Selman & Friendship
Brain and Behavior
Piaget & Concrete Operations
Cognitive Improvements
100

In this stage, children become more cognizant of the perspectives of others. They also learn to put themselves in another's place as a way of evaluating intentions and actions.

What is Stage 2! 

100

5% to 10% of school-age children are diagnosed with what disorder? 

What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?

100

What type of relationship is described when one changes reverses the effects of the other change?

What is a reversible relationship?

100

What type of test is typically given to children as a standard demonstration of the changes in working memory capacity? 

What is Digit Span?

200

The stage in which perspective-taking becomes more abstract and complex.

What is Stage 4!

200

During middle childhood, increases in this reflect increasing neural connectivity and communication between neurons and between brain areas?

What is white matter?

200

What term describes the failure to recognize one's own subjectivity? 

What is egocentrism?

200

What technique is used to link several pieces of information together into a single meaningful unit?

What is Chunking?

300

This stage represents children with little appreciation for the thoughts and feelings of themselves and others. 

What is Stage 0!

300

At what age does the brain reach about 95% of its peak size?

What is 6 years old?

300

Piaget recognizes the concrete operational stage as spanning between what ages?

What are age 6 to age 12?

300

Prior knowledge and the expansive of a child's knowledge base can be beneficial in memory, but can also lead to what?

What are false memories?

400

This stage brings a sense of understanding that others have viewpoints that are different from their own.

What is Stage 1! 

400

Changes in what part of the brain account for great strides children make in both gross and fine motor skill?

What is the corpus callosum?

400

Once thought to be strictly domain general and determined by one's stage of development, what is now thought to be domain specific

What is logical thinking?

400

What term is used to describe what happens when a child fails to use a memory strategy even in situations where it is ordinarily helpful for them?

What is production deficiency? 

500

The stage in which children learn to view others' perspectives simultaneously and mutually.

What is Stage 3!

500

What two main things come into play to influence the emerging brain organization during Middle Childhood?

What are Genes and Experience dynamically interact to influence emerging brain organizations?

500

Better approximations of reality are achieved once children are able to what?

What are assimilate and accommodate? 

500

Metacognition is the cornerstone of many clinical and educational practices that is known as what? It is typically used to effect some behavior change by attending to, regulating, and sometimes changing cognitions.  

What is self-instruction or self-monitoring? 

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