Question :
91. After the age of _____, children attend more efficiently : 1254729
91. After the age of _____, children attend more efficiently to the dimensions of the task that are relevant.
a. 3 or 4
b. 4 or 5
c. 6 or 7
d. 5
92. When experimenters ask children to judge whether two complex pictures are the same, preschool children tend to use a haphazard comparison strategy, not examining all of the details before making a judgment, exhibiting a lack of:
a. conservation.
b. attention to the salient.
c. centration.
d. planfulness.
93. In Central European countries, such as Hungary, kindergarten children participate in exercises designed to improve their _____. An eye-contact exercise, in which the teacher sits in the center of a circle of children and each child is required to catch the teacher’s eye before being permitted to leave the group, is an example of an exercise to improve _____.
a. hand-to-eye coordination
b. attention
c. social skills
d. creativity
94. In short-term memory, individuals retain information for up to _____ if there is no rehearsal of the information.
a. 30 seconds
b. 15 minutes.
c. 5 hours
d. 2 days
95. Irene is taking a test where she hears a random list of numbers, which she is then asked to repeat in the right order. Irene is having her _____ memory tested.
a. recognition
b. implicit
c. procedural
d. short-term
96. Using rehearsal, we can keep information in short-term memory for a much longer period. In this context, rehearsal means:
a. preparing for a memory-span test.
b. doing mental exercises daily to keep the mind sharp.
c. repeating information after it has been presented.
d. taking regular memory-span tests.
97. Research with the memory-span task suggests that:
a. short-term memory increases during early childhood.
b. long-term memory reaches maturation by early childhood.
c. memory span depends on one’s ethnic origin.
d. heredity is a major factor affecting memory.
98. In a study comparing the memory spans of preschool and elementary school children, the latter group consistently scored better. This apparent increase in memory span with age could be explained partly by how:
a. the peer group plays a part in short-term memory.
b. older children rehearse the digits more than younger children do.
c. elementary schools practice scaffolding.
d. memory-span tests are not always an accurate measure of short-term memory.
99. Six-year-old Shirley, a witness to a robbery, was asked to testify at the trial. The defense argued that her testimony would be invalid because:
a. at her age, she has no long-term memories.
b. her memories are highly susceptible to suggestion.
c. she is more likely to embellish her memories.
d. children cannot recall details of events sequentially.
100. Several operations, such as inhibition and planning, that are important for flexible, future-oriented behavior and may also be connected to theory of mind development are known as:
a. operational thought.
b. instrumental activities.
c. executive functioning.
d. intuitive reasoning.
