Unit 3 Biology
Theories of Cognitive Development
Theories of Social and Emotional Development
Unit 7 Cognition
Final Exam Q's
100

This process converts sensory input into neural messages.

transduction

100

Hypothetical and deductive thinking are characteristic of which of Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

Formal Operational

100

This parenting style, associated with high responsiveness and high expectations, tends to produce the most socially competent and emotionally stable children.

Authoritative Parenting Style 

100

This memory phenomenon explains why people tend to remember items at the beginning and end of a list better than the middle.

Serial Position effect

100

Which of the following is an example of a stage of language development that occurs before a child can speak words?

(A) Telegraphic speech   (B) Babbling

(C) Holophrasing           (D) Paraphrasing

Babbling

200

The frequency theory and place theory both attempt to explain this sense

hearing

200
Term used to describe process of interpreting one's new experiences in terms of one's existing schemas.
Assimilation
200

According to Erikson, toddlers learning to pick out their clothes, letting them feed themselves, and encouraging them to use the toilet  happens during this psychosocial stage.

Autonomy vs. Shame

200

This type of interference occurs when new information blocks old information.

Retroactive interference

200

Jeremy happily played with his colorful blocks while his mother was nearby. When his mother left the room, he became upset, but he quickly stopped crying and began to play with the blocks again. When his mother returned, he greeted her happily. What attachment style is he demonstrating?

Secure Attachment

300

Which part of the autonomic nervous system activates the fight-or-flight response?

Sympathetic Nervous system

300

Egocentrism, animism, and artificialism are characteristic of which of Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

Preoperational stage

300
Erikson's stage where middle aged adults struggle to determine what their contribution to the world is.
Stagnation vs. Generativity
300

Remembering to perform a future action—like turning in homework—is called this type of memory.

Prospective Memory 

300

If Carmelita stares at a red spot for one minute and then shifts her gaze to a white piece of paper, she is likely to experience an afterimage that is

Green
400

Damage to Wernicke’s area affects this ability.

Language Comprehension

400

Children develop an understanding that others have their own thoughts, feelings, and perspectives.  

Theory of Mind

400

This level of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model includes the child’s immediate environments, such as family, school, and peers.

microsystem

400

These rules of perception explain why we naturally organize pieces of visual information into meaningful wholes.

Gestalt Principles

400

During the high-wire act, Grace walks along a rope suspended 30 feet above the circus floor. Which of the following is most involved in helping Grace coordinate her movements and maintain her balance during the performance?

cerebellum

500
What two emotions are effected by the amygdala?

fear and aggression

500
The range of tasks a child cannot yet master alone, but that she or he can accomplish with the guidance of a more capable partner.
Zone of proximal development
500

This parenting style is characterized by low warmth and low control, often leading to poor emotional self-regulation in children.

Neglectful parenting style 

500

This stage of memory acts as a “holding tank,” capturing raw sensory information before it can move into short-term memory.  

sensory memory 

500

Campbell and a friend are sharing strategies for parenting their teenaged children as the children transition from middle school to high school. Both parents are struck by how much the social norms and cultural beliefs that influence children have shifted since they were in high school 20 years ago.

The interaction of social norms and cultural beliefs are best categorized as which of the following systems of Bronfrenbrenner?

Macrosystem