Cognitive Development

Question 1

Vygotsky believed that scaffolding limited communication between the teacher and the learner.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

F

Question 2

In which of Piaget’s stages would a child be if the child has just developed object permanence?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

sensorimotor

Question 3

__________ who have been raised apart are typically more similar in intelligence level than biological siblings raised together because they have been born with the same genetic code.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Identical twins

Question 4

Adolescents in the formal operational stage typically have unrealistic or impractical solutions to solving world issues.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

T

Question 5

Which of the following is not a reason childhood friendships are important to development?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Friends are a child's first chance in learning how to be social with siblings.

Question 6

When it comes to the development of the ability to think and reason, individuals in __________ tend to be less self-centered and begin to think about decisions that have an effect on the world around them.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

late adolescence

Question 7

Which of the following choices is an accurate example of how the use of cultural tools is important in the development of one’s cognitive developmental process?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The use of an abacus to solve a mathematical equation is useful in helping the brain form a mental picture of the problem.

Question 8

Object permanence is formed near the end of the preoperational stage of development.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

F

Question 9

Which of the following is not an example of scaffolding?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

asking the learner to begin working on a problem

Question 10

Hereditary factors that influence cognitive development consist of __________.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

genetically transmitted characteristics inherited from one’s parents

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