cognitive development

Question 1

Piaget was a(n) ______ theorist.
contextual
mechanistic
organismic

Answer 1

organismic

Question 2

Sam realizes that he cannot suck on a “grown-up cup” the way he can on a sippy cup. Thus, Sam must alter his understanding of drinking from a cup if he is to master this skill. Piaget called such an alteration of understanding ________.
accommodation
assimilation

Answer 2

accomodation

Question 3

Ten-month-old Janet reaches for a toy. Her reaching is an example of a(n):
operational scheme
symbolic scheme
behavioral scheme

Answer 3

behavioral scheme

Question 4

Baby Alice kicks her legs over and over again, just because she likes to kick her legs. Piaget would call this a ______.
coordination of secondary schemes
Terry circular reaction
secondary circular reaction
primary circular reaction

Answer 4

primary circular reaction

Question 5

Baillargeon showed babies possible and impossible events involving moving Minnie Mouse dolls, a track, and a screen. She found that
babies looked longer at the possible events.
babies looked longer at the impossible events.
there was no difference between how much attention babies’ paid to different events.
babies became inconsolably upset when viewing the impossible events.

Answer 5

babies looked longer at the impossible events.

Question 6

DeLoache showed that toddlers make stale errors. One possible explanation for these errors is the dual representation hypothesis, which is:
a toddler’s tendency to misunderstand object permanence
a toddler’s tendency to repent objects in his or her head, as symbols
a toddler’s tendency to imitate a behavior after some time has passes since the original behavior occurred
a toddler’s tendency to have trouble keeping more than one representation in mind at once

Answer 6

a toddler’s tendency to have trouble keeping more than one representation in mind at once