Language
Intelligence
People and Theories
Cognitive development
AI Fluency and Beliefs
100

The 5 main parts of language include phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, and?

What is pragmatics? 

100

This psychologist developed the first widely used IQ test for children, the Stanford-Binet.

Who is Alfred Binet? 

100

According to this child psychologist, children build knowledge through assimilation and accommodation.

Who is Jean Piaget? 

100

The inability of preoperational children to take another person’s perspective is called this.

What is egocentrism? 

100

When a learner submits AI-generated work as if it were entirely their own, without clear attribution, this ethical violation has occurred.

What is plagiarism?

200

This linguist proposed the idea of universal grammar, an innate biological mechanism for language learning.

Who is Noam Chomsky?

200

The data from a standardized IQ test visually looks like what kind of statistical distribution? 

What is a bell curve/normal distribution? 

200

This theorist proposed psychosocial stages, such as identity vs. role confusion in adolescence.

Who is Erik Erikson? 

200

In this early childhood milestone, children begin to understand that others have different beliefs, perspectives, and knowledge.

What is theory of mind? 

200

Best practice when using AI in academic or professional work involves openly acknowledging the system’s contribution and explaining its role.

What is AI transparency?

300

This Vygotskian concept refers to the temporary support provided by a more knowledgeable other that helps a child perform a task they cannot yet do alone.

What is scaffolding? 

300

This concept, emphasized by Sternberg, includes skills like problem-solving in everyday situations.

What is practical intelligence? 

300

Albert Bandura conducted what study to demonstrate that children learn through imitation and modeling? 

What is the Bobo doll study? 

300

Piaget’s first stage of cognitive development (birth–2 years), when infants learn through senses and actions.

What is the sensorimotor stage? 

300

This ethical danger arises when users rely too heavily on AI tools for thinking, writing, or decision-making, weakening their own cognitive abilities over time.

What is overreliance? 

400

This term describes a child’s tendency to use a word too broadly, like calling all four-legged animals “dog.”

What is overextension? 

400

These are the two types of intelligence described by Cattell—one involving reasoning ability and the other accumulated knowledge.

What are fluid and crystallized intelligence?

400

This attachment researcher identified secure, avoidant, ambivalent/resistant, and disorganized attachment styles.

Who is Mary Ainsworth? 

400

This process describes adjusting existing schemas when new information doesn’t fit.

What is accommodation? 

400

According to Anthropic’s 4D framework, this practice involves evaluating outputs critically instead of accepting them at face value.

What is discernment? 

500

This hypothesis argues that the language you speak influences how you think.

What is the linguistic relativity (Sapir-Whorf) hypothesis?

500

Howard Gardner proposed this theory that includes musical, interpersonal, and bodily-kinesthetic forms of intelligence.

What is Multiple Intelligences theory?

500

According to Vygotsky, _____ is the distance between the actual developmental level and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers.

What is the Zone of Proximal Development? 

500

Piaget’s task in which children understand that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape or appearance.

What is conservation? 

500

This is the term for an AI system that is no longer a tool. It doesn’t just reply to instructions but can perform sequences of actions towards a goal on behalf of a user.

What is an AI agent?