chapter 9 quiz

A term that describes how the cognitive system works

• cognitive functioning

• cognitive structure

• cognitive development

• cognitive formation

Piaget's fourth period; appears in early adolescence, at around 11 or 12 years old

• concrete operational period

• transition period

• formal operations period

• preconcepts

The period from ages 5-7, when the way the child thinks changes from preoperational to concrete operational

• preoperational period

• transition period

• formal operations period

• concrete operational

Partial pictures of what an infant actually sees and experiences, including highlights of what the infant perceives

• pattern

• preconcepts

• outline

• schema

A term that refers to knowledge and thinking about cognition

• metacognition

• theory of mind

• overgeneralizations

• concepts

In cognitive functioning, what is the process of being overwhelmed by one aspect of the problem or situation called?

• Processing

• Centering

• Input

• Output

centers perception on the most obvious and is bound by what is seen

• centering

• operations

• egocentric

• classification

Why things happen as they do in the world; "why" questions

• causality

• animism

• artificialism

• seriation

Emphasizes the process that the individual uses to try to solve problems

• theory of successful intelligence

• ethological approach

• cognitive-developmental approach

• information-processing approach

Teaching through the application of analytical, creative, and practical abilities

• psychometric approach

• Triarchic instruction

• ethological approach

• theory of successful intelligence