PSY 205 Exam #2: Cognitive
Development questions well answered
A body of knowledge in a particular area that makes it easier to master new information in that
area is referred to as knowledge ______________________________. - ANS ✔✔Base
T/F: Abstract thinking and speed of thinking are some of the mental abilities that make up fluid
intelligence. - ANS ✔✔True
According to Chomsky's theory of language acquisition, ______________________________. -
ANS ✔✔Children have an inborn ability to learn language.
According to theory-theory, why do children imitate irrelevant adult behaviors? - ANS ✔✔They
theorize that the irrelevant behavior must be important.
According to the sociocultural perspective, what is the focus of early communication for infants
younger than 12 months? - ANS ✔✔Emotion
A child's ability to add new vocabulary words very quickly is called ______________________. -
ANS ✔✔Fast-Mapping
A child's inability to understand that undoing a sequence of events will bring about the original
situation is called _______________________. - ANS ✔✔Irreversibility
All of the following beliefs reflect cognitive flexibility EXCEPT _______________________. - ANS
✔✔Life plans are static.
, All of the following contribute to the development of expertise EXCEPT
___________________________. - ANS ✔✔Gender
An infant's repetition of syllables such as "ba-ba" is called _______________________. - ANS
✔✔Babbling
A __________________ period of development is a time in which a particular development
must occur if it is to occur at all. - ANS ✔✔Critical
As infants acquire language, they say more ____________________ than any other parts of
speech. - ANS ✔✔Nouns
A single-word utterance that expresses a complete thought is called a(n)
_______________________. - ANS ✔✔Holophrase
T/F: As the brain ages, thinking and reaction time gets faster. - ANS ✔✔False
Beverly and her mother were shopping for a birthday gift for Beverly's father. "How about this?
Daddy would love it!" Beverly exclaimed, showing her mother a pink and purple toy horse with
flowing mane and tail. Beverly's belief that her father would enjoy a toy that she herself would
enjoy is an example of ________________________. - ANS ✔✔Egocentrism
T/F: Control processes depend on the prefrontal cortex. - ANS ✔✔True
T/F: Dialectical thinking involves the constant integration of beliefs and experiences with all the
contradictions and inconsistencies of daily life. - ANS ✔✔True
T/F: Dolly can count from 1 to 10 in order. This ability is due to the logical principle of
conservation. - ANS ✔✔True
Development questions well answered
A body of knowledge in a particular area that makes it easier to master new information in that
area is referred to as knowledge ______________________________. - ANS ✔✔Base
T/F: Abstract thinking and speed of thinking are some of the mental abilities that make up fluid
intelligence. - ANS ✔✔True
According to Chomsky's theory of language acquisition, ______________________________. -
ANS ✔✔Children have an inborn ability to learn language.
According to theory-theory, why do children imitate irrelevant adult behaviors? - ANS ✔✔They
theorize that the irrelevant behavior must be important.
According to the sociocultural perspective, what is the focus of early communication for infants
younger than 12 months? - ANS ✔✔Emotion
A child's ability to add new vocabulary words very quickly is called ______________________. -
ANS ✔✔Fast-Mapping
A child's inability to understand that undoing a sequence of events will bring about the original
situation is called _______________________. - ANS ✔✔Irreversibility
All of the following beliefs reflect cognitive flexibility EXCEPT _______________________. - ANS
✔✔Life plans are static.
, All of the following contribute to the development of expertise EXCEPT
___________________________. - ANS ✔✔Gender
An infant's repetition of syllables such as "ba-ba" is called _______________________. - ANS
✔✔Babbling
A __________________ period of development is a time in which a particular development
must occur if it is to occur at all. - ANS ✔✔Critical
As infants acquire language, they say more ____________________ than any other parts of
speech. - ANS ✔✔Nouns
A single-word utterance that expresses a complete thought is called a(n)
_______________________. - ANS ✔✔Holophrase
T/F: As the brain ages, thinking and reaction time gets faster. - ANS ✔✔False
Beverly and her mother were shopping for a birthday gift for Beverly's father. "How about this?
Daddy would love it!" Beverly exclaimed, showing her mother a pink and purple toy horse with
flowing mane and tail. Beverly's belief that her father would enjoy a toy that she herself would
enjoy is an example of ________________________. - ANS ✔✔Egocentrism
T/F: Control processes depend on the prefrontal cortex. - ANS ✔✔True
T/F: Dialectical thinking involves the constant integration of beliefs and experiences with all the
contradictions and inconsistencies of daily life. - ANS ✔✔True
T/F: Dolly can count from 1 to 10 in order. This ability is due to the logical principle of
conservation. - ANS ✔✔True
