PSC 141 Exam 2 Review

Question 1

Lillard and Peterson (2011) found that...

Accepted Answer

Spongebob led to lower EF than Caillou and Drawing

Question 2

Alison Gopnik's research suggests there is no correlation between length of childhood and brain size?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

The Stroop Test is one way to measure EF. What is the Stroop Test?

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Saying the color of the word instead of reading the word

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true about infantile amnesia

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Infantile amnesia does not mean infants don’t form memories

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a possible explanation for infantile amnesia?

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Parent fails to strengthen the training and attention to child&#x27;s memory

Question 6

Why do kids find it easier to find the toy with the "shrinking machine"?

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They only have to hold one image in their brains

Question 7

What do Memory Span tests measure?

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The number of unrelated items that can be recalled in exact order

Question 8

Child Street Market Vendors in Brazil Preformed better in math tests at home or in everday life?

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Everyday Life

Question 9

What are signs of prereading?

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All of the Above

Question 10

Which of the following are components of Executive Function

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Working Memory, Inhibition, Selective Attention, Self Regulation

Question 11

Adults who multitask a lot perform better on multitasking tests

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

The Information Processing Approach to Cognitive Development Focuses on Innate Knowledge

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

What type of error do children usually make when doing a memory test?

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Most of them are leaving something out [ommision]

Question 14

Overall when children encounter harder math problems they use retrieval strategies?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Which group of students, defined by Siegler et al., use the most retirieval strategies?

Accepted Answer

Solid Students

Question 16

Did the Black South African children in predominantly Black environments show own-race preference? Shutts et al (2011)

Accepted Answer

No

Question 17

Which Brain Region Supports Inhibition?

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Prefrontal Cortex

Question 18

Which of these don't encompass number sense?

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memorization

Question 19

The age of your first memory can be affected by the age that you’re asked.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

What is Attentional Inertia?

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The inability to get mind off of what was relevant before

Question 21

In Deloache & Colleagues Study, What age do children fail and when do they succeed at finding Snoopy using scale models?

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Fail= 2 years, Succeed = 3 years

Question 22

Having difficulty with Visually-Based Retireval is part of which type of dyslexia?

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Surface

Question 23

Research supports the phonics approach for teaching reading

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True

Question 24

In the Lillard and Peterson article how did they test EF?

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all of these and delay gratification

Question 25

Development of high level reading skills requires...

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All of the above

Question 26

The Whole-Word Approach to reading puts emphasis on which strategy?

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Visually Based Retrieval

Question 27

What is Phonemic Awareness?

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Awareness that words consist of seperate sounds

Question 28

Having explicit instruction is the only important and effective aspect of the concept of Guided Participation.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

What Do Kids Do in the Card Sort Task?

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Sort cards by shape and then sort them by color

Question 30

Shutts et al. 's study on own-race preference show limitations of WEIRD Research?

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True

Question 31

Adults always have better memories than children in every aspect

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False

Question 32

Limitations of Lillard and Peterson's study are...

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both fantastical and temporary effects

Question 33

There is a male advantage in spatial reasoning/visualtion tasks

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True

Question 34

At what age will most children pass the False Belief Task?

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5 years

Question 35

Researchers were able to measure infants memory through which tasks

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both mobile and train task

Question 36

Which of these are not a component of Executive functions?

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attentional inertia

Question 37

Infantile amnesia is associated with what brain region?

Accepted Answer

hippocampus

Question 38

Limited Capacity System Means...

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There is a limit to the amount of information we can process at one time

Question 39

What are two cognitive limitations in problem solving, gone over in class?

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Planning, and Interpreting Symbols

Question 40

Which below is a back up strategy in math?

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All of the above

Question 41

There is also a male advantage in object location memory tasks

Accepted Answer

False

Question 42

What do children lack that causes them to fail the scale model experiment?

Accepted Answer

Dual Representation

Question 43

Speed of Processing refers to the fact that younger children take more time to execute cognitive processes

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

Which Component of EF Does the Backwards Digit Span Best Measure?

Accepted Answer

Working Memory

Question 45

All of these are required to understand when passing false belief tasks EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Mental states cannot be distinct from reality

Question 46

Why do kids have Planning challenges?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 47

There is a causal effect between stereotype and performance

Accepted Answer

True

PSC 141 Exam 2 Review

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PSC 141 Exam 2 Review

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