Cognitive Development EXAM QUESTIONS

Front

What is modifying existing mental schemas or creating new ones to fit information or experiences that don’t align with current understanding?

Back

Accommodation

Front

In which direction does the brain develop?

Back

Back to front

Front

Which two testing methods for brain development have good spatial resolution?

Back

fMRI and PET scan

Front

What is a general growth pattern that means 'head to tail'?

Back

Cephalocaudal

Front

What approach to cognitive development focuses on how children manipulate or process information?

Back

Information-Processing Approach

Front

What is the range of potential learning someone can do in the next learning situation?

Back

Zone of proximal development

Front

Which aspect of self-awareness has the sense of self as an agent in the world?

Back

I Self

Front

What is the third stage of Bowlby’s Attachment Theory?

Back

Clear-Cut Attachment