Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Which of the following questions is typical of the preoperational child?

• "How many different piles of toys can I make from my toys?"

• "How much is one plus one?"

• "Where does the sun go when it's dark outside?"

• "Do you see the same thing I do, Mommy?"

What is the second stage of cognitive development?

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

The _________ stage is a time when stable concepts are formed, mental reasoning emerges, egocentrism begins strongly and then weakens, and magical beliefs are constructed.

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

_______________ development refers to physical skills that use large body movements, normally involving the entire body.

• Gross Motor

• Fine Motor

• Complex Motor

At what age do children begin to understand that their actions affect those around them?

• 3 years

• 4 years

• 5 and 6 years

Piaget ruled that during the pre operational period the child's logic was overruled by their

• perception rather than reasoning

• reasoning rather than perception

If there are two glasses of water with equal amounts, one glass taller in height and one that is wider, a child in the preoperational period will conclude that

• the taller one has more in quantity

• the wider one has more in quanitity

Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete-Operational, and Formal Operations were developed by

• Jean Piaget

• Erik Erikson

• B.F. Skinner

• Lev Vygotsky

What are signs of preoperational?

• Are able to make relationships about why things happen.

• Understand how things relate to one another.

• Preschoolers and early school-age children learn about their world through their actions.

• Object permanence child does not know that physical objects remain in existence when out of sight.