Piaget Cognitive Stages of Development

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According to Piaget, during the formal operational stage people begin to:

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reason abstractly

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According to Piaget, children come to understand that the volume of a substance remains constant despite changes in its shape during the ________ stage.

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concrete operational

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An infant who has developed object permanence...

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knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view.

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Four-year-old Jennifer mistakenly believes that her mother would like to receive a toy doll as a Christmas present. This best illustrates Piaget's concept of:

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egocentricism

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The cognitive ability to recognize that quantities remain the same when two glasses of water are sitting beside each other, and one is poured into a taller glass.

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Conservation

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The inability of young children to see the world through someone else's view is termed:

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Egocentrism

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In which of the following stages will children learn the concept of conservation? preoperational, concrete operational, sensorimotor, formal operational

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concrete operational

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Peek-a-boo works on children in what stage? Options: Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operational

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Sensorimotor

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The ability to use deductive logic, think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the: Concrete Operational Stage, Sensorimotor Stage, Formal Operational Stage, Preoperational Stage

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Formal Operational Stage

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Jane's choice illustrates Piaget's concept of: Accommodation, Egocentrism, False belief, Conservation

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Conservation