Question 1

How might parents and teachers facilitate the transfer of learning?

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Parents and teachers can facil...

Question 2

Piaget saw himself as a sociologist,a scholar who was interested in the origins of knowledge from a developmental perspective.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Discuss the importance of concept development in children.Provide specific examples of skills linked to concept development.

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Question 4

How would transfer be facilitated by providing multiple contexts in which information can be encoded?

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A)   Retrieval of information would be easier because more cues would be associated with it.
B)   Recognition memory research suggests that multiple settings allow children to perform better on mathematics problems.
C)   Semantic memory for historical events improves when information is presented in various classrooms.
D)   Retrieval of information would be easier if the material studied in one room were tested in another.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

________ may enhance learning because it provides experience with a variety of problem-solving strategies.

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A)   Mentoring
B)   Variability
C)   Computation
D)   TransferenceE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Preschoolers are able to count but may not be able to

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A)   count into double digits.
B)   add multiple numbers.
C)   subtract multiple numbers.
D)   understand what numbers represent.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

What factors are critical in infant memory development and capabilities? Illustrate these factors with examples.

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Question 8

Researchers have suggested that two types of processing speed,rate of verbal rehearsal and rate of retrieval,mature at the same ages in development.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Older children are much more likely than younger children to ignore irrelevant information that may distract them from some central activity or problem.This suggests that children get better at the process of ________ as they develop.

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A)   working attention
B)   selective attention
C)   selective memory
D)   attentional inertiaE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Cheryl is given the series 3-6-9-12-15 to remember.She notices that the numbers are multiples of three.Cheryl is using a memory strategy described as

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A)   rehearsal.
B)   elaboration.
C)   organization
D)   rehearsal set.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

A thematic relation describes a classification scheme based on

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A)   the clustering of objects into common higher-order groups.
B)   the degree of familiarity with objects.
C)   similar perceptual qualities of objects.
D)   similar functional properties of objects.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 12

________ is a term that describes what people know about their own memory processes.

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A)   Explicit memory
B)   Mental network
C)   Metamemory
D)   Domain-specific knowledgeE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 13

The fact that older children are better than younger children at ignoring information that is irrelevant to or distracts from the central activity suggests that selective attention is an aspect of attention that changes with development.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The major point of disagreement between Piaget and other researchers concerning development of the object concept concerns whether

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A)   children have such a concept by the time they reach two years of age.
B)   cultural influences affect the age at which the object concept is achieved.
C)   the object concept is acquired as early as three or four months of age or later in the first year of life.
D)   individual differences account for the finding that some infants show the object concept early in infancy,whereas others show evidence for it much later.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

A mature problem solver is one who

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A)   has little or no difficulty in solving a problem.
B)   has a small but effective set of problem-solving strategies.
C)   is able to plan the exact strategy required to solve a problem at the beginning.
D)   is able to generate new strategies and employ them while solving a problem.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Which of the following test procedures is most likely to facilitate transfer in the classroom?

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A)   Test children for recall with fill-in-the-blank exams
B)   Test children for recognition with multiple-choice exams
C)   Test children on their ability to apply what they have learned to new situations
D)   Test children on their ability to respond orally to the exam questionsE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Planning has two important aspects: (1)deciding on the necessary steps and (2)having specific event knowledge.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Explain the concept of object solidity and object continuity.At what point are children able to grasp these concepts?

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Object solidity is the understanding tha...

Question 19

Thinking in the formal operational stage is

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A)   logical and abstract.
B)   abstract and irreversible.
C)   logical and concrete.
D)   reversible and concrete.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Children's early numerical concepts do not rely on verbal skills.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 8: Cognition

What factors are critical in infant memory development and capabilities? Illustrate these factors with examples.

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Explain the concept of object solidity and object continuity.At what point are children able to grasp these concepts?

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The major point of disagreement between Piaget and other researchers concerning development of the object concept concerns whether

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Children's early numerical concepts do not rely on verbal skills.

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Which of the following test procedures is most likely to facilitate transfer in the classroom?

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Cheryl is given the series 3-6-9-12-15 to remember.She notices that the numbers are multiples of three.Cheryl is using a memory strategy described as

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The fact that older children are better than younger children at ignoring information that is irrelevant to or distracts from the central activity suggests that selective attention is an aspect of attention that changes with development.

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Piaget saw himself as a sociologist,a scholar who was interested in the origins of knowledge from a developmental perspective.

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How would transfer be facilitated by providing multiple contexts in which information can be encoded?

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How might parents and teachers facilitate the transfer of learning?

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Planning has two important aspects: (1)deciding on the necessary steps and (2)having specific event knowledge.

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________ may enhance learning because it provides experience with a variety of problem-solving strategies.

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________ is a term that describes what people know about their own memory processes.

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Older children are much more likely than younger children to ignore irrelevant information that may distract them from some central activity or problem.This suggests that children get better at the process of ________ as they develop.

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A thematic relation describes a classification scheme based on

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Researchers have suggested that two types of processing speed,rate of verbal rehearsal and rate of retrieval,mature at the same ages in development.

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Thinking in the formal operational stage is

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A mature problem solver is one who

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