Chapter 9 study guide

Question 1

Piaget’s Preoperational Stage

Answer 1

2-7 years

Question 2

Socio-dramatic play is related to

Answer 2

advances in cognitive and social development

Question 3

Understanding dual representation emerges at age

Answer 3

3

Question 4

Preschoolers fail to conserve because

Answer 4

their thinking is not reversible

Question 5

Hierarchical classification refers to understanding

Answer 5

• nested categories
• that an object can fit into categories and subcategories

Question 6

Piaget’s view of preoperational children

Answer 6

underestimated their cognitive skills

Question 7

Preschoolers ability to inhibit

Answer 7

improves as they get older

Question 8

the Planning Camera study showed that children solved the task at age

Answer 8

5

Question 9

Preschoolers memory strategy use is

Answer 9

seen in non-verbal memory strategies

Question 10

memory for a familiar event that is organized in the sequence of events that comprise it is a

Answer 10

script

Question 11

children have stronger autobiographical memories when they experience

Answer 11

elaborative style of interaction with caregivers