Ganger Developmental Psych Exam 2 questions and answers

Ganger Developmental Psych Exam 2
questions and answers

Which topics are included in information-processing theories? - answer-Rules and
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strategies
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Which statement is true according to information-processing theories? - answer-change
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occurs constantly, not in stages
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Which of these integrates information from working memory and long-term memory to
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solve problems? - answer-executive functioning
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When people miss certain details of situations because other information draws their
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attention, they have failed to _____ the missing details. - answer-encode
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Compared to other theoretical frameworks of development, Core Knowledge Theories
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place greater emphasis on: - answer-innate knowledge
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Sociocultural theories suggest that in order to help their students learn, teachers should:
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- answer-make learning a cooperative activity
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Private speech was conceived of by Vygostsky as a(n): - answer-step toward
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internalizing parents' statements
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Guided participation refers to the process by which more knowledgeable people: -
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answer-arrange situations in ways that allow less knowledgeable people to succeed at a
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level beyond their current abilities
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Thelen and Smith's study of reaching demonstrated that: - answer-during development,
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reaching is constantly changing and sometimes regresses
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The dynamic systems approach goes beyond previous theories of cognitive
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development by... - answer-placing more importance on the connection between action
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and thought
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Which statement does NOT describe a characteristic of Piaget's stages? - answer-The
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transitions from one stage to another are described as long and gradual.
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The view of the child that best represents Piaget's theory of development is that of the
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child as a __________. - answer-scientist
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, Amy and her father are playing with a squeaky toy. Amy's father is squeezing the toy in
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front of Amy. Amy is very excited and reaches for the toy. Amy's father, however, quickly
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hides the toy behind his back. At this point, Amy turns away from her father and begins
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to look at the ladybug design on her dress. Amy is probably approximately what age? -
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answer-6-8 months
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Jared puts a bowl on his head and tells his father he has on a firefighter's helmet.
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This is an example of? - answer-symbolic representation
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Jane, an 18-month-old, is pretending to put on makeup using a small block as her
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lipstick. Jane is engaging in: - answer-object substitution
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Robert's babysitter pours a cup of milk for him and then realizes that the cup has a small
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crack in the rim. Not wanting Robert to cut his lip, she pours the milk into another cup.
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The second cup happens to be shorter and wider than the first cup. Robert is not upset
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because he knows that the amount of milk has remained the same. We would guess
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that the youngest age Robert could be is _____ years old. - answer-7
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The most common thing for young children to draw is: - answer-people
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The fact that 2-year-olds could pass DeLoache's model room/hidden object task when
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the experimenters pretended to use a shrinking machine led the researchers to
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conclude that the 2-year-olds have a problem with... - answer-dual representation, not
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with using symbols in general.
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Austin is presented with the pendulum problem described in the text. He begins his
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experiments with the belief that the heaviness of the weight is the most important factor,
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tests his belief with unsystematic experiments, and concludes that his belief is accurate
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even though no clear conclusion could be drawn. Austin is most likely in Piaget's _____
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stage. - answer-concrete operational
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What was demonstrated by Levin and her colleagues in their study in which children
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walked in a circular motion while holding onto a 7-foot metal bar on a pivot? - answer-
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Children can learn concepts beyond what is considered age-appropriate by actively
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experiencing the concepts.
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The Eimas and colleagues study that examined infants' comprehension of speech
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sounds varying between /b/ and /p/ used which technique? - answer-habituation
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Infants can distinguish between approximately _____ of the phonemic contrasts that
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vhave been tested. - answer-all
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Saffran, Aslin, & Newport's (1996) study on distributional learning used words with: -
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answer-no stress on any syllable and no pauses between words
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