SDSU PSY 331 Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
cognitive |development |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |development |of |thinking, |problem |solving,
|and |memory
cognition |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |mental |action |of |acquiring |knowledge
development |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-changes |of |structure |and |function |overtime
developmental |function |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |form |that |development |takes |over |time
individual |differences |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-patterns |of |intellectual |aptitudes |of |a |person |at
|a |given |age
Truth |1: |Dynamic |and |Reciprocal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-effects |of |internal |and |external |
factors
Truth |2: |Social |Context |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-different |context |support |different |skills
Truth |3: |Stability |and |Plasticity |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-stable |relative |order |but |also |flexible
Truth |4: |Intentional |control |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-use |of |strategies |and |planning
Truth |5: |Knowledge |based |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-what |children |know |and |how |they |know |it
, Truth |6: |representation |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |changes |and |how |children |represent |
themselves
Truth |7: |Domain |general |and |specific |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-abilities |for |general |problem |
solving |or |specific |from |birth
Intentional |control |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-strategies, |inhibition, |memory
cognitive |flexibility |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-ability |to |switch |between |rules |and |sets |of |rules
Domain |general |abilities |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-general, |underlying |cognitive |abilities |that |
influence |performance
domain |specific |abilities |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-ability |for |one |specific |aspect |of |cognition
Goals |of |developmentalists |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-knowing |what |mechanism |is |for |what |
change, |provide |research
evolved |probabilistic |mechanisms |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-info |processing |functions |that |
evolve |to |solve |problems
Primary |abilities |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-cognitive |abilities |selected |overtime |(language)
secondary |abilities |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-skills |people |poses |that |build |on |primary
Epigenetics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-emergence |of |new |structures |and |functions |during |
development
Correct Answers
cognitive |development |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |development |of |thinking, |problem |solving,
|and |memory
cognition |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |mental |action |of |acquiring |knowledge
development |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-changes |of |structure |and |function |overtime
developmental |function |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |form |that |development |takes |over |time
individual |differences |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-patterns |of |intellectual |aptitudes |of |a |person |at
|a |given |age
Truth |1: |Dynamic |and |Reciprocal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-effects |of |internal |and |external |
factors
Truth |2: |Social |Context |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-different |context |support |different |skills
Truth |3: |Stability |and |Plasticity |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-stable |relative |order |but |also |flexible
Truth |4: |Intentional |control |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-use |of |strategies |and |planning
Truth |5: |Knowledge |based |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-what |children |know |and |how |they |know |it
, Truth |6: |representation |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |changes |and |how |children |represent |
themselves
Truth |7: |Domain |general |and |specific |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-abilities |for |general |problem |
solving |or |specific |from |birth
Intentional |control |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-strategies, |inhibition, |memory
cognitive |flexibility |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-ability |to |switch |between |rules |and |sets |of |rules
Domain |general |abilities |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-general, |underlying |cognitive |abilities |that |
influence |performance
domain |specific |abilities |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-ability |for |one |specific |aspect |of |cognition
Goals |of |developmentalists |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-knowing |what |mechanism |is |for |what |
change, |provide |research
evolved |probabilistic |mechanisms |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-info |processing |functions |that |
evolve |to |solve |problems
Primary |abilities |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-cognitive |abilities |selected |overtime |(language)
secondary |abilities |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-skills |people |poses |that |build |on |primary
Epigenetics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-emergence |of |new |structures |and |functions |during |
development
