A stage theory of cognitive development assumes that:
a. development progresses according to discrete, age-based steps.
b. development occurs regardless of experience.
c. development is a continuous process that never ends.
d. development occurs at different ages for different children.
Question 2Which of the following are true about early-maturing boys?
a. There are only positive implications of early maturation.
b. They may be more likely to be aggressive and delinquent.
c. They tend not to be as bright as later-maturing boys.
d. none of these
Question 3Piaget's stages of cognitive development, the patterns and sequences of events he described:
a. have only been documented in Piaget's own children.
b. apply more directly to the cognitive development of girls than boys.
c. apply more directly to the cognitive development of boys than girls.
d. have been documented in children cross-culturally.
Question 4Adolescent X has matured early. Other youth gather around and admire this adolescent. What might we assume about adolescent X?
a. This adolescent must live in a country other than the United States.
b. This adolescent is most likely female.
c. Yhis adolescent is most likely male.
d. This adolescent must have experienced a great deal of childhood stress.
Question 5Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory has been criticized because:
a. it focused almost exclusively on maturational processes.
b. it focused almost exclusively on learning processes.
c. it did not explain cognitive development of infants.
d. it overestimated the abilities of infants.
Question 6What does menstruation accomplish?
a. sloughing off of the endometrium
b. It prepares the uterus for childbirth.
c. It increases the temperature in the ovaries so the ova can ripen.
d. It cleanses the uterus to prepare it for implantation of an ovum.
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