Question 1

List and explain Gardner's Eight Frames of Mind.List and describe the two additional types of intelligence that Gardner recently proposed.

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Howard Gardner's theory of multiple inte...

Question 2

The approach to the study of cognition that measures quantitative changes in adolescent intelligence is:

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A)   Eriksonian.
B)   Information Processing.
C)   Piagetian.
D)   Psychometric.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

What is the name of the band of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain and transmits information back and forth?

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A)   Cerebrum
B)   Corpus callosum
C)   Hippocampus
D)   AmygdalaE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

According to Piaget,the tendency of children to focus attention on one detail and be unable to shift their attention to other aspects of the situation is called:

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A)   centering.
B)   egocentrism.
C)   seriation.
D)   animism.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 5

LeBron has a yo-yo that glows in the dark.Unlike his 3-year-old sister,LeBron knows perfectly well that when the yo-yo is glowing it's not suddenly a different object.This illustrates the concrete operation called:

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A)   associativity.
B)   combinativity.
C)   identity or nullifiability.
D)   reversibility.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Piaget's fourth stage of cognitive development,which extends from eleven or twelve years of age on,is:

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A)   concrete operational.
B)   formal operational.
C)   preoperational.
D)   sensorimotor.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 7

List and explain several effects that adolescents' thinking has on their personality and behavior.

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Adolescents' thinking has several effect...

Question 8

Reasoning involves:

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A)   analogy.
B)   deductions.
C)   if-then statements.
D)   all of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

The discrepancy between idealism and behavior is called:

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A)   hypocrisy.
B)   introspection.
C)   egocentrism.
D)   idealism.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 10

Soon-Lee knows that her socks are smaller than her mother's socks and that her mother's socks are smaller than her father's socks,so that means her own socks are smaller than her father's socks.This shows that Soon-Lee understands:

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A)   transitive inference.
B)   hierarchical classifications.
C)   combinativity.
D)   all of the aboveE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Epistomology refers to:

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A)   short term memory capacity.
B)   comprehension.
C)   thinking about knowledge.
D)   practical ability.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

Which of the following statements about gifted students is TRUE?

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A)   They are more perfectionistic than those with average IQ scores.
B)   They are generally less well adjusted than those of average intelligence.
C)   They may sometimes try to hide their talents in order to fit in with peers.
D)   all of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Piaget divided the stage of formal operations into how many substages?

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A)   2
B)   3
C)   4
D)   5E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 14

The third step in information processing is:

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A)   selection.
B)   interpretation.
C)   memory.
D)   inference.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

How fast the brain perceives and uses information is termed:

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A)   cognitive fluidity.
B)   memory span.
C)   processing speed.
D)   confirmation speed.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Ben can line up a set of sticks in order from shortest to longest.This illustrates:

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A)   abstract thinking.
B)   hierarchical classification.
C)   understanding class inclusion relationships.
D)   seriation.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 17

According to Elkind,imaginary audience and personal fable are both aspects of adolescent:

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A)   daydreaming.
B)   egocentrism.
C)   hypocrisy.
D)   pseudostupidity.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Adolescents who behave impulsively,intuitively,and indifferently tend to be:

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A)   naïve realists.
B)   skeptics.
C)   dogmatists.
D)   defensive realists.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Which form of thinking includes the ability to integrate conflicting pieces of information and to realize that many aspects of life are interconnected?

Accepted Answer

A)   Formal operational
B)   Hypothetico-deductive
C)   Dialectic
D)   TransitiveE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Tasha feels fine about having her hair put in a braid,because if she doesn't like it she can just undo it and go back to her usual hair style.This illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A)   conservation.
B)   reversibility.
C)   combinativity.
D)   seriation.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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LeBron has a yo-yo that glows in the dark.Unlike his 3-year-old sister,LeBron knows perfectly well that when the yo-yo is glowing it's not suddenly a different object.This illustrates the concrete operation called:

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What is the name of the band of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain and transmits information back and forth?

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Piaget's fourth stage of cognitive development,which extends from eleven or twelve years of age on,is:

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