Question 1

Moshman believes that most of the improvement in deduction that occurs during adolescence is due to adolescents' ability to:

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A)   use analogies.
B)   put their own beliefs aside.
C)   engage in principle-based reasoning.
D)   ignore what their peers believe.

Question 2

According to the three-stage model of memory,information is held for only a fraction of a second in:

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A)   intermediate storage.
B)   long-term storage.
C)   sensory storage.
D)   short-term storage.

Question 3

Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence includes all of the following EXCEPT:

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A)   analytic.
B)   creative.
C)   practical.
D)   intrapersonal.

Question 4

Explain the four levels of epistemological understanding.

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Question 5

Which lobe of the brain is most involved in language and in interpreting nonverbal communication?

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A)   Frontal
B)   Temporal
C)   Parietal
D)   Cerebral

Question 6

Chip is certain that everyone will notice the pimple on his cheek,so he doesn't want to go to school.Chip is experiencing:

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A)   the imaginary audience.
B)   hypocrisy.
C)   introspection.
D)   pseudostupidity.

Question 7

Nina is organizing her book collection into groups and subgroups.This best demonstrates:

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A)   hierarchical classification.
B)   seriation.
C)   class inclusion.
D)   transitive inferences.

Question 8

Looking for evidence that is in accordance with one's hypothesis is called:

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A)   negation.
B)   an elimination strategy.
C)   a confirmation strategy.
D)   reasoning.

Question 9

Inductive reasoning is:

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A)   proceeding from the particular to the general.
B)   proceeding from the general to the particular.
C)   proceeding from the particular to the particular.
D)   proceeding from the general to the general.

Question 10

Stuart keeps getting the multiple choice questions wrong because he overanalyzes them and makes them complex when they're actually quite simple.This illustrates the concept of:

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A)   pseudostupidity.
B)   egocentrism.
C)   the personal fable.
D)   cognitive dialectics.

Question 11

Which grouping in Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence includes the ability to develop new insights,theories,and ideas?

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A)   Analytic
B)   Creative
C)   Practical
D)   Intrapersonal

Question 12

Which of Gardner's eight intelligences is most essential for a successful clinical psychologist?

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A)   Body-kinesthetic
B)   Interpersonal
C)   Linguistic
D)   Spatial

Question 13

Which of the groupings in Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence includes the ability to size up situations and solve everyday problems?

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A)   Analytic
B)   Creative
C)   Practical
D)   Intrapersonal

Question 14

Language is acquired during Piaget's ________ stage.

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A)   concrete operational
B)   formal operational
C)   preoperational
D)   sensorimotor

Question 15

Describe the type of mental operations that individuals are capable of using in each of Piaget's four stages.

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Question 16

What are the imaginary audience and the personal fable? Give two theories as to why these tend to develop during adolescence.

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Question 17

Jamal realizes that he understands things better when he reads them than when he hears them.This example best illustrates Jamal's:

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A)   creativity.
B)   naïve realism.
C)   defensive realism.
D)   metacognition.

Question 18

List and explain at least three factors that influence intelligence test results.How might these relate to the misuse of intelligence tests?

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There are several factors that can influ...

Question 19

The approach to the study of cognition that emphasizes the qualitative changes in adolescent thought is:

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A)   Eriksonian.
B)   Information Processing.
C)   Piagetian.
D)   Psychometric.

Question 20

Stages are to __________ development as gradual change is to __________ development.

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A)   macrolevel; microlevel
B)   continuous; discontinuous
C)   discontinuous; continuous
D)   microlevel; macrolevel

Exam 5: Cognitive Development: Improvements in Thinking, Reasoning, and Decision Making

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Moshman believes that most of the improvement in deduction that occurs during adolescence is due to adolescents' ability to:

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Jamal realizes that he understands things better when he reads them than when he hears them.This example best illustrates Jamal's:

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According to the three-stage model of memory,information is held for only a fraction of a second in:

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Describe the type of mental operations that individuals are capable of using in each of Piaget's four stages.

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Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence includes all of the following EXCEPT:

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Stuart keeps getting the multiple choice questions wrong because he overanalyzes them and makes them complex when they're actually quite simple.This illustrates the concept of:

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Stages are to __________ development as gradual change is to __________ development.

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Which of Gardner's eight intelligences is most essential for a successful clinical psychologist?

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Language is acquired during Piaget's ________ stage.

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Which of the groupings in Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence includes the ability to size up situations and solve everyday problems?

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List and explain at least three factors that influence intelligence test results.How might these relate to the misuse of intelligence tests?

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Which lobe of the brain is most involved in language and in interpreting nonverbal communication?

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Looking for evidence that is in accordance with one's hypothesis is called:

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Nina is organizing her book collection into groups and subgroups.This best demonstrates:

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Explain the four levels of epistemological understanding.

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