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6. What is the conservation task?

  • When there is a different amount of liquid in a tall thin beaker and a small wide beaker, to pass a child must recognise they both have the same amount of liquid.
  • When there is the same amount of liquid in a tall thin beaker and a small wide beaker, to pass a child must recognise they both have the same amount of liquid.
  • When there is the same amount of liquid in a tall thin beaker and a small wide beaker, to pass a child must recognise they both do not have the same amount of liquid
  • When there is a different amount of liquid in a tall thin beaker and a small wide beaker, to pass a child must recognise they both do not have the same amount of liquid

7. During the Sensorimotor stage, do infants have deferred imitation?

  • No
  • Yes
  • I don't know

8. What is episodic memory?

  • Memory relating to a specific skill
  • Memory of your personal experiences, bound to a time + place.
  • Memory based on previous experinces
  • Memory for factual, world knowledge

9. According to Piaget development is....

  • Stage-like and Domain-general
  • Stage-like and Domain-specific
  • Domain-general and Gradual
  • Domain-specific and Gradual

10. What is the information processing approach?

  • The child's mind is born perfect and stays that way forever
  • A child's mind is made from working together
  • The child's mind is a self-improving machine
  • The child's mind is a self-improving machine

11. According to IPA can behaviour/thinking be used to improve your memory?

  • I don't know
  • Yes
  • No

12. What is Myelination?

  • The process of coating the axon of each neuron with a fatty coating called myelin, which protects the neuron and helps it conduct signals more efficiently.
  • The process of increases myelin (a liquid substance) inside neurons improving electroconductivity
  • The increase of grey matter in the brain which helps to speed up the electrical signals neurons send to one another
  • The process of coating the axon of each neuron with a fatty coating called myelin which protects the neuron from damage.

13. According to the IPA do young children have good episodic memory?

  • No
  • I don't know
  • Yes
  • Sometimes

14. What age is the Concrete operational stage of Piagets theory of development?

  • 7-11 years
  • 11+ years
  • birth-2 years
  • 2-7 years

15. What does the Information Processing Approach (IPA) focus on in terms of development?

  • The parents
  • Society
  • The brain
  • The child

16. The IPA do not see the brain as a machine for manipulating information

  • I don't know
  • False (they do)
  • False (its for observing information)
  • True

17. According to Vygotsky thinking starts ____ individuals and cognition is ___ first.

  • between, social
  • apart from other, about movement
  • in relation to, about problem solving
  • between, about instincts

18. What processes does the IPA think development involves?

  • Domain-encompassing processes
  • Domain-general processes
  • Domain-general and Domain- specific processes
  • Domain- specific processes

19. How do you learn during the concrete operational stage?

  • You just know things
  • By observation
  • By doing things
  • By thinking about something

20. According to IPA in order to develop you need to make better use of the resources you have

  • True
  • I don't know
  • False (you don't need to do this)
  • False (you need to find resources)