LearningCurve 7a) A Healthy Time; Cognition

Edward is currently in second grade. According to Piaget, Edward is in the _____ stage of cognitive development.

concrete operational

Jean Piaget's term for the ability to reason logically about direct experiences is _____ thought.

concrete operational

Roger is 10. He plays competitive lacrosse. This means that he probably will NOT experience:

obesity

The psychologist _____ stressed the importance of learning from others.

Vygotsky

In North America, childhood obesity has doubled since 1980 in:

all three nations of the continent

_____ is a chronic disease of the respiratory system in which inflammation narrows the airways.

asthma

An experimenter shows 7-year-old Aaron four stuffed bears and two stuffed cats. The experimenter asks, "Are there more bears or more animals?" Aaron exclaims, "Bears!" Aaron has not mastered the logical concept of:

classification

According to the textbook, _____ may be seen as the ultimate control process.

metacognition

José is going to construct a large space ship out of his plastic construction blocks. He decides first to build the base and frame before constructing the remaining parts of the space ship. José is displaying:

metacognition

Three factors facilitate increases in the knowledge base—past experience, current opportunity, and:

personal motivation

_____ is crucial for using (not merely memorizing) the alphabet or for understanding number sequence.

seriation

Compared with the rate of growth during the preschool years, the rate of growth during middle childhood is:

slower

With respect to their theories of cognitive development, Piaget is to Siegler as _____ is to _____.

sudden; gradual

Which early mathematics ability is positively associated with later math achievement?

understanding fractions