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Ch 7, 8, 9, & 10 Review Exam #3

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the biggest difference between a 4 and 11 year old?

a)

The 4 year old can separate from relevant and irrelevant and the 11 year old can't.

b)

The 11 year old can apply abstract thought to the classification process and the 4 year old can't.

c)

The 4 year old will be able to think logically about concrete situations and the 11 year old can't.

d)

The 11 year old can use mental categories more flexibly, inductively, and simultaneously and the 4 year old can't.

2.

Piaget described child's cognitive development as __________________ and Vygotsky noted _________________.

a)

cultural impact; social instruction

b)

universal changes; cultural impact

c)

information processing; brain maturation

d)

brain maturation; universal changes

3.

Having an extensive ______________, makes it easier to remember and understand new information.

a)

knowledge base

b)

long term memory

c)

short term memory

d)

information storage

4.

Bob has the ability to talk informally with his friends and formally with his teachers - he understands the:

a)

metacognition of intellect

b)

automatized view of social interactions

c)

control processes of regulation

d)

pragmatics of language

5.

Bob, 7, comes from a low SES family and has difficulty learning language in school. According to research, one factor contributing to this might be from his lack of:

a)

education

b)

media exposure

c)

early exposure to words

d)

personal motivation

6.

Bob struggles with reading and has fallen far behind his peers. His teacher recommends that he be evaluated for a:

(a)  

7.

More than people of any age, children between the ages of 6 and 11 are:

a)

industrious, practicing the skills valued by their culture

b)

in need of punishment

c)

trying to stand out from their peers

d)

using electronic media with adult supervision

8.

Bob is the only adopted one in his family. His math skills are far better than those in his family. This provides evidence that:

a)

shared familial influences play a stronger role than we thought

b)

few environmental effects on personality come from outside the family

c)

genes may have a stronger effect on talents than familial environment

d)

Bob's own initiative to excel is greater than that of his family

9.

The statement that BEST reflects moral reasoning at the preconventional level is:

a)

I obey a higher power

b)

Every citizen should obey the rules

c)

I want everyone to like me

d)

I don't want to get caught and punished

10.

Bob thinks he is more unique than other teens and that everyone is paying attention to his every action. He is experiencing adolescent:

a)

modesty

b)

moral reasoning

c)

egocentrism

d)

logic

11.

Bob is 14 and asks his parents, "why do you get to drink and I can't" or "I can vote at 18, but not drink until I am 21"? This demonstrates:

a)

hypothetical thinking

b)

inductive reasoning

c)

deductive reasoning

d)

perceptual thinking

12.

I ask 5 different boys their favorite color and they all say "blue"...I conclude that all boys like blue. This is:

a)

hypothetical thinking

b)

deductive reasoning

c)

inductive reasoning

d)

adolescent egocentrism

13.

Bob is an adolescent. According to Erikson, his new identity will be established by:

a)

choosing an appropriate adult "hero" figure

b)

adopting values and goals opposite of media stars

c)

deciding a sexual role and sticking with it

d)

embracing some parental and societal values while abandoning others

14.

Bob's parents want him to take over the family business. Instead he decides to be a dental hygienist. He is resisting:

a)

forced conversion

b)

role repudiation

c)

identity foreclosure

d)

negative identity

15.

Bob believes that males should always be the ones to ask females out on dates. This is an example of:

a)

sex

b)

sexual orientation

c)

gender

d)

gender identity

16.

The still developing prefrontal cortex and the full development of the limbic system are partially responsible for:

a)

the passion and commitment with which adolescents embrace nontraditional ideas

b)

the apathy and boredom with life found in many adolescents

c)

the narcissism of many adolescents

d)

the steadfast discipline found in young athletes

17.

Bob is asked whether a person should steal food if he/she is starving. He says no because it is against the law. He is in the _____________ of moral reasoning, in the stage of __________________.

a)

preconventional; might makes right

b)

conventional; good girl/nice boy

c)

preconventional; social contract

d)

conventional; law and order

18.

Bob's thinking is no longer restricted to personal experience. He is in what stage:

a)

sensorimotor thought

b)

formal operational thought

c)

preoperational thought

d)

concrete operational thought

19.

According to Piaget, children between 6 and 8 can apply logical principles:

a)

chemistry and physics

b)

abstractions

c)

concrete and visible examples

d)

questions of social justice

20.

Bobina tells her mom that she isn't going to school because everyone will see the zit on her face. She is demonstrating:

a)

implicit judgement

b)

invincibility fable

c)

imaginary audience

d)

volatile mismatch

21.

Because of better health, smaller families, and more schooling, some nations have shown substantial increases in IQ scores. This is called:

a)

Stanford Swell

b)

Intelligence Surge

c)

Flynn Effect

d)

Brain Leap

22.

Bob is in 3rd grade and spends hours rehearsing his math skills, reading, and collecting bugs. These are all part of developing a balanced sense of:

a)

industry

b)

autonomy

c)

egocentrism

d)

competition

23.

According to developmental scholars and mental health practitioners, experiencing too many _____ can make resilience difficult.

a)

rejections

b)

compliments

c)

adverse childhood experiences

d)

personal relationships

24.

A strategy to increase student motivation in middle schools is to encourage a belief in:

a)

studying for tests.

b)

the entity approach to learning.

c)

doing homework.

d)

students ' ability to master whatever they seek to learn.

25.

The tests we take for this college class are:

a)

aptitude tests

b)

achievement tests

c)

IQ tests

d)

field tests

26.

If a teen believes the government should pay for all citizens ' health care and they reason about the particulars of how and why government-funded health care would work. This is an example of:

a)

intuitive thinking

b)

deductive reasoning

c)

inductive reasoning

d)

hypothetical thinking

27.

The ability to effectively manage having a report due in social studies, an English paper due, an exam in chemistry, and two soccer games in the same week is due to the ability to engage in what type of thought?

a)

inductive reasoning

b)

intuitive thought

c)

deductive reasoning

d)

analytic thought

28.

Failing a pre-Algebra exam and then saying "school sucks!" is likely an indication of a(n):

a)

fixed mind-set

b)

growth mind-set

c)

school climate

d)

concrete thought

29.

A teacher had a good conversation about the fairness of restitution and retribution with their 9 year old students. Most of them still thought retribution was the fairest. Scientific study shows us that this MOST likely means that talking about moral values with children:

a)

will not bring about immediate change

b)

will make them stubborn

c)

is a waste of time

d)

must be done after 10

30.

When information has been deposited into memory, it is said to be:

a)

in storage

b)

in progress

c)

processed

d)

retrieved