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WorksheetsAQA Psychology Unit 3: Development
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
According to Piaget, children think differently to adults. What did he mean?
Their logic develops in stages
Their brain develops in stages
They do not think logically until they reach the pre-operational stage
Only formal operational children think logically
'A mental representation of our knowledge of the world' is
Assimilation
Accommodation
A schema
Cognitive development
The 'hub' of the brain is the
Cortex
Thalamus
Hippocampus
Cerebellum
In Hughes' study, what proportion of children could place the doll where two policemen could not see him?
90%
80%
70%
68%
Hughes concluded that
Children become more egocentric as they age
Children are less egocentric than Piaget believed
Five year old children are completely egocentric
Children demonstrate more egocentrism in lab conditions
A weakness of Hughes' task is
The children did not understand the task
It used an unrealistic test
It was pointless because it just confirmed Piaget's conclusions
The children might have picked up cues from the researcher
The key characteristic of the sensorimotor stage is
Lack of conservation
Object permanence
Egocentrism
Lack of conservation
According to Dweck, an example of a Growth mindset is:
Avoiding something in case you fail
Believing people who work hard must lack ability
Giving up after failing because there is no point
Believing you can always do a bit better
In terms of fixed or growth mindset, most people:
Have a fixed mindset
Are definitely growth-oriented
Are either one or the other
Are growth minded in some situations but fixed in others
Using role-play and plasticine applies to which of Piaget's stages of development?
Concrete operational
Pre-operational
Formal operational
Sensorimotor
Praising effort rather than performance is beneficial because:
Achievement feels less rewarding than effort
We all like to make a bigger effort
We can control how much effort we make
Most people are lazy
What percentage of children could successfully conserve in the Naughty Teddy study, when the change was accidental?
68%
48%
41%
90%
The Naughty Teddy study tells us that:
The accidental condition of the experiment was trickery
Piaget overestimated what children can do
Piaget underestimated what children can do
Children can not conserve under the age of 7
Willingham believes
The brain waves of people with autism are all the same
Learning styles make no difference to grades
Learning styles help improve grades
Praise should be given when expected
Willingham said a good way to improve exam grades is to
learn through doing
apply our learning style to all subjects
practice recall techniques
repeat things parrot-fashion
Psychological research has demonstrated that a key reason for forgetting is:
lack of repetition
using imagery
interference
not having the right memory cues
A weakness of Willingham's theory is
It can not be applied in the classroom
There is no scientific evidence for it
We probably can not diagnose learning disorders from brain differences
It is not as valid as the learning styles approach
Most people are
either fixed or growth mindset
growth mindset in some situations but fixed in others
fixed mindset
are definitely growth oriented
A strength of Dweck's theory is
it doesn't place too much emphasis on effort
it explains why natural ability leads to success
it identifies differences between people who do and don't succeed
it explains why praise is always a good thing
When we add information to an already existing schema it's known as
accommodation
a self-schema
addition
assimilation
A weakness of Piaget's theory is
there is no research evidence
it's based on a limited number of children
there are no applications to real life
it is old fashioned
The cerebellum controls
our thinking and processing
the brain stem
balance and coordination
our autonomic functions such as blinking
The most developed part of a baby's brain at birth is the
cortex
brain stem
cerebellum
thalamus
Nurture's influences on brain development include:
inherited characteristics
genes
infections
hormones
Self-efficacy refers to
your beliefs about your own capabilities
how motivated you are to achieve something
how good you are at something
how much you have achieved
