A. The ability to think and talk about language and its properties
B. The ability to think and talk about gender and its properties
C. The ability to read mathematical operations
D. The ability to speak multiple languages
Related Mcqs:
- The ability of young children to use two-word sentences is referred to as __________________?
A. babbling
B. morpheme induction
C. telegraphic speech
D. aphasia - A teacher believes that one group of children is very bright and that a second is below average in ability, Actually the groups are identical, but the first group progresses more rapidly than the second this demonstrates:
A. the self-fulfilling prophecy
B. the placebo effect in a natural experiment
C. observer bias in naturalistic
D. the ethical problems of field experiments - The Russian psychologist Vygotsky suggested their children’s ability to solve problems is enhanced by:
A. basic trust
B. egocentrism
C. imprinting
D. inner speech - For children with ADHD, the ability to learn is severely because they:
A. are mildly retarded
B. act on impulse and cannot concentrate
C. must take stimulants which shorten attention span
D. are given sedatives which make them listless - Adopted children’s similarity to their biological parents is generally attributed to_____________; adopted children’s similarity to their adoptive parents is generally attributed to____________________.
A. heredity; the environment
B. the environment; heredity
C. the environment; the environment
D. heredity; heredity - The stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development occurs during adolescence and refers to the ability to reason about abstract concepts and principles and evaluate issues in the broader social environment?
A. formal-operational
B. concrete-operational
C. sensorimotor
D. preoperational - According to Piaget, the preoperational stage refers to the development of which cognitive abilities in children?
A. Child begins to speak for the first time
B. Child begins to recognize faces of primary caregivers
C. Child begins to solve problems logically
D. Child begins to represent the world symbolically but remains intutive and egocentric - Heredity refers to those traits which are transmitted to the children:
A. Parents
B. Environment
C. Educational institution
D. All of the above - An awareness of extensive cultural differences in attitudes and values is most helpful for avoiding ____________?
A. replication
B. random sampling
C. the hindsight bias
D. the false consensus effect - Information processed below the normal level of awareness is called:
A. Adaptive
B. Subnormal
C. Psychophysical
D. Subliminal
