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Child Psychology: A Contemporary Viewpoint, First Canadian Edition

E. Mavis Hetherington, University of Virginia
Ross D. Parke, University of California
Mark Schmuckler, University of Toronto at Scarborough

Cognitive Development: the Information Processing Approach

True/False Quiz


1	The information-processing approach focuses on memory and thinking.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Encoding refers to how computers store and retrieve information.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Automaticity refers to the ability to process information with little or no effort.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Metacognition refers to self-awareness about cognition, that is, "knowing about knowing."
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	In terms of information-processing, attention refers to the formal posture of soldiers during individual or group presentation.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Young children tend to focus more on the relevant rather than the irrelevant features of a task.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Younger children are better at deploying attention than older children because they are more likely to construct a plan of action.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Enrichment theory was proposed by Eleanor Gibson to explain how experience affects perceptual learning.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Rehearsal is the conscious repetition of information over time that keeps the information in memory longer.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	The theory "levels of processing" suggests that deeper processing produces better memory.
		A)	True
		B)	False


11	Making material more meaningful, such as through reference to the self, is a form of elaboration.
		A)	True
		B)	False


12	Strategies are conscious cognitive or behavioural activities that are used to enhance mental performance.
		A)	True
		B)	False


13	Short term memory lasts about 30 seconds.
		A)	True
		B)	False


14	The faster that children rehearse words on novel word lists, the more likely they are to forget the words.
		A)	True
		B)	False


15	The sensory register is the "work space" of the mind.
		A)	True
		B)	False


16	In areas where children are experts, their memory can exceed that of less knowledgeable adults.
		A)	True
		B)	False


17	An executive control structure has four components.
		A)	True
		B)	False


18	Mental maps are cognitive representations of a spatial layout, such as a room.
		A)	True
		B)	False


19	Transitive inference is the mental organization of concepts into levels of abstraction ranging from the specific to the general.
		A)	True
		B)	False


20	Executive functioning reflects the working of the prefrontal cortex.
		A)	True
		B)	False


21	Children cannot count skillfully until they understand the counting principles.
		A)	True
		B)	False


22	Problem-solving is at the same level of information processing as perception and attention.
		A)	True
		B)	False


23	A mediation deficiency indicates that the child cannot make use of strategies for incorporating information into long-term storage.
		A)	True
		B)	False


24	In reciprocal teaching, the teacher and a small group of students take turns leading discussions of text passages.
		A)	True
		B)	False


25	Metacognitive knowledge involves monitoring and reflecting on one's current thoughts.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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