Which of the following environmental factors is likely to have the greatest influence on personality development?
a. Peers
b. Siblings
c. Parents
d. Teachers
Ques. 2As a result of technology, we live in a world today that is very different from the world as it existed even 20 to 30 years ago. Bronfenbrenner would suggest that these changes over time illustrate which of the following systems?
a. The mesosystem
b. The exosystem
c. The macrosystem
d. The chronosystem
Ques. 3Carrie's mother gave her three cookies as a snack. I have only three cookies, Carrie protested. I want more cookies. Her mother then broke the three in half, they counted the six pieces together, and Carrie stopped protesting. Which stage of development is best illustrated by the fact that Carrie stopped protesting?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operational
d. Formal operational
Ques. 4A student was asked to conjecture as to what conditions would result in more girls choosing to take advanced science and mathematics courses. According to Piaget, students are able to handle this type of question at what stage of development?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operational
d. Formal operational
Ques. 5Jerry sorts all the nuts into one pile, the bolts into another, and the washers into a third. Piaget found this operation to be characteristic of what stage of development?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operational
d. Formal operational
Ques. 6The child is able to arrange three objects in decreasing length. Piaget calls this concept:
a. accommodation.
b. centration.
c. classification.
d. seriation.
Ques. 7At what stage of cognitive development does the child tend to have a scheme for tree but not for electricity?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operational
d. Formal operational
Ques. 8Describe holophrases, overgeneralization, and undergeneralization, and explain how they relate to language development.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 9Which of the following would be the most likely explanation Piaget would offer for the students' difficulty?
a. The students are not yet chronologically at the age of formal operations, and this is a formal operational task.
b. The students' maturation isn't to the point where they are ready to handle this topic.
c. The students lack the ability to understand topics as sophisticated as Mrs. Green is trying to teach.
d. The students lack the concrete experiences needed to understand the ideas involved.
Ques. 10A child saying Banana to mean, That's a banana. best illustrates which of the following?
a. A simile
b. An overgeneralization
c. A holophrase
d. An undergeneralization
Ques. 11A central component of language development that deals with the meanings of words and word combinations is called:
a. inner speech.
b. syntax.
c. language tuning.
d. semantics.
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