Question 1

Piaget divided the development of children's moral reasoning into

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A)  two major stages roughly corresponding to preoperational and concrete operational thinking.
B)  four major stages culminating in a morality of constraint.
C)  three major stages culminating with the concept of equity.
D)  none of these.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Lucy is trying to remember all the things that she has to do after school.She develops a little story in her head that includes all of her after-school tasks.Which memory strategy links items together in a story or scene?

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A)  Organization
B)  Rehearsal
C)  Elaboration
D)  RetrievalE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

When teachers develop classroom lessons that deal with the development of conservation,they must be aware that Piaget stressed the role of

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A)  culture.
B)  experience.
C)  intelligence.
D)  maturation or age.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 4

Parents are very interested in knowing what their children's IQ is.Describe the traditional approach that schools use to measure intelligence in childhood.Compare this approach to those of Robert Sternberg and Howard Gardner.

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Question 5

In Piaget's first stage of moral development,a child

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A)  respects opinions of peers.
B)  understands that rules can be changed.
C)  judges acts on the basis of intention.
D)  sees an act as either totally right or totally wrong.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 6

Eight-year-old Lucas is shown a ball of brown clay,which is then rolled out into a large,flat disk.He is asked whether the disk contains the same amount of clay."It's the same amount," Lucas says,"because I could just make it into a ball again." In Piaget's terminology,Lucas understands the principle of

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A)  reversibility.
B)  identity.
C)  categorization.
D)  horizontal décalage.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Patty knows that Tysen,her friend from school,is taller than she is.She also knows that she is taller than her new friend Joseph,whom she met at summer camp.Without seeing the two of them together,Patty realizes that Tysen is taller than Joseph.Piaget would say that this demonstrates:

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A)  centration.
B)  conservation.
C)  seriation.
D)  transitive inference.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 8

The Nelsons were against having their son,Cayden,tested at school.The teacher told them that a significant advantage of taking an intelligence test is that it

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A)  helps identify children who are especially bright and children who need special help.
B)  assesses ability directly rather than inferring it from how much a child has learned.
C)  evaluates not only academic ability but also many other aspects of intelligence,including social skills,musical and artistic skills,and self-knowledge.
D)  will be timed,permitting an assessment of the speed at which a child's brain functions.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

In research that was based on Vygotsky's social interaction model,which children were likely to write stories with fewer errors?

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A)  Children working independently
B)  Friends working in pairs
C)  Children working in small groups of three or four
D)  Children working in large groups of ten or moreE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Creativity and IQ are closely linked.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The incidence of ADHD among school-age children worldwide is ___ percent.

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A)  1 to 3
B)  2 to 11
C)  3 to 7
D)  8 to 12E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Chris is focusing on and reviewing his understanding of what he has been reading.He is using a _____ strategy.

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A)  phonetic
B)  whole -language
C)  metacognitive
D)  rehearsalE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

_____ refers to knowledge about the processes of memory.

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A)  Working memory
B)  Sensory memory
C)  Mnemonics
D)  MetamemoryE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 14

The mental ability that is essential to creativity is known as

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A)  convergent thinking.
B)  multidimensional thinking.
C)  metacognition.
D)  divergent thinking.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Roberto says,"All dogs bark.Spot is a dog.Therefore,Spot barks." This is an example of

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A)  conservation.
B)  transitive inference.
C)  inductive reasoning.
D)  deductive reasoning.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Children who do well in school often have parents who are _____ and who stress _____ rewards for doing good work.

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A)  authoritative;extrinsic
B)  permissive;intrinsic
C)  authoritative;intrinsic
D)  authoritarian;extrinsicE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Omar is a remarkable gymnast,hoping for a spot on the Olympic Team.According to Gardner,Omar would score high on _____ intelligence.

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A)  bodily-kinesthetic
B)  intrapersonal
C)  interpersonal
D)  naturalistE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

According to Piaget's theory,which of the following statements about moral development is FALSE?

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A)  The development of moral values is a process that coincides with cognitive development.
B)  Moral development is related to outgrowing the egocentric thinking of childhood and being able to consider different viewpoints.
C)  Children move from flexible to rigid thinking in their moral development.
D)  People go through distinct stages of moral development.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Mrs.Howard has set up different stations in her classroom for a mathematics lesson.Each station emphasizes a different way of learning such as music,discussion,body movements,floor layouts,and metacognitive exercises.This approach is consistent with

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A)  Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence.
B)  Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.
C)  standardized assessment practices.
D)  the Wechsler's intelligence scale.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 20

According to research,dyslexia

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A)  affects more boys than girls.
B)  has no apparent genetic basis.
C)  is a language-processing disorder.
D)  is curable if caught early.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Patty knows that Tysen,her friend from school,is taller than she is.She also knows that she is taller than her new friend Joseph,whom she met at summer camp.Without seeing the two of them together,Patty realizes that Tysen is taller than Joseph.Piaget would say that this demonstrates:

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Piaget divided the development of children's moral reasoning into

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Creativity and IQ are closely linked.

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According to Piaget's theory,which of the following statements about moral development is FALSE?

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The mental ability that is essential to creativity is known as

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Lucy is trying to remember all the things that she has to do after school.She develops a little story in her head that includes all of her after-school tasks.Which memory strategy links items together in a story or scene?

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In Piaget's first stage of moral development,a child

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Omar is a remarkable gymnast,hoping for a spot on the Olympic Team.According to Gardner,Omar would score high on _____ intelligence.

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The Nelsons were against having their son,Cayden,tested at school.The teacher told them that a significant advantage of taking an intelligence test is that it

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