Piaget stated that for children to be in the Concrete stage of his theory they must understand the law of _______.
What is conversation?
100
Being able to stay focused for a 55-minute lecture is an example of _______ ______?
What is sustained attention?
100
This is the mental "workbench" of STM.
What is working memory?
100
Who constructed the first intelligence test?
Who is Binet?
100
At what age do most infants say their first word?
What is 12 months/ 1 year?
200
According to Vygotsky, ______ ______ is the most important aspect to learning.
What is social interaction?
200
Infants engage in "gaze following" by what age?
What is 10-11 months?
200
Riding a bike and brushing your teeth are examples of this category of long-term memories.
What is implicit memory?
200
This term refers to the portion of the variance in a population that is attributed to genes.
What is heritability?
200
Most children are taught how to read using the _______ approach.
What is the phonics approach?
300
Name Piaget's 4 stages of his cognitive developmental theory in order.
What is sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, and formal operations?
300
Reading your textbook without thinking much about the words that you are reading is an example of what?
What is automaticity?
300
Before the age of 3, most people have no recollection of their memories. This is due to the immaturity of what structure?
What is the hippocampus?
300
Name the 2 subscales of the Wechsler tests.
What are verbal and performance scales?
300
Language centers are located on the left side of the brain. What area specifically helps us produce words?
What is Broca's area?
400
Critics thought Piaget needed to add a 5th stage to his theory. What is the suggested name of this stage?
What is post-formal?
400
_________ reduces attention to a key task.
What is multitasking?
400
Remembering to do your next Connect assignment is an example of what type of memory?
What is prospective memory?
400
Being able to regulate your emotions and read others' emotions are examples of what type of intelligence?
What is emotional intelligence?
400
Who stated that there is a biological device in our brains that allows us learn language?
Who is Noam Chomsky?
500
This term refers to the changing level of support one might give to another person over the course of a teaching lesson.
What is scaffolding?
500
In this first process of memory, information is labeled before it is stored or can be retrieved.
What is encoding?
500
One important study strategy is to link old information (what you learned in Intro Psychology) to new information (what you are learning in PSY 121). This technique is called what?
What is elaboration?
500
Name the 3 characteristics of gifted children, according to Ellen Winner.
What is precocity, marching to their own drummer, and a passion to master?
500
Being able to change your use of language in different contexts is part of what?