PSYCH10 Paquette-Smith UCLA Final
Exam 2026 Questions and Answers
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development - Correct answer-Sensorimotor,
preoperational, concrete operational, formal operations
sensorimotor stage - Correct answer-in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to
about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their
sensory impressions and motor activities. develop sense of object permanence
preoperational stage - Correct answer-in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to
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. do not pass conservation tests
because they have centration and a lack of reversibility. egocentric: do not pass
three mountains task.
concrete operational stage - Correct answer-in Piaget's theory, the stage of
cognitive development (from about 7 to 11 years of age) during which children
gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete
events. difficulty about thinking abstractly or reasoning hypothetically
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,formal operational stage - Correct 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
short-term memory (STM) - Correct answer-A limited-capacity store that can
maintain unrehearsed information for about 20 to 30 seconds. holds around 5-9
chunks of information.
working memory - Correct answer-the manipulation of the short-term memory in
order to use it for the task you are doing
Atkinson-Shiffrin Model - Correct answer-a memory system that contains: sensory
memory, short-term memory and long-term memory
long-term memory - Correct answer-the relatively permanent and limitless
storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences.
explicit long term memory - Correct answer-also called declarative memory, it can
be verbally stated and is knowing "what." episodic vs semantic
episodic long-term memory - Correct answer-memories of actual events or things
you can visual the environment/situation of
semantic long-term memory - Correct answer-facts and knowledge, but you do not
know how/why you know it.
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, implicit long-term memory - Correct answer-expressed behaviorally. knowing
"how". procedural memory, classical conditioning, priming
procedural implicit long-term memory - Correct answer-skills, knowing how to do
something
classical conditioning implicit long-term memory - Correct answer-associative
learning, operant learning
priming implicit long term memory - Correct answer-exposure to things influences
behavior
amnesia types - Correct answer-retrograde and anterograde
anterograde amnesia - Correct answer-cannot form new memories after the
"accident/event"
retrograde amnesia - Correct answer-inability to retrieve information before a
particular date/time
encoding - Correct answer-the process of transforming what we perceive, think, or
feel into an enduring memory
storage - Correct answer-retaining encoded information over time
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Exam 2026 Questions and Answers
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development - Correct answer-Sensorimotor,
preoperational, concrete operational, formal operations
sensorimotor stage - Correct answer-in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to
about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their
sensory impressions and motor activities. develop sense of object permanence
preoperational stage - Correct answer-in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to
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. do not pass conservation tests
because they have centration and a lack of reversibility. egocentric: do not pass
three mountains task.
concrete operational stage - Correct answer-in Piaget's theory, the stage of
cognitive development (from about 7 to 11 years of age) during which children
gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete
events. difficulty about thinking abstractly or reasoning hypothetically
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,formal operational stage - Correct 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
short-term memory (STM) - Correct answer-A limited-capacity store that can
maintain unrehearsed information for about 20 to 30 seconds. holds around 5-9
chunks of information.
working memory - Correct answer-the manipulation of the short-term memory in
order to use it for the task you are doing
Atkinson-Shiffrin Model - Correct answer-a memory system that contains: sensory
memory, short-term memory and long-term memory
long-term memory - Correct answer-the relatively permanent and limitless
storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences.
explicit long term memory - Correct answer-also called declarative memory, it can
be verbally stated and is knowing "what." episodic vs semantic
episodic long-term memory - Correct answer-memories of actual events or things
you can visual the environment/situation of
semantic long-term memory - Correct answer-facts and knowledge, but you do not
know how/why you know it.
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, implicit long-term memory - Correct answer-expressed behaviorally. knowing
"how". procedural memory, classical conditioning, priming
procedural implicit long-term memory - Correct answer-skills, knowing how to do
something
classical conditioning implicit long-term memory - Correct answer-associative
learning, operant learning
priming implicit long term memory - Correct answer-exposure to things influences
behavior
amnesia types - Correct answer-retrograde and anterograde
anterograde amnesia - Correct answer-cannot form new memories after the
"accident/event"
retrograde amnesia - Correct answer-inability to retrieve information before a
particular date/time
encoding - Correct answer-the process of transforming what we perceive, think, or
feel into an enduring memory
storage - Correct answer-retaining encoded information over time
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