FOUN 3100 - Exam 1

Mr. Mills instructs his students to practice the steps in the process over and over. As aresult of students peactice, what is happening in their benins?

Strengthening of connections between neurons

them hig-mouthed sakes. What basic Bryan went to the zoo with his first-grade class. At the z0o, he saw tendeney of thinking is Bryan using? alligators for the first time. He had never even secn pictures of alligators, bur called

Assimilation

Kim heard her grandunother speak Mandaria she is more likely than ber adopted brodher to from dthe time she was bon Her produce native adopted brother sounds in Mandarin. This illustrates never heard Mandarin development? which of the thrce as a baby or asa child. As Kim grows up. ongoing debates sunounding

Critical versus sensitive periods

In which assigament does Ms. Carlson expect ber students to use formal operational thinking?

Carlson asked students to think use of the metaphors note-taking for the strategy curreut state leamed of dhe economy in the U.S.

in a two-year-old? Peyton's language skills are developing rapidly, and he seems to add several new woeds to his vocabulary every day. What is responsible for this development,

Coaction of nature and nurture

Sherita is now grasping the concept of conservation. She is most likely in what stage of development?

Concrete operational

Which of the fellowing children has most likely reached the concrete operational stage of cognitive development according to Pinget's four stages?

Cori places the six colorful containers in order of size from smallest to largest.

Among the following studenn, which one is mon chly to reach maimm height a te carliest age Jon, a Earopeas American boy Chin, an Darla, an Asian American boy African American gid Carlos, a Meaican American boy

Darla, an African American gid

Dewayne is engaged in the following activities. Which of the activities illustrates conservation?

Dewayne poured paint from the gallon bucket in into his paint pan and realized it's the same sequential order according to amount height. of paint, but looks like less.

What part of the brain has the information processing capacity of a small computer?

Each neuron

Ms. Bollar created four centers in her clasroom movies, and models. At the end of the unit, that the students related to ses visited life. an Children rich learning environment? aquarium. accessed What books, photographa, type of symaptie production charts and posters, takes place asa computer child accesses programa, mimi- such a

Experience-dependent

What As an adult, Sanya kind of synapse wants to learn and become a Spanish overproduction Spanish and pruning process is associated teacher. She is having with Sanya's difficulty trouble iling the rand does not nd hike a native speaker.

Experience-expectant

"High horse power, poor steering," is a common phrase describing adolescent brain maturity. Which of the following behaviors best illustrates the menning behind this saying?

Hansen had never skipped class before, but decided it was worth skipping to spend the day on the lake with two buddies.

twops. One map mgenets Nick is doing his sixth-grade the state in 1830 and the other represents the state in complete it successfully. of this saignment to Nick's He does need to ask the teacher one question before he finishes Which of the homewark in history. The tek requires hi to make twomaps of his e nd compare the current times Nick is working at the task, following the instructions, and foeling that be can following terms best descaibes the relationip level of perfonmance?

In his zone of proximal development

Mr Benet gives his students an essignment that prepares them for their upcoming debate. The sigment perspectives on the the debate. What part issue, or parts of development the of brain are arguments most to support likely funetioning the to diverse and efficieat recall of involves the analysis of divergent resources nd penasive points during complete perspectives, his sigment effectively?

Many parts working simaltanooualy

In which of the following situations does Me. Canon scaffold learning

Mr. canon showed a brief video with a close up demjonstration of the detailed steps he had explained to the class

Paige talks out loud to herself as she gets her backpack readly for school She doen't want to forget anything important What would Vygonky most likely say about Paige's behavior?

Paige's self-talk speech serves a positive self-guiding function

Mason grew one inch between sixth grade and seventh grade. What type of developmental change is this?

Quantitative

What is the other factor? According to Piaget, four factors interact to influence cognitive development Factors inchude maturation, acting on the environment, and equilibration

Social transmission

Which sdult seems to be well informed and have the right ides sbout childeen's handedness

Sop trying to make Aden right-handed

What facts about brain development during adolescence explain their risk-tuking impulsivity? change. factors

The limbic system develops carlier than the prefrontal lobe

Mrs. Strasbourg made the following I will be working theorist or thearists with you, guiding statement to her students. "Learning you to more advanced thinking this year. is an sctive procesm. Your And you will be woding learning leads you to higher levels of development together, learning from one aother" Which most likely agree with Mes. Strasbourg's statement

Vygotsky

Which theorist or group of theorists promoted the idea that knowledge is co-constructed during social interactions?

Vygotsky

Three questions surrounding development elicit continuing debate among researchers and theorists. These three questions include which one ofthe following?

What is the shape of development

Katie was watching a movie and heard the main working at it Your brain can't change. Drink up. At least we know your drinking isn't your killing your brain character say, "You only use 10% of brain, and you're either right-brained or left-brained. Stop cells." What part of the character's statement is true?

Your drinking isn't killing your beain cells

Siera walked into class late and felt quite embarrassed. To make matters warse, she was having a bad hair day and felt like all eves were on her judging her, and rejecting ber Sierra's thinking can he described as

adolescent egocentrisn

Rachel has a hard time relating to other students. She is very independent, but wants to have friends. She has tried to carry on conversations about the science concepts that interest her and information she learned from her dad who is a civil engineer. She's trying to branch out and watch a TV show some of the students like so she can discuss it with them at school tomorrow. Rachel's experiences targpet development in which of the following areas?

d. Social development

Each the following children is undergoing change. All of these Julius is and today. changes re mach futher defined as developmental EXCEPT:

experiment. Mark is walking carefully on one foot while his sprained ankle heals