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1
The sensory register, short-term memory, and long-term memory are all components of the
A)modal model
B)connectionist model
C)neo-Piagetian model
D)post-Vygotsky model
2
In the Modal model, information from the environment flows from the sensory register to
A)long-term memory
B)short-term memory
C)an output
D)the temporal lobe
3
A script is:
A)internal speech that helps guide actions
B)a mental representation of an event or situation
C)mental representation of literature
D)none of the above
4
The first time Stephanie sees uses a toothbrush, she has to be shown very carefully how to guide the brush around her mouth and teeth etc. Over the next few months, Stephanie becomes very adept at brushing her teeth and appears to have her mind elsewhere whilst doing so. This is an example of
A)encoding
B)enrichment
C)automatization
D)habit
5
The inability of infants sometimes to look away from an object is known as
A)sticky fixation
B)stuck eye
C)obsession
D)control of attention
6
Why might 4-year-old Brianna not receive much educational benefit from the lessons Big Bird delivers on SESAME STREET?
A)The SESAME STREET lessons are geared to the attention spans of younger children.
B)She is more likely to pay attention to Big Bird's appearance than to what he is saying
C)Four-year-old children rarely become engaged in television programs.
D)Four-year-old children show a distinct preference for cartoons.
7
The textbook mentions each of the following as a memory strategy commonly used by adults EXCEPT
A)rehearsal
B)organization
C)mediation
D)elaboration
8
Children's spontaneous use of organization to facilitate memory appears in
A)the preschool years
B)early elementary school
C)late elementary school
D)high school
9
A memory strategy that involves adding to the information one wants to remember in an effort to make the information more meaningful is called
A)rehearsal
B)organization
C)mediation
D)elaboration
10
Learning that a ‘dog’ belongs to bigger categories such as ‘mammal’ and ‘animal’ is known as
A)hierarchical organization
B)symbolic representation
C)encoding
D)propositional logic
11
Young children have trouble using symbolic representation because of their inability to
A)form scripts
B)use deductive reasoning
C)develop an effective strategy
D)form a dual representation
12
Researchers have used syllogisms to study
A)transitive inference
B)propositional reasoning
C)hierarchical categorization
D)metacognition
13
The term for not being able to remember anything in the first 2-3 years of life is
A)retrograde amnesia
B)metacognition
C)baby brain
D)infantile amnesia
14
According to Gelman, if a child understands the cardinal principle of counting, then she understands that
A)each object should be counted once and only once.
B)numbers are always assigned in the same order.
C)a single number can be used to describe the total of a set.
D)the order in which objects are counted is irrelevant
15
According to the textbook, which one of the following is related to metacognition?
A)development of a theory of mind
B)knowledge about language skills
C)numerical reasoning
D)deductive reasoning





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