Jean Piaget

Piaget viewed the development of knowledge as a gradual process of restructuring earlier ways of knowing into more adequate and generalized ways of knowing.

• True

• False

According to Piaget, what is the process between two aspects of adaptation?

• assimilation and accommodation

• experiences and environment

• transformation and assimilation

According to Piaget, children do not progress through universal series of stages in the development of their intelligence.

• True

• False

Piaget’s sensorimotor period is defined as

• the child’s understanding of the world is gradually constructed from a coordination of motor and sensory information

• the child lacks the representational capacity reflected in symbolic play and language

• both a and b

Every phase of human development occurs in a social context.

• True

• False

The concept of an action scheme is important to Piaget’s Theory.

• True

• False

Piaget’s preoperational stage can be defined as

• play is not significant during this stage

• the emergence of concepts

• play is the primary and most suitable way for children to express themselves

When does the concrete-operational period begin?

• 1-2 years

• 6-7 years

• 9 years

According to Piaget, what is the significance of play?

• play is directed toward social coordinations and successful reproductions of reality

• play and fantasy are critical components of emotional self regulation

• both a and b

Assimilation and accommodation can be separated in Piaget’s theory.

• True

• False