Development -Psychology Paper 1

the part of the brain that connects to the Spinal cord is the

• Thalamus

• Cortex

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem

the outer covering of the brain which continues to develop is called the

• Cerebellum

• Cortex

• Thalamus

• Brain Stem

Piaget developed a theory for the role of

• Cognitive development

• Brain development

• Child development

• Biological development

A schema is described as

• a collection of ideas

• a visual image of the world around us

• a knowledge structure

• a set of detailed drawings

Accommodation is the process of

• adding info into an existing schema

• forgetting information we do not need

• creating a new schema for new types of information

• finding the right place to store our ideas

McGarrigle and Donaldson's study on conservation involved

• beakers of coloured water

• a Naughty Teddy bear

• a policeman doll

• male and female dolls

Hughes' 'policeman doll study' was designed to investigate

• Conservation

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

• Egocentricity

According to Piaget's theory children who have moved beyond the object permanence stage but demonstrate Egocentricity and a lack of conservation are at what stage

• Formal operational

• Concrete operational

• Pre-operational

• Sensorimotor

According to Piaget, for appropriate learning to take place in education children must be at the appropriate level of

• Ability

• intelligence

• Readiness

• maturity

if you believe that intelligence can be developed to any level by anyone with sufficient effort under typical circumstances then you have a

• fixed mindset

• deluded mindset

• positive mindset

• Growth Mindset