When a child modifies an existing cognitive schema to make it compatible with the cognitive aspects of an incoming stimulus, the process is called _____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The process of interpreting new information in terms of existing schema is termed _______________?

   A. assimilation
   B. ideation
   C. conservation
   D. accommodation

2. Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
   1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
   2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
   3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
   4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single event

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 2,3 & 4
   C. 1,2 & 4
   D. 4

3. The ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus is called __________________?

   A. shaping
   B. acquisition
   C. discrimination
   D. generalization

4. The idea that the amount of change in a stimulus necessary to produce a JND is a constant proportion of the stimulus intensity is called:

   A. James law
   B. The all-or-none principle
   C. The law of diminishing returns
   D. Weber’s law

5. Socially the young child can only attend to one dimension at a time. In cognitive terms this is called ______________?

   A. accommodation
   B. egocentrism
   C. assimilation
   D. reversibility

6. In which form of conditioning is the conditioned stimulus (CS) presented after the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) _______________?

   A. higher order conditioning
   B. forward conditioning
   C. backward conditioning
   D. second order conditioning

7. When Pavlov repeatedly presented the conditioned stimulus without pairing it with the unconditioned stimulus, the conditioned response failed to occur. This is known as __________________?

   A. condition failure
   B. recovery
   C. extinction
   D. habituation

8. Rahila found that a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus only if it is contingent and:

   A. Inclusive
   B. Dominant
   C. Informative
   D. Appropriate

9. The presentation of an aversive stimulus of the removal of a positive stimulus are both examples of:

   A. negative reinforcement
   B. punishment
   C. positive reinforcement
   D. secondary reinforcement

10. A child is shown two identical balls of clay, sees one of them rolled into a rod shape, and is then asked which ball contains more clay. This child is being tested for an understanding of _____________?

    A. object permanence
    B. conservation of substance
    C. the reversibility of actions
    D. logical possibilities