chapter 7 Flashcards
lane is learning to recognize lowercase letters. he is able to do this by ignoring the fact that some lowercase letters do not look like their uppercase counterparts. this is an example of……….
encoding
siegler argues that children learn to use what they have learned in the past to adapt their responses to new situations. this is known as……..
self-modification
monica rotates the presentation of her infant’s toys every few minutes, because she doesn’t want him to become bored or…….
habituated
a police officer visits laura’s preschool class to discuss safety rules. to attract the children’s attention, the officer brings balloons. later, laura tells her parents about the police officer and the balloons but can’t remember any of the details discussed safety rules. laura…….
paid more attention to what was salient
young children advance in executive attention and sustained attention due, in part, to advances in which of the following, according to roth bart and gartstein (2008)?
comprehension and language
working memory is……
the place where information is manipulated and assembled when people make decisions or solve problems
while leah makes decisions and solves problems on a science experiment, she is manipulating and assembling new information. the manipulation and assembling of new information uses……..
working memory
while studying for a history exam, michael finds it easier to recall details if he creates a mental picture relating to the information he is reviewing. what memory strategy is he using?
imagery
explicit memory is also known as ______ memory, while implicit memory is also known as ________ memory.
declarative; procedural
a young infant may believe that a bird is more like an airplane than an animal if the infant uses…….
preceptual categorization
a child recognizes that an airplane is more like a car than a bird if the child uses…..
conceptual categorization
which of the following sets of categories would likely interest 2-year-old robert most, according to the findings in gender difference research
vehicles, machines, dinosaurs
according to jacqueline and martin brooks (1993, 2001), schoolteachers typically did NOT do which of the following at school to promote critical thinking?
encourage students to come up with new ideas and rethink conclusions
which of the following is true of decision making in adolescence?
compared with children, young adolescence are more likely to generate different options to choose from when making a decision
the fuzzy-trace theory dual-process model argues that decision-making is influenced by two cognitive systems that operate in parallel. they are _______ and _______.
“verbatim” analytical; gist-based intuitional
the awareness of one’s own mental processes and the mental processes of others is called
theory of mind
