Intellectual development revision

Intellectual development revision

By Amanda Nicholl

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Which theorist outlined four stages of cognitive development, and gave approximate ages at which children reached those stages.

Multiple Choice

Which stage of cognitive development describes children between ages 2 and 7?

• Sensorimotor Stage
• Preoperational Stage
• Concrete Operational Stage
• Formal Operational Stage

Multiple Choice

Cindy understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Cindy is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage

• preoperational
• concrete operational
• sensorimotor
• formal operational

Multiple Choice

Fitting new information into already existing schema is called what?

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

• Conservation

• Schema

Multiple Choice

Who is responsible for the Stages of Cognitive Development?

• Lev Vygotsky

• Jean Piaget

• Erik Erikson

• Oprah Winfrey

Multiple Choice

Which stage of cognitive development describes children who are beginning to think symbolically and incorporate pretend play?

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

Multiple Choice

According to Piaget, accommodation refers to

• our mental framework of the world.
• incorporating new experiences into existing schemas.
• developmental changes in a child's behavior that facilitate social acceptance by family and peers.
• adjusting current schemas in order to make sense of new experiences.

Multiple Choice

How many cognitive development steps did Piaget create?

• one

• three

• four

• two

Multiple Choice

Piaget’s theory of development contains four stages.  Which of the following is not one of the four stages:

• preoperational
• sensorimotor
• concrete operational
• preconventional

Multiple Choice

Bryant is planning to ask his mum if he can borrow her car tonight. He is thinking about all of the possible reasons she might state for not letting him use the car, and planning a logical reply to each of these possible objections. Which stage does Bryant belong to?

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational

Multiple Choice

What stage is age 2 to 7 years old?

• Pre operational

• Sensorimotor

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational

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What do children lack in the Pre operational stage?

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Piaget believed that children are like "little

" and that they actively try to explore and make sense of the world around them

Multiple Choice

At which stage do children use practical resources to help them understand the world. Such as using counters for mathematics.

• Sensorimotor

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational

• Pre Operational

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Infants lack the understanding of

– the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen.

Open Ended

What is a schema?

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In the nursery, preoperational children play next to another child/adult but are absorbed in their own world often talking but this is to themselves or expressing their play. This type of play is called

Open Ended

Identify one criticism of Piaget's approach.

Multiple Choice

Which stage is the final one in Piaget cognitive development theory?

• Pre Operational

• Sensorimotor

• Formal Operational

• Concrete Operational

Open Ended

How can language skills be developed in young children?

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Cognitive development is the ability to

and solve problems.