29 Questions
What is the term for the act of searching for mental balance between cognitive schemes and information from the environment?
Equilibration
Which stage of cognitive development involves organizing information into mental systems through schemes?
Concrete operational stage
What is the term for adjusting to the environment by fitting new information into existing schemes?
Assimilation
In the preoperational stage, what function involves the use of symbols like language and gestures to represent actions or objects mentally?
Semiotic function
Which cognitive development stage is characterized by developing language and thinking logically in one direction?
Preoperational stage
What is the term for the act of altering existing schemes or creating new ones in response to new information?
Accommodation
In which cognitive development stage do individuals think hypothetically, deductively, and abstractly?
Formal operational stage
What is the term for the 'out-of-balance' state that motivates a search for a solution and leads to a change in thinking?
Disequilibrium
Which is true about the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development?
Learn through senses, reflexes, and movement.
What do children in the preoperational stage find difficult according to the text?
Understanding conservation principle.
What is the term used to describe the critical time when specific abilities must develop according to Freud?
Sensitive periods
Which part of the brain is responsible for coordinating balance and skilled movements?
Cerebellum
What process involves the production of new neurons, especially in the hippocampus?
Neurogenesis
Which part of the brain controls higher-order thinking skills?
Frontal lobe
What is the term for the brain's dynamic tendency to remain adaptable and flexible?
Synaptic plasticity
Which part of the brain is involved in language processing?
Left hemisphere
What is the main function of glial cells in the brain?
Provide myelin coating
During adolescence, what part of the brain is involved in emotions, risk-taking, and pleasure-seeking behaviors?
Limbic system
Which area of the brain controls spatial-visual information, nonverbal cues, and emotions?
Right hemisphere
What is the thin outer covering of the brain that consists of thin sheets of neurons crumpled with many folds to fit into the brain?
Cerebral cortex
What is one of the reasoning skills required to solve conservation problems according to the text?
Understanding changes in dimensions
Which operation is mastered during the concrete-operational stage that involves arranging objects in sequential order based on size, weight, or volume?
Seriation
What is a key characteristic of the formal operational stage of cognitive development?
Abstract thinking and coordination of multiple variables
What is one strategy mentioned in the text to help students build complex skills?
Providing wide range of experiences
Which cognitive skill involves focusing attention, inhibiting impulsive responses, planning, and manipulating information?
Executive functioning skills
What does reversibility involve in solving conservation problems?
Thinking through steps and then mentally reversing them
In Piaget's theory, what is the ability to group objects into categories known as?
Classification
What does the concrete-operational teaching strategy involve according to the text?
Using teaching strategies and materials suitable for concrete operational children
What concept does Vygotsky's sociocultural theory emphasize?
Social interactions in cognitive development
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