Test bank for Children’s Thinking, 5th Edition, Robert Siegler, Martha Alibali.

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Chapterg1
AngIntroductiongtogChildren’sgThinking
MultiplegChoice

1. Agscientistginterestedgingcognitivegdevelopmentgwouldgbegmostglikelygtogstudyg .
a. childrengsolvinggmathgproblems
b. thegetiologygofgdepression
c. parent-childgattachment
d. thegeffectsgofgsocioeconomicgstatusgongself-esteem

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2. ThegconstructivistgperspectivegofgJeangPiagetgarguesgthatginfantsgpossessgimportantg gandg gcapabilities.
a. perceptualgandgconceptual
b. conceptualgandgassociative
c. associativegandglinguistic
d. perceptualgandgmotor

Answer:gD
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3. ProfessorgWoogstudiesginfants.gTheggoalgofghergresearchgisgtogdemonstrategthatginfantsghavegthegabilit
ygtogunderstandgrudimentarygformsgofgmathematicsg(e.g.,gthegadditiongandgsubtractiongofgsmallgnumb
ersgofgobjects).gProfessorgWoogmostglikelygsubscribesgtogwhichgofgthegfollowinggperspectives?
a. associationistg perspective
b. constructivistgperspective
c. coregknowledgegperspective
d. information-processingg perspective

Answer:gC
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4. Researchghasgshowngthatgverygyoungginfantsgpossessggeneralglearninggmechanismsgthatghelpgthemgacq
uiregknowledge.gTwogofgtheseglearninggmechanismsgareg gandg .
a. imitationgandgstatisticalglearning
b. associationgandgdistancegperception
c. automatizationgandgconceptualgorganization
d. analogygandgstrategygconstruction

Answer:gA
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5. Thegstagegconceptgcangbegtracedgbackgtogthegideasgof
a. GeorgegBerkeley
b. JohngLocke
c. JohngStuartgMill
d. CharlesgDarwin

Answer:gD
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6. Johngtookgtwogweeksgtoglearnghowgtogtieghisgshoes.gHisgmomgwentgovergeachgstepgofgthegprocessgwithgh
imgdaygbygday,gandgheglearnedgonegstepgatgagtimeguntilghegcouldgtieghisgshoesgonghisgown.gKathygalsogt
ookgtwogweeksgtoglearnghowgtogtieghergshoes.gHowever,gunlikegJohn,gshegdidgnotgseemgtogbeglearninggan
ygofgthegstepsgday-by-
day.gThen,gallgofgagsudden,gaftergaboutgtwogweeks,gshegtiedghergshoesgallgbygherself.gJohn’sgcoursegofgde
velopmentgisgpredictedgbygtheg ,gwhereasgKathy’sgcoursegofgdevelopmentgisgpredictedgbygtheg .
a. coregknowledgegtheorists,ginformation-processinggtheorists
b. constructivists,g associationists
c. stagegtheorists,ginformation-processinggtheorists
d. associationists,gstagegtheorists

Answer:gD
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7. ProfessorgMurphygtestedgag6-year-
oldgchild,gMadeline,gongthreegconservationgproblems:gconservationgofgvolume,gconservationgofgmass,g
andgconservationgofgnumber.gMadelinegdisplayedgstageg2greasoninggongthegvolumegandgmassgproblems
,gbutgstageg3greasoninggongthegnumbergproblem.gMadeline’sgperformancegviolatedgwhichgofgthegfollo
winggassumptionsgofgthegstagegconcept?
a. abruptnessgassumption
b. concurrencegassumption
c. thegassumptiongofgcoherentgorganization
d. thegassumptiongofgqualitativegchange

Answer:gB
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8. Lastgyear,gBillygsolvedgadditiongproblemsglikeg“4g+g3g=gg ”gbygcountinggonghisgfingers.gThisgyear,gh
egcangretrievegadditiongfactsgfromgmemory.gThisgisgangexamplegof
a. quantitativegchange
b. abruptgchange
c. qualitativegchange
d. concurrentgchange

Answer:gC
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9. Thegperiodgofgdevelopmentgbeforegbirthgisgtheg gperiod.
a. postnatal
b. undeveloped
c. prenatal
d. induction

Answer:gC
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