FCHD 3570

Suppose a friend asked you to help her choose a PIN number that would be the longest possible number of digits that could be moved into STM. Using Miller's magic number, how long should you tell her she should make it?

9

Which of the following elementary school children is likely to exercise the most?

White Males

Specific differences have been evidenced in recent studies between adult brains and those of adolescents. Which of the following is most accurate about reaction to pictures presented to participants?

adults tend to sue both emotional and decision making parts of the brain

Forcing new information to fit into an existing schema is called

assimilation

According to the passive genotype-environment correlations view, which of the following would be most true?

athletic parents tend to have athletic children and provide athletically inclined environments

The amount of cognitive effort needed to process information is referred to by information processing theory as

automacity

ESM (Experience Sampling Method) texts adolescents at random times during the day asking them to record thier emotional state at that specific time. Which type of self seteem are they most likely measuring?

barometric

Of the choices listed below, which is generally the first sign of puberty in girls?

budding of breasts

Aristotle believed that the most important aspect of adolescence is the ability to

choose

Combining complex bits of data into meaningful patterns is called

chunking

Which of Piaget's "functional invariants" is concerned with maintaining a harmonious state of mental schemas?

cognitive organization

The physical and biological changes of puberty result from changes that occur in the

endocrine system

According to Piaget, a stage is a structured whole in a state of

equilibrium

Elaine is participating in research that requires her to wear a beeper. When she receives a beep, she must record whether she is with friends or family. In what type of research is Elaine a participant?

experience sampling

By their late teens, early maturing girls have a more favorable body image than both girls who mature late and girls who mature on time

false

According to Vygotsky, cognitive development is a product of three influences. Which of the following is NOT one of those three?

genetics

The ability to think about one's own thoughts is called

metacognition

The process by which a skilled person helps a novice learn by engaging the learning in joint activities is referred to as

none of the above

The tendency to approach problems at much too complex a level and to fail, not because the tasks are difficult, but because they are too simple is called

none of the above

Jerry knows that kids who drink and drive sometimes get killed, but he believes that he is somehow immune to having such a terrible thing happen to him. Jerry's belief is an example of

personable fable

Monica is having trouble understanding how to do a math problem. Her teacher asks her just the right question and Monica understands the problem. Vygotsky would refer to the social support provided by the teacher as

scaffolding

Vygotsky's own work focused primarily on applications to

special education

Which of the following is NOT a part of Piaget's concept of a stage?

stages have little to do with previous stages

The period known as the "age of adolescence" was a product of

the 20th Century

The word puberty is derived from the Latin word "pubescere" which means

to grow hairy