1. What is the purpose of selective attention?

Allows individuals to see complex tasks through to completion

Allows the individual to control attention enough to solve problems

*Allows the individual to focus on relevant information pertaining to particular tasks

Allows for the shift of focus from one task to another

2. Shaking a rattle to arouse children’s interest is an example of what type of attention strategy?

Flexible attention

*Joint attention

Sustained attention

Planning

3. Cognitive inhibition occurs by which of the following processes?

*Protects working memory from becoming cluttered with unnecessary information

Allows the ability to think ahead towards appropriately achieving goals

Showing interest by looking or vocalising following a summons

Using social experience to achieve goals

4. Around what age does the concept of remembering typically begin?

6 months

*3 months

2 months

6 weeks

5. Which of the following is not considered to be an effective memory strategy?

Elaboration

*Recall

Rehearsal

Organisation
6. Which of the following examples best represents a definition of the term ‘organisation’:

Creating stories using key words

Repeating information

Multiple choice testing

*Categorizing information to form relationships

7. Metacognition is best defined as:

*Thinking about thinking

Focusing concentration over time

A strategy involving repetition

A strategy involving reforming information meaningfully

8. Which of the following statements does not demonstrate the function of the Knowledge
Base?

Helps store information

Prior knowledge allows for effective and efficient processing and information storage

The use of ‘anchor points’ assists in remembering information

*Allows for remembering and accessing information more effectively

9. The development of reasoning skills is best seen through which of the following?

Multiple choice testing

*Tool use

Reflecting on ability

Categorizing information

10. Which theorist(s) have developed a model of adaptive strategy choice?

Vygotsky

*Seigler

Duncan and Tarulli

Bauer