Six-Year-Old Joshua Is Having Difficulty with Source Monitoring

question 27

Multiple Choice

Six-year-old Joshua is having difficulty with source monitoring.This means that he is having trouble:

• A) thinking about his own memory processes and abilities
• B) thinking about his own mind and thoughts
• C) remembering events that happened before he was 3 years old
• D) remembering where he learned something

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Definitions:

Concrete Operational

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development (roughly ages 7-11) where children gain the ability to think logically about concrete events.

Cognitive Development

Cognitive development refers to the process by which a person's ability to think, understand, and learn evolves over time.

Jean Piaget

A Swiss psychologist known for his pioneering work in child development, particularly his theory of cognitive development.

Hygiene Hypothesis

The theory that a lack of early childhood exposure to infectious agents, symbiotic microorganisms, and parasites increases susceptibility to allergic diseases by suppressing natural development of the immune system.