Question 1

If you showed a two-and-a-half-year-old a model of her bedroom where you had hidden a toy behind the bed, she would

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be able to find the toy in the model but not in her actual room due to lack of symbolic thinking.

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neither be able to find the toy in the model bedroom nor find the toy in her own room.

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understand that the model represented her room and be able to find the toy in her own room.

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misunderstand the instructions due to her lack of theory of mind.

Question 2

What psychological concept is being depicted in this graph?

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Object permanence

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Egocentrism

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Theory of mind

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Scaffolding

Question 3

Dr. Tchoupitoulas wants to conduct a study on the formal operational stage of development. Which of the following is an appropriate operational definition of the formal operational stage?

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Understanding basic physics to recognize impossible situations

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Reversing arithmetic operations

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Using hypothetical situations as the basis of moral reasoning

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Using symbolic thinking for pretend play

Question 4

Cesaire, a 4-year-old child, comes into the room and tells his parent, “I broke it” without feeling the need to tell his parent what is broken because 4-year-olds often

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are egocentric.

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lack an understanding of conservation.

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cannot remember what was broken.

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struggle with reversing operations.

Question 5

Which of the following examples indicates that a child understands conservation?

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She would believe that a clay snake would have the same amount of clay as the clay ball that was used to make it.

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She would continue to seek a toy hidden under a blanket.

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She would “hide” in a game of hide-and-seek by covering her eyes with her hands.

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She would recognize that 7 + 3 involves the same mathematical relationship as 10 – 7.

Question 6

Which of the following is a current belief of researchers that differs from Piaget’s original theories?

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Object permanence develops earlier than Piaget believed.

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The formal operational stage is narrower than Piaget believed.

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Infants learn more by verbal explanations than Piaget believed.

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Schemas do not form until later than Piaget believed.

Question 7

Ms. Quintron accurately taught her class about Vygotsky’s theory. What might she say to her class?

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The zone of proximal development refers to the space between what a child is capable of doing and what the child cannot yet do.

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Theory of mind refers to one’s thoughts about oneself and others. b. c. d.

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Conservation refers to the idea that properties remain the same despite changes in form.

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The sensorimotor stage refers to a period when babies and toddlers engage the world via their senses and motor movements.

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