GCSE Psychology - Development #1

One function of the brain stem is:

• Memory

• Perception

• Autonomic activities

• Attention

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Early brain development

In the middle of the brain, you will find the:

• Thalamus

• Cerebellum

• Cortex

• Brain stem

Piaget's work relates to:

• Personality development

• Cognitive development

• Physical development

• Moral development

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Piaget's theory

'A mental representation of our knowledge of the world'. This is a description of:

• A schema

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

• Cognitive development

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Piaget's theory

Piaget's experiment involving coins demonstrated:

• Assimilation

• Conservation

• Egocentrism

• Accommodation

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Piaget's theory

A finding from McGarrigle and Donaldson's naughty teddy study was that:

• 34% of children gave the wrong answer

• 72% of children gave the right answer if the change was deliberate

• Primary aged children performed better than nursery aged children

• Involving the teddy made no difference to the results

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Piaget's theory

According to Piaget, Egocentrism ends around the age of:

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

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Piaget's theory

In Hughes' study, what proportion of children could place the doll where two policemen could not see him?

• 60%

• 70%

• 80%

• 90%

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Piaget's theory

Piaget's third stage of cognitive development is called:

• Sensorimotor

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

• Pre-operational

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Piaget's theory

'Children are capable of abstract reasoning' is a description of which stage of Piaget's theory?

• Sensorimotor

• Pre-operational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

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Piaget's theory