Psychology Child Development Exam
2 Questions with Accurate Answers
what methodology did Piaget use to study cognitive development -
ANSWERSnaturalistic observation and experimentation
what were Piaget's subjects - ANSWERShis own children and the children of his
colleagues
who did Piaget compare his children to - ANSWERSscientists
the process of taking new information or a new experience and fitting it into an already
existing schema - ANSWERSassimilation
process by which existing schemas are changed or new schemas are created in order
to fit new information - ANSWERSaccomodation
frameworks that develop to help organize knowledge - ANSWERSschemas
the process by which the child changes its mental models of the world to match more
closely how the world actually is - ANSWERSmental models
through cognitive development the child's understanding develops because of -
ANSWERSmaturation and experience
at this stage the child learns by doing, looking, touching, sucking. the child also has a
primitive understanding of cause-and-effect relationships. object permanence appears
at about 9 months. age (0-2) - ANSWERSsensorimotor
at this stage the child uses language and symbols, including letters and numbers.
egocentricism is evident. age (2-7) - ANSWERSpreoperational
at this stage the child demonstrates conservation, reversibility, serial ordering, and a
mature understanding of cause-and-effect relationships. at age 7-9 children have
usually overcome egocentricism. age (7-11) - ANSWERSconcrete operational
at this stage the individual demonstrates abstract thinking, including logic, deductive
reasoning, comparison, and classification. ages (12+) - ANSWERSformal operations
what is the VOE - ANSWERSviolation of expectation study
expectation violates the idea that the car would be stopped - ANSWERSVOE
, what did the Baillargeon study of object permanence explain/convince - ANSWERSthe
experience showed that the child gazed longer at the possible event, we don't really
know why
what do the information processing theories explain - ANSWERScognitive development
looking at the world from one's own point of view - ANSWERSegocentricism
attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and a natural phenomena -
ANSWERSanimism
operations such as compensation and reversibility are developed at what age -
ANSWERSabout 7 years
information-processing and core-knowledge theories are considered what type of
theories - ANSWERScontemporary theories
child as a computer, concerned with the development of domain-general processes.
learning, memory, and problem-solving skills. provides detailed description of the steps
involved in thinking. hardware and software - ANSWERSinformation-processing
approach
input-process-output; external stimulus-problem solving-action - ANSWERSinformation
processing
flexible approaches to solving problems - ANSWERSstrategies
refers to sights, sounds, and other sensations that are just entering the cognitive system
and are briefly held in raw form until they are identified - ANSWERSsensory memory
a workspace in which information from the environment and relevant knowledge are
brought together, attended to, and actively processed - ANSWERSworking memory
refers to information retained on an enduring basis - ANSWERSlong-term memory
the process of representing in memory information specific features of objects and
events - ANSWERSencoding
the theory that children have innate cognitive capabilities that are the product of human
evolutionary processes. focuses on language, social cognition, biological categorization.
children are much more advanced in their thinking than Piaget suggests -
ANSWERScore-knowledge approach
the theory that young children actively organize their understanding of the most
important domains - ANSWERSnaiive theory
2 Questions with Accurate Answers
what methodology did Piaget use to study cognitive development -
ANSWERSnaturalistic observation and experimentation
what were Piaget's subjects - ANSWERShis own children and the children of his
colleagues
who did Piaget compare his children to - ANSWERSscientists
the process of taking new information or a new experience and fitting it into an already
existing schema - ANSWERSassimilation
process by which existing schemas are changed or new schemas are created in order
to fit new information - ANSWERSaccomodation
frameworks that develop to help organize knowledge - ANSWERSschemas
the process by which the child changes its mental models of the world to match more
closely how the world actually is - ANSWERSmental models
through cognitive development the child's understanding develops because of -
ANSWERSmaturation and experience
at this stage the child learns by doing, looking, touching, sucking. the child also has a
primitive understanding of cause-and-effect relationships. object permanence appears
at about 9 months. age (0-2) - ANSWERSsensorimotor
at this stage the child uses language and symbols, including letters and numbers.
egocentricism is evident. age (2-7) - ANSWERSpreoperational
at this stage the child demonstrates conservation, reversibility, serial ordering, and a
mature understanding of cause-and-effect relationships. at age 7-9 children have
usually overcome egocentricism. age (7-11) - ANSWERSconcrete operational
at this stage the individual demonstrates abstract thinking, including logic, deductive
reasoning, comparison, and classification. ages (12+) - ANSWERSformal operations
what is the VOE - ANSWERSviolation of expectation study
expectation violates the idea that the car would be stopped - ANSWERSVOE
, what did the Baillargeon study of object permanence explain/convince - ANSWERSthe
experience showed that the child gazed longer at the possible event, we don't really
know why
what do the information processing theories explain - ANSWERScognitive development
looking at the world from one's own point of view - ANSWERSegocentricism
attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and a natural phenomena -
ANSWERSanimism
operations such as compensation and reversibility are developed at what age -
ANSWERSabout 7 years
information-processing and core-knowledge theories are considered what type of
theories - ANSWERScontemporary theories
child as a computer, concerned with the development of domain-general processes.
learning, memory, and problem-solving skills. provides detailed description of the steps
involved in thinking. hardware and software - ANSWERSinformation-processing
approach
input-process-output; external stimulus-problem solving-action - ANSWERSinformation
processing
flexible approaches to solving problems - ANSWERSstrategies
refers to sights, sounds, and other sensations that are just entering the cognitive system
and are briefly held in raw form until they are identified - ANSWERSsensory memory
a workspace in which information from the environment and relevant knowledge are
brought together, attended to, and actively processed - ANSWERSworking memory
refers to information retained on an enduring basis - ANSWERSlong-term memory
the process of representing in memory information specific features of objects and
events - ANSWERSencoding
the theory that children have innate cognitive capabilities that are the product of human
evolutionary processes. focuses on language, social cognition, biological categorization.
children are much more advanced in their thinking than Piaget suggests -
ANSWERScore-knowledge approach
the theory that young children actively organize their understanding of the most
important domains - ANSWERSnaiive theory
