Deck 12: Seciton 2: Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development

Question 1

Nine-year-old Devon writes, "My dad is as big as an ox." This statement demonstrates his understanding of a figure of speech called a _____.

Answer 1

metaphor

Question 2

The analysis and flow of information within the information-processing system is regulated by _____ processes in the brain.

Answer 2

control

Question 3

Kirby is sorting through his mother's cup of change. As he makes piles of pennies, nickels, and dimes, he utilizes the cognitive skill called _____.

Answer 3

classification

Question 4

The cognitive theory that most closely approximates the operation of a computer is _____ theory.

Question 5

Current, conscious mental activity occurs in _____ memory.

Question 6

_____ is one's ability to evaluate a task to determine what to do and in what order and also to monitor one's progress while working on the task.

Question 7

The cognition of middle childhood described by Piaget as the ability to reason logically about tangible things is called _____ operational thought.

Question 8

The unspoken and often unrecognized lessons that children learn in school, which have unofficial, unstated, or implicit influences on the academic curriculum and every other aspect of learning in school, are called the _____ curriculum.

Question 9

When Sharona recalls plans she has made for this weekend, she retrieves them from her long-term memory and brings them into her _____ memory.

Question 10

The two crucial components of long-term memory are storage and _____.

Question 11

A body of knowledge in a particular area that makes it easier to master new information in that area is referred to as a knowledge _____.

Question 12

Vygotsky regarded _____ as crucial in human cognitive development.

Question 13

The federal legislation that mandates standardized tests to measure school achievement is called the _____ Act.

Question 14

The capacity of a person's _____ memory is very large.

Question 15

Based on results from the international test known as the _____, children in East Asian nations are the most advanced in math and science.

Question 16

Control processes include emotional regulation, selective attention, and _____.

Question 17

Mastery of language pragmatics allows children to change _____ depending on the audience.

Question 18

The practical use of language is called _____.

Question 19

A federally sponsored test given in the United States to measure achievement in reading, math, and other subjects is called the _____.

Question 20

Piaget's concrete operational thought is characterized by concepts that enable children to use _____ regarding tangible things.

Question 21

_____ schools are licensed and funded by states or local districts. They may also receive private money from sponsors.

Question 22

Traditionally in the United States, most _____ schools were operated by the Catholic Church.

Question 23

Public subsidy for tuition payment at a non-public school is referred to as a _____.

Question 24

An approach to learning a new language in which instruction occurs exclusively in the new language is called _____.

Question 25

The majority of children in the United States go to _____ schools.

Question 26

In _____ education, teachers instruct children in their native language as well as in English.

Question 27

Approximately 1 in _____ children in the United States is home-schooled.