Question 1

Most research shows that the majority of babies do not exhibit explicit memory until

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A)   3 to 6 months.
B)   6 to 12 months.
C)   18 months.
D)   2 years.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 2

In Schaie's Seattle Longitudinal Study, processing speed began to decline in

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A)   adolescence.
B)   early adulthood.
C)   middle adulthood.
D)   late adulthood.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Child A understands that people may have ambivalent feelings. Child B begins to understand that people's behaviors do not necessarily reflect their thoughts and feelings. Child C believes that if a person sits quietly, they are not thinking much. Child A could be ____. Child B could be _______. Child C could be __________.

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A)   4 years old; 6 years old; a young adolescent
B)   a young adolescent; 6 years old; 4 years old
C)   a young adolescent; 4 years old; 6 years old
D)   6 years old; 4 years old; a young adolescentE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

The creation of a new procedure for processing information is

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A)   encoding.
B)   automaticity.
C)   strategy construction.
D)   metacognition.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

In terms of scientific thinking, what is characteristic of the reasoning of children that is not typical of the reasoning of scientists?

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A)   a failure to develop theories or hypotheses
B)   motivation by curiosity
C)   greater influence by happenstance events
D)   greater influence by broad patternsE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 6

According to Jacqueline and Martin Brooks (1993, 2001) , school teachers typically did NOT do which of the following at school to promote critical thinking?

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A)   Make sure students got the single correct answer to a question.
B)   Encourage students to come up with new ideas and rethink conclusions.
C)   Ask students to define, describe, and list.
D)   Ask students to recite and memorize.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

In the marshmallow experiments, those children who sang songs or picked their nose while waiting for the return of the experimenter ________ and ______.

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A)   engaged in "hot thoughts"; are less developed in executive function
B)   engaged in "cool thoughts"; are less developed in executive function
C)   engaged in "hot thoughts"; are more developed in executive function
D)   engaged in "cool thoughts"; are more developed in executive functionE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 8

The conscious memory of facts and experiences referred to as

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A)   explicit memory.
B)   implicit memory.
C)   semantic memory.
D)   procedural memory.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Explain the concepts of habituation and dishabituation.

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Question 10

Ruth is listening to her teacher while ignoring the noise coming from a nearby classroom. Her attention allocation is

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A)   sustained.
B)   selective.
C)   divided.
D)   habituated.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 11

According to Siegler, which three mechanisms work together to create changes in children's cognitive skills?

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A)   attention, memory, and thinking
B)   assimilation, accommodation, and thinking
C)   encoding, decoding, and recall
D)   encoding, automaticity, and strategy constructionE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 12

Critical thinking involves

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A)   grasping the deeper meaning of ideas.
B)   not restricting oneself to one approach/perspective.
C)   asking questions and speculating beyond the known facts and arguments.
D)   All of these answers are correct.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 13

What is the difference between perceptual and conceptual categorization?

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Perceptual categorization: based on simi...

Question 14

Monica rotates the presentation of her infant's toys every few minutes, because she doesn't want him to become bored or

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A)   dishabituated.
B)   habituated.
C)   divided in his attention.
D)   overstimulated.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

"Knowing about knowing" is called

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A)   automaticity.
B)   metacognition.
C)   strategy construction.
D)   encoding.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

Being aware of options and available alternatives that allow for adaptation to situations is known as

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A)   cognitive flexibility.
B)   the dual-process model.
C)   reducing interfering thoughts.
D)   focusing attention.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is 70-year-old Leo LEAST likely to forget?

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A)   names of high school classmates
B)   the life events he had in his 40s and 50s
C)   how to swim
D)   capital city namesE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

According to Rakison and Lawson (2013) , during the second year, younger infants tend to have categories such as ________, while older infants tend to have categories such as _______.

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A)   chairs/tables; furniture
B)   furniture; chairs/tables
C)   chairs; tables
D)   furniture; animalE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Rob is listening to Katie's anecdote amidst the loud music and laughter of many others at the party. This is an example of _____ attention.

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A)   executive
B)   selective
C)   divided
D)   sustainedE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 20

What is the theory of mind?

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