Cognitive development

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Children are said to construct these units of knowledge that serve as cognitive models of the world.

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When Fabio was about 13 months old, he had just learned the word dog. One day he looked out of the car window, pointed to a cow in a field and delightedly observed, "dog!" This is an example of

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The stage in which a child begins to develop the understanding that an object may retain its identity even if its appearance is changed for some reason is known as the __ stage.

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Nine-year-old Michael knows that when his teacher pours liquid from one of two identical containers into a taller, slimmer container, the amount of liquid is the same in both containers. Michael is most likely in this developmental stage.

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This level of morality is characterized by an application of societal rules and is most common in early adolescence.

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Haidt (2001) proposed that members of Western cultures often utilized this foundation of morality when evaluating moral scenarios.

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This proxy psychological measure is often used to assess recognition in a foetus

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According to research, it is believed that infants

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This view help by some developmental psychologists argues that most or all mental characteristics are acquired through experience

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According to Piaget's theory of constructivism

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According to Piaget's theory _ is the primary reason why learning and cognitive development are such active processes

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Piaget believed that children passed through four distinct changes of development that were invariant, this means that

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This term refers to the understanding that objects continue to exist even if they are no longer in view

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According to Piaget, at this stage of development the child lacks the ability to see things from the perspective of another person - they are egocentric.

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In this type of design, participants take part in all of the conditions of an experiment

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According to Vygotskian theory, children's understanding firstly exists between the child and their instructor on the __.

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According to Vygotsky, the processes by which the expert instructor provides assistance to the learner is known as

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Haidt (2007) proposed five psychological foundations of which all moral systems are built. Which ONE below does not describe one of these foundations?

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Research by Baron-Cohen and colleagues (1985) found evidence that autistic children's performance of a false-belief task was

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This approach believes that each cognitive function depends on a specific brain system or module

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Children with Williams syndrome are characterised by:

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It is now widely believed that Piaget's constructivist theory of cognitive development

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According to Kohlberg, during this stage of moral development, individuals begin to appreciate and prioritize more abstract ideas as opposed to rules

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According to research using False belief tasks, there appears to be a significant shift in theory of mind abilities at age

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