Cognitive Development

When is brain development most rapid?

• old age

• early childhood

• middle adulthood

• adolescence

Cognitive development has to do with thinking and processing information

• True

• False

Suppose a child has learned the word "dog" and associates it as a 4 legged animal. Then she sees a cow, but calls it "dog." This is known as:

• Assimiliation

• Accommodation

When a child understands that not all four legged animals are dogs, this is changing their existing schema. This is called:

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

When a child realizes things still exist even though they cannot see them or touch them, (for instance their parents or a toy) this is called:

• Schemas

• Assimilation

• Scaffolding

• Object Permanence

Which psychologist spent may years working with children examining their ways of thinking?

• Harlow

• James

• Wundt

• Piaget

A mental representation of things in our world is called?

• Object permanence

• Schema

• Scaffold

When we try to fit something new into an existing schema, this is called?

• Assimilation

• Accomodation

When we change an existing schema, this is called?

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

A child who can picture something in their mind exhibits what?

• Scaffolding

• Object Permanence

• Representational Thought