PSYCHOLOGY MODULE EXAMS 2026 FULL
PRACTICE TEST
◉ 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
◉ Imagine that you are counseling a 6th grader on how to improve
her study skills so that she will remember more information on
tests. Not only do you teach her some memory strategies, you also
encourage her to engage in self-testing so that she will begin self-
monitoring, that is, keeping track of how well she is remembering
new material. What kind of skill is this type of self-monitoring?
Answer: A metacognitive skill
◉ Jean Piaget and other researchers have studied cognitive
development in middle childhood from different theoretical
traditions. What label did Piaget use to describe this stage of
cognitive development? Answer: Concrete operations
◉ When a child has repeated experiences with one kind of event,
such as going to a ball game several times or going to the doctor
several times, the child begins to form a schematic representation of
the features of the event-the order in which things occur, where and
when they occur. Such an episodic representation is called what?
Answer:
PRACTICE TEST
◉ 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
◉ Imagine that you are counseling a 6th grader on how to improve
her study skills so that she will remember more information on
tests. Not only do you teach her some memory strategies, you also
encourage her to engage in self-testing so that she will begin self-
monitoring, that is, keeping track of how well she is remembering
new material. What kind of skill is this type of self-monitoring?
Answer: A metacognitive skill
◉ Jean Piaget and other researchers have studied cognitive
development in middle childhood from different theoretical
traditions. What label did Piaget use to describe this stage of
cognitive development? Answer: Concrete operations
◉ When a child has repeated experiences with one kind of event,
such as going to a ball game several times or going to the doctor
several times, the child begins to form a schematic representation of
the features of the event-the order in which things occur, where and
when they occur. Such an episodic representation is called what?
Answer:
