in
school, she pulls these facts out of memory. Marquita is using a
____________ strategy to help her solve addition problems. Answer:
retrieval
,◉ What cognitive ability do children develop in middle childhood
that empowers or enables them to answer conservation questions
correctly (like those posed by Piaget) and to think reversibly?
Answer: Ability to decenter
◉ Jenna, a 10-year-old, has a mental structure, or schema, about
what typically happens when you go out to eat in a restaurant. Her
schema indicates that a host or hostess first leads you to a table,
then a waiter or waitress comes to take your order, and so on. This
kind of mental structure is called Answer: a script.
◉ Five-year-old Brennan was questioned by police about a
babysitter (Ginger) who was suspected of abusing Brennan's older
sister. To encourage Brennan to reveal what he knew about Ginger, a
police interviewer referred to the babysitter as a "nasty lady who
does some strange things." These interviewer remarks are an
example of Answer: stereotype induction.
◉ Some theorists combine Piaget's stages of cognitive development
with information processing theories. What are these theorists
called? Answer: NeoPiagetians
◉ Dylan, a 9-year-old, is manipulative in his interactions with his
friends. He does not use physical aggression, but he often tries
, threats and scare tactics to get what he wants. Dylan's interpersonal
orientation would be described as Answer: other-transforming.
◉ For counselors who work with abused and maltreated children,
which of the following statements draws an appropriate conclusion
from research on social cognition and friendships? Answer:
Counselors should pay attention to the social world of these
maltreated children, because those who can make a best friend have
a good chance of improving their self-esteem.
◉ Before using cognitive therapies with children, which of the
following is an important area of cognitive ability that clinicians
should assess in their young clients? Answer: Metacognitive skill
◉ Wayne is taking a digit span test. When he hears this series of
digits, 3 9 4 2 6 1 2, he realizes the digits match the ages of people in
his family; his mother is 39, his father is 42, his little sister is 6, and
he is 12. He decides to remember the series of four ages rather than
try to recall each digit separately. Wayne is using a strategy called
Answer: chunking
◉ In the information processing approach to cognitive development,
the brain's cognitive functioning is compared to what? Answer:
Computer processing of information
