ECE 353 Week 1 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

ECE 353 Week 1 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

ECE 353 Week 1 Quiz

Question 1

The interactionist perspective posits that __________.

  

o   children’s true competence is demonstrated through their use of language

o   development is continuous rather than progressing through different stages

o   nature and nurture both contribute to cognitive development  

o   children develop cognitively through interacting with their environment

 

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a process typically studied by cognitive psychologists?

  

o   problem solving

o   language

o   Personality

o   memory

 

Question 3

Which of the following concepts are most often discussed in nativist approaches to cognitive development?

o   nature and domain-specific processes

o   performance and continuity

o   domain-general processes and nature

o   discontinuity and nurture

 

 

Question 4

__________ is associated with the constructivist perspective on cognitive development, whereas __________ developed the social constructivist perspective.

  

o   Freud; Erikson

o   Piaget; Vygotsky

o   Vygotsky; Binet

o   Binet; Locke

 

 

Question 5

Children have been shown to expect temporal contiguity by what age?

  

o   late infancy

o   one year

o   six months

o   soon after birth

 

 

Question 6

Nativist perspectives originated with the idea that innate mechanisms are necessary for children to acquire __________.

  

o   Reasoning  

o   language  

o   movement

o   numerical understanding

 

 

Question 7

Synaptic connections in the brain __________.

  

o   develop fastest during adolescence

o   are denser in infants than in adults

o   are reduced by techniques such as mindfulness training  

o   increase throughout the life span

 

Question 8

Juan finds his favorite book by recalling that he left it next to his toy truck. He is using __________.

  

o   the principle of persistence

o   allocentric representation  

o   object permanence

o   egocentrism

 

 

Question 9

Researchers in a study conclude that an infant’s looking time is evidence of his or her understanding of numbers. The researchers are using __________.

  

o   an A-not-B error  

o   a rich interpretation

o   a response bias

o   a lean interpretation

 

Question 10

The part of the brain most linked to cognitive development and higher order thinking is the __________.

  

o   Right hemisphere

o   Cerebellum

o   Myelin sheath

o   Prefrontal cortex

 

 

Question 11

Logan’s mom helps him build a sand castle while adapting her support to Logan’s current level. Logan’s mother is using __________.

  

o   Accommodation  

o   Scaffolding

o   cultural artefacts

o   tools of intellectual adaptation

 

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Question 12

According to Piaget’s theory, infant knowledge is made up of __________.

  

o   Representations

o   operations

o   Schemes

o   Abstractions

 

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Question 13

Six-month-old babies typically will not retrieve a toy hidden under a nearby cloth, even when they watched the toy being placed there. Piaget said that this happens because infants lack __________.

  

o   retrieval schemes

o   inhibitory control

o   physical knowledge

o   object permanence

 

 

 

 

Question 14

The lack of mental or symbolic representational understanding is a major limitation of __________.

  

o   domain-general processes

o   the concrete-operational stage of development

o   information-processing theory

o   Infants’ thinking

 

 

Question 15

Jillian is given a math equation to solve. If her knowledge of math is sufficient to solve the problem, she will __________ the problem into her current math scheme.

  

o   reorganize

o   equalize

o   assimilate

o   accommodate

 

 

Question 16

Which research method investigates whether infants can discriminate perceptually between new and familiar stimuli?

  

o   the performance versus competence method

o   the violation-of-expectation method

o   the preference method

o   the habituation method

 

 

Question 17

An infant learns by chance that he can grasp his toes. Finding this behavior interesting, he begins to repeat it regularly. This is an example of a __________.

  

o   Tertiary circular reaction

o   Secondary circular reaction

o   Primary circular reaction

o   Reflex

 

 

Question 18

According to Piaget, infants’ intelligence is based on __________.

  

o   Interactions with caregivers and parents  

o   Genetic inheritance combined with environment

o   Visual attention to novel stimuli  

o   physical actions on their world

 

 

Question 19

Fill in the blank to create the phrase that most accurately describes a contemporary view of infant cognitive development: “Infants are __________.”

  

o   pre-programmed systems

o   Little adventurers

o   Scientists in the crib

o   blank slates

 

 

Question 20

Studies show infants’ perception of causality can best be improved through __________.

 

o   analog magnitude system training to increase awareness of surface area

o   increased exposure to the launching effect to prevent habituation

o   Opportunities to experience cause and effect and engage in circular reaction

o   Training in motor skills and coordination so they can set objects in motion

 

 

 

 

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