Question 1

on the acquisition of cognitive concepts and skills suggests that

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A)   culture has little influence on cognitive development.
B)   European Americans have superior cognitive skills earlier than Native Americans.
C)   culture influences the rate of cognitive skill development.
D)   culture influences cognitive skill development.

Question 2

The shift away from an egocentric orientation is important for all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   improved communication.
B)   the development of moral understanding.
C)   empathetic concern for others.
D)   improved academic achievement.

Question 3

According to Piaget, what is the process by which simple mental structures are combined into more complex systems?

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A)   Organization
B)   Adaptation
C)   Schema combination
D)   Accommodation

Question 4

Piaget may have underestimated children's ability to understand physical concepts because of his over-reliance on using

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A)   motor activity to gauge children's cognitive abilities.
B)   emotional reactions to gauge children's cognitive abilities.
C)   controlled experimentation to test children's cognitive abilities.
D)   observation of behavior in natural settings.

Question 5

found that in planning efficient routes through an imaginary town,

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A)   adult-child dyads were more efficient planners.
B)   peer-child dyads were more efficient planners.
C)   peer-child dyads were equal to adult-child dyads in efficiency.
D)   adults tended to dominate the decision-making process more than peer partners.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of concrete operations?

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A)   A decrease in reversibility
B)   A decrease in centration
C)   A decrease in egocentrism
D)   An increase in concrete logic

Question 7

Jay believes that the world revolves around him and that the universe was created for him. Jay has a lot of difficulty seeing any point of view besides his own. This egocentricity is characteristic of what substage of the preoperational stage of development?

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A)   Intuitive substage
B)   Preconceptual substage
C)   Concrete substage
D)   Formal substage

Question 8

When the child adjusts his schemata to fit a new experience, the child is

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A)   assimilating.
B)   accommodating.
C)   organizing.
D)   conserving.

Question 9

Piaget divides the preoperational phase into two substages: the __________ period (2 to 4 years)  and the __________ period (4 to 7 years) .

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A)   intuitive; preconceptual
B)   preconceptual; intuitive
C)   conceptual; formal
D)   intuitive; organizational

Question 10

According to Piaget, preoperational reasoning is characterized by

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A)   abstract logic.
B)   conservation.
C)   irreversibility.
D)   concrete understanding.

Question 11

One of the most problematic aspects in Piaget's theory of cognitive development is why some children can solve some concrete operational problems, but not others. This concept is referred to as

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A)   object permanence.
B)   horizontal decalage.
C)   conservation.
D)   attentional deficit.

Question 12

Piaget developed a three-mountain task to test children's ability to see things from the perspective of others. This task tested children for

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A)   analytical skills.
B)   object permanence.
C)   egocentrism.
D)   perception.

Question 13

Tabitha has become interested in thinking about hypothetical situations and wondering about different possibilities that could exist in the future. Which of Piaget's stages is she in?

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A)   Sensorimotor
B)   Preoperational
C)   Concrete operations
D)   Formal operations

Question 14

According to Vygotsky, voluntary attention and abstract thinking are considered

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A)   elementary mental functions.
B)   higher mental functions.
C)   innate abilities.
D)   unattainable in most cultures.

Question 15

An important component of scaffolding is

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A)   removing distracting objects from the setting.
B)   breaking a task down into simpler components.
C)   allowing the competent peer to dominate interactions.
D)   making the task easy.

Question 16

Erica is in the concrete operational stage of development. When asked to sort flowers, she will most likely be able to

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A)   group flowers according to their color, but not according to the type of flower (e.g., group daisies together and roses together) .
B)   group flowers according to the type of flower (e.g., group daisies together and roses together) , but not according to color.
C)   group flowers according to the type of flower and the color of the flower.
D)   group flowers according to the classification system used by botanists.

Question 17

Children may master some form of conservation before others. Piaget called this

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A)   irreversibility.
B)   horizontal decalage.
C)   abnormal.
D)   egocentric.

Question 18

When a preoperational child, Delores, is asked if she has a sister, Delores replies, "Yes." Then, when asked further, "What's her name," Delores states, "Mary." Then Delores is asked if Mary has a sister, and Delores replies, "No." This conversational exchange reflects Delores' preoperational limitation in reasoning known as

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A)   irreversibility.
B)   conservation.
C)   centration.
D)   intuition.

Question 19

Describe the false-belief task and what this task tells us about children's theory of mind.

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Question 20

Recently, researchers have found that children as young as 3 years old can identify the correct perspective from different positions in the three-mountain task if they make the task more accessible and comprehensible to young children. Which of the following is not one of the changes to the tasks, which results in better comprehension of the task for young children?

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A)   Making the three sides of the mountain more distinctive
B)   Allowing the children to rotate a small model to show their answer rather than choose from drawings
C)   Telling children to close their eyes and imagine the three mountains before they answer the questions
D)   Using dolls and asking questions about where a boy doll could hide so that a policeman doll could not find him

Exam 8: Cognitive Development: Piaget and Vygotsky

Piaget divides the preoperational phase into two substages: the period (2 to 4 years) and the period (4 to 7 years) .

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One of the most problematic aspects in Piaget's theory of cognitive development is why some children can solve some concrete operational problems, but not others. This concept is referred to as

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Jay believes that the world revolves around him and that the universe was created for him. Jay has a lot of difficulty seeing any point of view besides his own. This egocentricity is characteristic of what substage of the preoperational stage of development?

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Piaget may have underestimated children's ability to understand physical concepts because of his over-reliance on using

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According to Piaget, what is the process by which simple mental structures are combined into more complex systems?

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