Developmental Psych 12 – Flashcards

The knowledge that things can be arranged in a logical series is called:

_____ memory retains an impression of a stimulus on a sensory organ and stores incoming stimulus information for a split second to allow it to be processed.

An important contribution of the cognitive theory proposed by _____ is the realization that school-age children become less egocentric and more eager to learn.

_____ refers to the ability to evaluate a cognitive task to determine how best to accomplish it, and then to monitor and adjust one's performance on that task.

According to one study cited in the text, even when children live in the same settings and attend the same schools, they follow family cultural traditions in the ways in which they learn. This is reflected in:

Seven-year-old Tijuana is studying her addition math facts. She repeats each addition problem with the answer several times and then tests herself. Tijuana is storing the answer in _____ memory so it can be stored later into long-term memory.

Information processing theorists such as Robert Siegler have suggested that children can better and more quickly develop mathematic skills such as multiplication and division if children practice estimation through practicing on a _____.

Sensory memory stores incoming _____ for a split second after they are received, with sounds retained slightly longer than sights.

Carly is given grapes and strawberries. When asked if she has more grapes or more fruit, she responds, "I have more fruits." Carly is using the logical concept of:

Juan is given peas and green beans. When asked if he has more peas or more vegetables, he responds, "I have more vegetables." Juan is using the logical concept of:

Which age group would find the classic joke: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" the MOST funny?

The unrecognized rules and priorities that influence a child's learning in school are called the:

Marisol has learned to speak formally with adults and informally (using slang) with her friends. She has learned:

Devin is 12 years old. According to the text, Devin can probably read more than 100 words per _____.

Some jokes may not be understood by younger children and are no longer found funny by teenagers. In middle childhood, however, understanding and appreciating such jokes is evidence of normally developing cognitive flexibility and social awareness. If a child does not "get" a joke, the lack of _____ understanding, even when a child has a large vocabulary, signifies cognitive problems.

Juanita speaks Spanish, and she is learning to speak English. In her third-grade classroom, school subjects are taught in both English and Spanish. This method of teaching a second language is called:

According to the text, every developmental theory can lead to suggestions for:

After age 5, children become more _____ with their vocabulary and can understand prefixes, suffixes, compound words, phrases, and figures of speech.

What and how students learn is determined by:

Children growing up in families that provide limited exposure to spoken vocabulary are: