Cognitive Development Flashcards
Toddler reading magazine, thinks father can see picture from a different room?
Egocentricism
Child states that they enjoy an activity, however acknowledges activity is not always fun. What is the process?
Metacognition
Child repeats 2nd grade, 2 years in a row, then no longer tries to do well or complete work. According to learned helplessness model, which is the child’s reaction?
Apathetic towards the new class
3 y/o is given this prompt. “Child leaves a toy on the bed and leaves the room, sibling comes in and moves the toy to the shelf. Where would the child look for the toy?” 3 y/o answers shelf because of lacking which cognitive process?
Theory of Mind
Child playing hide and seek, hides underneath table in clear view of seeker. What is the cognitive concept?
Egocentrism
Increased rates of myelination and synaptic pruning primarily in which brain region is responsible for executive functioning in 5-8 y/os?
Prefrontal Cortex
Ages 6-12 shows increase in processing speed due to?
Synaptic pruning in cortex, neuronal myelination
What is a hallmark of typical cognitive development in a school-aged child?
- Objective conservation 2. Classifying and grouping objects and concepts
What moral reasoning concept would be lacking when a young child is not able to distinguish the difference between a child breaking one plate while angry vs three plates while trying to help clean?
Intention and Result
What age do children look to athletic heroes as role models?
School age
5 y/o child feels responsible for father’s death due to an argument they had right before he left the home and had an accident. Example of?
Age-appropriate response
Child obeys rules and reports classmates mischief. What stage of moral development according to Kohlberg?
Conventional
Elementary school kids act out scene from superhero movie. Per psychodynamic theory, this is?
A way to express wishes impossible in reality
Child tells story 3 times from different character perspectives. What concrete operation has he mastered?
Decentration
What is developed when an 18 month old girl gives twin brother his favorite toy as opposed to her favorite toy?
Theory of mind
How might an 8 y/o understand death?
Punishment for bad behavior
First component of moral development for a 2 year old?
Having awareness of standards of behavior as defined by parents
What age group is a child who watches a hurricane on TV and believes it is outside?
Preschool age
What displays a boys stage 3 moral judgement, according to Kohlberg’s theory?
Following the rules because it is fair and others followed them/ Following the rules because that is what good children do in the family
Parents ask two children to clean their rooms. 9 y/o can clean well, but 5 y/o needs help. Which cognitive area in older child has more maturity?
Visual organization ability
What adolescents don’t understand about death?
It can happen to them
1 y/o child watches father pack his bag for work, put it next to the door, then grabs his car keys. Child looks in bag, looks at father, then back at the bag for work and fusses. Child using what cognitive scale to communicate?
Higher cognition
The increase in processing speed from 6-12 y/o correlate to?
Cortical synaptic pruning and myelination
