Cognitive Development in EdPsych MCQ

During the elementary school years, children grow an average of _____ inches a year.

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Correct Answer: 2 to 3

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During puberty, adolescents' thoughts center on _____.

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Correct Answer: Themselves

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Wernicke's aphasia is to ____ as broca's aphasia is to ____.

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Correct Answer: Understanding; speaking

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A child who __________ to find a hidden toy is demonstrating a tertiary circular reaction.

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Correct Answer: Looks in several directions

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Hereditary factors that influence cognitive development consist of __________.

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Correct Answer: Genetically transmitted characteristics inherited from one’s parents

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Between 13 and 18 months, infants add approximately _____ new words.

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Correct Answer: 50

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According to piaget, when a scheme is modified based on some experience, ____ has occurred.

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Correct Answer: Accommodation

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Experts _____ than novices.

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Correct Answer: Take a more effective approach to a problem

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During adolescence, maturation of the ________ lags behind maturation of the ________.

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Correct Answer: Frontal lobes; limbic system

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Developmentalists consider _____ to be developmentally regressive.

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Correct Answer: Middle schools

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The difference between what an individual can accomplish independently and what he or she can learn with assistance from more capable individuals.

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Correct Answer: Zone of proximal development (ZPD)

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___________ Speech used for communicating in a social context with adults.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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A form of constructivism in which individuals construct meaning by interacting with others within a social and cultural context is known as:

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Correct Answer: Social constructivism

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An ability to use signs and symbols to represent an object is called ________.

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Correct Answer: Semiotic function

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Schemes are organized patterns of physical action.

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Correct Answer: True

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Temporary social support provided by an adult or more capable peer for a child to accomplish a task is called ___________ .

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Correct Answer: Scaffolding

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Reversibility is the ability to manipulate one’s thinking in two directions.

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Correct Answer: True

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Psychological and cultural tools means any symbolic system provided by culture, such as:

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Correct Answer: All of these

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In Vygotsky’s theory, a form of self-regulatory, internalized speech that helps individuals guide their thoughts and actions is known as:

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Correct Answer: Private speech

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Operations are physical actions performed mentally.

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Correct Answer: True

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Object permanence means awareness that objects and people continue to exist even when not present.

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Correct Answer: True

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Intersubjectivity means coconstruction of knowledge in which two individuals who begin a task with different knowledge perspectives come to a shared understanding.

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Correct Answer: Intersubjectivity

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It occurs when an individual progresses from performing cognitive processes with a more capable person is called ____________ .

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Correct Answer: Internalization

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A form of constructivism in which individuals construct meaning by themselves from their experiences is known as:

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Correct Answer: Individual constructivism

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Identity constancy means understanding that an object remains qualitatively the same even though its appearance changes.

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Correct Answer: True

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Equilibration is the process of maintaining a cognitive balance between our existing knowledge and new experiences.

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Correct Answer: Equilibration

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An example of _____________ in which children talk from the perspective of their own interests and experiences without regard for the interests and conversational contributions of the listener.

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Correct Answer: Egocentrism

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Egocentric is the thinking about the world primarily from one’s own physical or cognitive viewpoint.

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Correct Answer: True

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A discrepancy between one’s existing knowledge and a new experience is called _____________ .

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Correct Answer: Disequilibrium

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A psychological paradigm that characterizes learning as a process of actively constructing knowledge is known as:

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Correct Answer: Constructivism

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_____________ means understanding that quantity or amount remains the same even though appearance changes.

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Correct Answer: Conservation

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Centration is an inability to focus on two dimensions simultaneously.

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Correct Answer: True

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__________ is a process of adaptation in Piaget’s theory that involves fitting new information or experiences into one’s existing way of thinking.

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Correct Answer: Assimilation

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Active learning means any form of meaningful learning that involves constructing a rich knowledge base of :

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Correct Answer: All of these

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A process of adaptation in Piaget’s theory that involves modifying one’s existing knowledge is known as:

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Correct Answer: Accommodation

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In which of the following situations are adults and adolescents most likely to use externalized or egocentric speech?

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Correct Answer: During challenging tasks

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One potential drawback of using the zone of proximal development in a classroom is that ______.

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Correct Answer: The teacher may need to provide different levels of support for each student

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The process by which two people bring different knowledge and perspectives to a task and come to understand each other’s perspective is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Intersubjectivity

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Compared to children in the concrete operational stage, children in the preoperational stage have difficulties with ______.

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Correct Answer: Focusing on more than one dimension of an object at a time

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According to Piaget, object permanence is acquired around what age?

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Correct Answer: Eight to 12 months

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Joseph, an 11-month-old infant, is shown a toy elephant by his father. When his father hides the elephant under his hat, Joseph reaches for the hat. This suggests that Joseph has acquired ______.

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Correct Answer: Object permanence

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All of the following are Piagetian stages of development EXCEPT ______.

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Correct Answer: Preoperative

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According to Piaget, the most effective social interactions, with respect to the development of cognition, are between and individual child and her ______.

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Correct Answer: Peer

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According to Piaget, all of the following factors play a role in cognitive development EXCEPT ______.

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Correct Answer: Scaffolding

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A child who learns about mathematics by thinking about and practicing solving mathematical problems can be said to be engaged in ______.

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Correct Answer: Individual constructivism

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