Early Childhood
Middle & Late Childhood
Adolescence
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
100

Tantrums tend to subside due to growth of this area of the brain during early childhood

What is the frontal lobe?

100

The ability to complete a task without conscious thought is added by continued maturation of what area of the brain

What is the frontal lobe?

100

The imaginary audience and personal fable demonstrate a return to which type of thinking

What is egocentrism? 

100

Preoperational intelligence is characterized by 

What is symbols, imagination, and language? 

200

Name the idea that children develop and revise informal theories about how the world works

What is theory-theory? 

200

The information a child already knows and has stored in their memory is known as a

What is knowledge base? 

200
Teens weigh risk and reward differently than adults due to their increases sensitivity to which neurotransmitter

What is dopamine? 

200

Abstract and scientific thinking are characteristics of 

What is the formal operational stage?

300

The parenting style in which a parent is warm and affectionate, but fails to set boundaries or enforce consequences

What is permissive?

300

An 8-year old child is able to listen to her teacher and concentrate on what is being said even when her friends are talking around her because of improvement in 

What is selective attention?

300

A lack of identity exploration, but a commitment to one's identity is considered to align with ______ (Marica's identity status)

What is identity foreclosure? 

300

A child eats strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries and notices they are all sweet. The child concludes that all berries are sweet. This is an example of what type of thinking

What is inductive reasoning? 

400
A school identifies children at risk for reading difficulties and provides early intervention. This illustrates ______ level of prevention. 

What is secondary? 

400

A student realizes they don't understand what they just read, so they go back and reread the passage. This skill is known as 

What is metacognition? 

400

This biological change contributes to adolescents naturally going to sleep later

What is a shift in their circadian rhythm which delays the release of melatonin? 

400

Arranging blocks from shortest to tallest is an example of 

What is seriation?

500

This play style involves engaging in organized play toward a shared goal

What is cooperative play?

500

Increased myelination in the association areas leads to

What is decreased reaction times and faster cognitive processing? 

500

Increased growth of the limbic system that outpaces growth of the prefrontal cortex leads to 

What is impulsive decisions and risky behavior?

500
Consequences of formal operational thought (name at least two)

What is introspection, idealism, hypocrisy, & pseudostupidity (overcomplicating simple tasks which leads to failure)?