AP Psyc Mod 47 Piaget Quiz

Tom thought all doctors were middle-aged males until a young females doctor took care of him. Tom's altered conception of a “doctor” illustrates the process of

• habituation.

• assimilation.

• accommodation.

• attachment.

Sally attempts to retrieve her teddy bear after her father hides it under a blanket. This suggests that Sally has developed a sense of

• egocentrism.

• object permanence.

• conservation.

• accommodation.

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

• preoperational

• concrete operational

• sensorimotor

• formal operational

Which of the following represents the correct order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

• preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor

• sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational

• sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

• eoperational, sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational

Infants accustomed to a windup bunny toy jumping three times show surprise if the bunny jumps only twice. This suggests that Piaget

• overestimated the continuity of cognitive development.

• underestimated the cognitive capacities of infants.

• overestimated the impact of culture on infant intelligence.

• underestimated the impact of object permanence on infant attachment.

The principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects is called

• perceptual constancy.

• object equivalence.

• conservation.

• object permanence.

Four-year-old Timmy mistakenly believes that his mother would like to receive a toy drill and saw as a Christmas present. This best illustrates Piaget's concept of

• attachment.

• object permanence.

• conservation.

• egocentrism.

According to Piaget's theory, during the concrete operational stage, a child is still unlikely to demonstrate

• object permanence.

• comprehension of mathematical transformations.

• evidence of assimilation and accommodation.

• the ability to think hypothetically.

Billy notices that his hot dog is sliced into six pieces, whereas his brother's is sliced into nine pieces. He understands, however, that his brother's hot dog is not actually any larger than his own. This indicates that Billy has by now reached the ________ stage of development.

• concrete operational

• sensorimotor

• formal operational

• preoperational

Piaget was convinced that the mind of a child

• is like a blank slate at birth.

• is not heavily influenced by maturation.

• develops through a series of stages.

• is heavily dependent on the child's personality.