DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY INFANCY
AND CHILDHOOD 5TH CANADIAN EDITION
ACTUAL EXAM UPDATED COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ formal operational stage
Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development
(normally beginning about age 12) during which people begin to
think logically about abstract concepts
◉ temperament
Answer: a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
◉ theory of mind
Answer: people's ideas about their own and other's mental states -
about their feelings, perceptions, and thoughts, and the behaviors
these might predict
◉ autism spectrum disorder (AHD)
Answer: a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by
significant deficiencies in communication and social interaction, and
by rigidly fixated interests and repetitive behaviors
,◉ sensorimotor stage
Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years
old) during which infants know mostly in terms of their sensory
impressions and motor activities
◉ object performance
Answer: the awareness that things continue to exist even when not
perceived
◉ preoperational stage
Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to about 6 or 7
years of age) during which a child learns to use language but does
not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
◉ conservation
Answer: the principle (which Piaget believed to be a part of concrete
operational reasoning) that properties such as mass, volume, and
number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects
◉ egocentrism
Answer: in Piaget's theory, the pre operational child's difficulty
taking another's point of view
, ◉ cognition
Answer: all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing,
remembering, and communicating
◉ schema
Answer: a concept or framework that organizes and interprets
information
◉ assimilation
Answer: interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing
schemas
◉ accommodation
Answer: adapting out current understandings (schemas) to
incorporate new information
◉ maturation
Answer: biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in
behavior and relatively uninfluenced by experience
◉ developmental psychology
Answer: a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and
social change throughout the life span
AND CHILDHOOD 5TH CANADIAN EDITION
ACTUAL EXAM UPDATED COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ formal operational stage
Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development
(normally beginning about age 12) during which people begin to
think logically about abstract concepts
◉ temperament
Answer: a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
◉ theory of mind
Answer: people's ideas about their own and other's mental states -
about their feelings, perceptions, and thoughts, and the behaviors
these might predict
◉ autism spectrum disorder (AHD)
Answer: a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by
significant deficiencies in communication and social interaction, and
by rigidly fixated interests and repetitive behaviors
,◉ sensorimotor stage
Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years
old) during which infants know mostly in terms of their sensory
impressions and motor activities
◉ object performance
Answer: the awareness that things continue to exist even when not
perceived
◉ preoperational stage
Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to about 6 or 7
years of age) during which a child learns to use language but does
not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
◉ conservation
Answer: the principle (which Piaget believed to be a part of concrete
operational reasoning) that properties such as mass, volume, and
number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects
◉ egocentrism
Answer: in Piaget's theory, the pre operational child's difficulty
taking another's point of view
, ◉ cognition
Answer: all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing,
remembering, and communicating
◉ schema
Answer: a concept or framework that organizes and interprets
information
◉ assimilation
Answer: interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing
schemas
◉ accommodation
Answer: adapting out current understandings (schemas) to
incorporate new information
◉ maturation
Answer: biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in
behavior and relatively uninfluenced by experience
◉ developmental psychology
Answer: a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and
social change throughout the life span
