Theories of cognitive development across the lifespan

which is not one of the mental states of children

• Perception

• Emotions

• Desires

• Demands

Dualistic thinking is...

• Thinking of 2

• seeing the world as bipolar (2 extremes)

• Thinking as a adult

• Thinking as a child

An elder people in the community has personality factors such as; openness to experience, generativity, and creativity. What can be said about their intelligence?

• They have low levels of wisdom

• They have crystalized intelligence

• They have high levels of wisdom

• They are not inteligent

(t/f) Short term memory is typically about 30 seconds and can hold about 7 items

• True

• False

A student has to solve a math problem for Mr. Raj. They plan action needed to complete this math problem, they focus their attention to the problem, they are actively detecting for errors. What type of attention do they show?

• Selective attention

• Executive attention

• deliberate attention

• all of the above

What is selective attention?

• Focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring the other which are irrelevant

• Focusing on something that is selective

• Focusing on a vague aspect of experience that is irrelevant while ignoring the other which are relevant

• none of the above

what is a demonstration of selective attention?

• you are in an airport. you guide your attention to all the different distractions around you

• you are at a shopping center and you are attracted to all the discounts but fail to hear the fire alarm.

• you are at a train station carefully ignoring advertisements and listening to hear information about your train.

• none of the above