WorksheetsPsychology GCSE Development
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
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
the '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 cognitive 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
someone who prefers to deal with information by hearing it or reading it is a
Verbaliser
Visualiser
Kinaesthetic learner
quick learner
which evaluation point is not correct regarding Learning Styles
there's no sound evidence to support improvement
the focus on different learning styles has been beneficial for teaching
there are so many styles that it is impossible to put anything into practice
Evidence suggests that learning styles improve students ability to learn
the Marshmallow test has been used to investigate
self-efficacy
Self-regulation
Self-harm
Self-belief
In the area of cognitive development, praise received from your teacher about your recent test is a form of
an internal reward
a deserved reward
a motivating reward
an external reward
your self-efficacy is related to
expectations of yourself
how well you do in tests
how much people like you
how much praise you receive
Nature and Nurture refer to the influence on our development from Biology and
Relationships
personality
intelligence
Environment
Psychologist now believe that our development in most areas is influenced by
Nature or Nurture
Nature and Nurture
Neither Nature or Nurture
Naturalists
Assimilation is the process of
creating a new schema to accommodate new info
Associating info with another schema
Adding new info to an existing schema
Conserving info in a schema
in the Policeman doll study children were assessed on their ability to
move dolls quickly
hide dolls effectively
recognise the dolls they had seen
see things from other perspectives
a main criticism of Piaget's stages of development theory is that he
used only younger children
used only older children
underestimated what younger children are capable of
he Over estimated what younger children are capable of
Piaget's theory is useful in education because
it accommodates children at the appropriate level of development
recognises that children must play an active role in learning
Children develop at different rates and activities should be targeted at individuals or groups rather than whole class
all of the above
a great strength of Piaget's theory is that it
is well written
has had an enormous effect on primary school education
answers many of the questions about educational issues
identifies many of the issues with learning difficulties in eduction
people are not simply either Fixed or Growth Mindset. instead they are on a
Journey
Slippery slope
Continuum
Road to success
for most effective development it is best to replace External reward systems with
Goal systems
Target systems
Feedback systems
Internal reward systems
For most effective development is it best to
Praise effort rather than results
Praise results rather than efforts
Praise all activity to increase motivation
not use praise at all
we have seen in the book that self regulation has been assessed by researchers using
Structured interviews
Games
academic tests
a marshmallow test
A major weakness of learning styles theory is that
it is not useful for helping learners
there is no methodologically sound evidence to support it
there is no way to implement any findings in teaching practices
it is not possible to identify different learning preferences
the influence of self-efficacy on motivation suggests that
learners are more likely to avoid things they are less good at
learners are more likely to avoid doing the things they are good at
Learners are more likely to do less work
Learners are less likely to do more work
a learner with a fixed mindset according to the theory would
Persevere through difficulties with tasks
Practice skills over and over to improve ability
give up much ore quickly when a task becomes difficult
usually do better on set tests
in Piaget's theory the 'formal operational' stage is when children can start to
associate noises with actions
engage in play activities taking on others roles
engage in idealistic and conceptual thinking
follow logical instructions in sequence
in the 'Naughty Teddy Study' they concluded that contrary to Piaget's research
Many of the children did not understand the purpose of their task
Many of the children could conserve quantities
very few of the children could conserve quantities
the children demonstrated egocentric behaviour
in the policeman doll study how many of the children could position the doll where the policeman could not see them
90%
60%
30%
10%
typically according to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, children aged 7-11 are at what stage
SensoriMotor
Formal operational
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Which is most accurate related to criticism of Piaget's research
underestimated children's abilities
Overestimated children's abilities
underestimated and overestimated children's abilities
the research was accurate
where it's thought by Piaget that Scientific activity will develop an understanding of logic, this would most likely be the
sensorimotor stage of development
Pre-operational stage of development
Concrete operational stage of development
Formal operational stage of development
A key weakness of Piaget's stage theory is that
it's had no effect on Primary education approaches in the UK
it has been shown to use inaccurate research methods
it has shown that children are less capable than previously thought in all areas
it ignores the importance of discovery learning
A continuum is best described as
something that goes on without end
a scale on which things like behaviour and thought patterns can change between different situations
a constant trait that endures throughout out lives
A of explaining repeated behaviours
people who enjoy being challenged and respond positively to criticism would most likely score more highly for
Fixed Mindset
Growth Mindset
Psychopathology
Extroversion
A key evaluation point for the use of learning styles is that
they cannot be used for anything at all
there is little evidence to support the idea that they can be used to improve performance
they cannot be used in any way to appropriately design teaching materials
it clearly defines the learning styles used by most people
A key strength of Willingham's theory and research selected is that
it has specific applications to teaching and learning
It uses diagnosis from brain scans to determine differences
it shows how to successfully use memory techniques to improve performance
it uses non-scientific studies to inform the theory
