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Philosophy
12th
grade
Developmental psychology/ cognitive development
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Neurogenesis
the migration of neurons to their correct location
is the production of new nerve cells.
elimination of these connections as well as neurons themselves)
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not an assumption made by Piaget in his theory of cognitive development?
Children are active learners
Children learn from interacting with their environment
Physical maturation precedes cognitive development
Language development is necessary for cognitive development.
- 3. Multiple Choice
This stage of Piagetian development is characteristized by the ability to carry out abstract reasoning.
Sensorimotor stage
Pre Operational stage
Concrete operations
Formal operations
- 4. Multiple Choice
The ability to understand conservation of matter is characteristic of the end of which stage of development?
Sensorimotor stage
Pre Operational stage
Concrete Operations
Formal Operations
- 5. Multiple Choice
Hughes's criticism of Piaget & Inhelder's three mountain task was
The task was unethical in that the children were deceived.
The task was more about object permanence than egocentrism.
The task did not make sense to the children.
It was open to demand characteristics.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a limitation of Piagetian theory?
It lacks cross-cultural support.
The theory is descriptive rather than explanatory.
Much of the research was cross-sectional, rather than longitudinal in design.
The tasks used to test the theory were highly language dependent.
- 7. Multiple Choice
A key difference between Vygotsky and Piaget's theories of development is
Piaget acknowledged the importance of biological maturation in development.
Piaget believed that young children are curious and actively involved in their own learning.
Vygotsky argued that learning tends to precede development.
They are the same
- 8. Multiple Choice
The difference between what a child can achieve independently and what a child can achieve with guidance and encouragement from a more knowledgeable other is referred to as
Scaffolding
Cooperative learning
Naive psychology
The Zone of Proximal Development
- 9. Multiple Choice
What was the dependent variable that was measured in Nichols (1996) study of cooperative learning?
Recall of information taught in the course
Motivation
The type of instruction given by the teacher
Time taken to solve problems based on course content.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would be a concern about the study done by Winsler e al (2003) on private speech?
Ethical considerations about informed consent.
Demand characteristics - the children may demonstrate social desirability effect.
Construct validity - the measurement of "social skills" was subjective
Ecological validity - the experiment took place under controlled laboratory conditions.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which part of the brain listed below is the last to fully develop?
Hippocampus
Cerebellum
Frontal lobe
Amygdala
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following behaviours does not appear to be innate in human infants?
Communication with a caregiver
Reflexes such as sucking and grasping
Responding to human faces
Aggressive behaviour like hitting or slapping
- 13. Multiple Choice
The brain changes through interaction with the environment in a process called
Neuroplasticity
Synaptic transmission
Synaptic pruning
Neurotransmission
- 14. Multiple Choice
In Chugani's study of newborn babies, he found that there was the least activity in the
Hippocampus
Frontal lobe
Amygdala
Cerebellum
- 15. Multiple Choice
According to Piaget, __________occurs when a child reacts to a new object or idea in a way that is consistent with the child's existing mental representations.
Accommodation
Assimilation
Learning
- 16. Multiple Choice
According to Piaget, _______ occurs when after encountering a new object or idea the child modifies the existing mental representation.
Assimilation
Accommodation
Adoptation
- 17. Multiple Choice
According to Piaget, during ______ stage children's reasoning is subordinate to movement and sensation
sensorimotor stage
pre-operational stage
concrete operational stage
- 18. Multiple Choice
According to Piaget, during this stage children are no longer egocentric and they already understand conservation and reversibility.
Concrete operational stage
Formal operational stage
pre-operational stage
- 19. Multiple Choice
According to Piaget, at this sage of development children have abstract thought.
Formal operational stage
Concrete operational stage
Pre-operational stage
- 20. Multiple Choice
Higher-order functions, according to Vygotsky are
voluntary attention
semantic memory
conceptual thinking
All of the above
- 21. Multiple Choice
"Learning is the driving force of development" the idea introduced by
Piaget
Vygotsky
Chalgani
- 22. Multiple Choice
Vygotsky was the author of the book:
"Thinking and speech"
"Talking and speech"
"Learning and speech"
"Thinking and development"
- 23. Multiple Choice
Elimination of new neural connections is called
Migration
Pruning
Assimilation
Accomodation
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