Module 47: Piaget and Cognitive Development

A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information.

• schema

• theory of mind

• habituation

• gender

When the schema STAYS the SAME, causing a child to make a mistake. Ex: Calling a lion a dog.

• assimilation

• accommodation

• conservation

• cognition

When new information CAUSES CHANGE to a child's schema.

• assimilation

• accommodation

• conservation

• cognition

Understanding that an object's mass or volume stays the same despite it CHANGING IN FORM is known as

• conservation

• object permanence

• egocentric thinking

• stranger anxiety

The awareness that things continue to exist even when they cannot be seen is known as

• object permanence

• egocentricism

• conservation

• pretend play

The inability of a child to take another's point of view during the preoperational stage is called

• egocentric thinking

• object permanence

• conservation

• pretend logic

According to Piaget, a child will first understand CONSERVATION during which stage?

• sensorimotor

• preconventional

• concrete operational

• formal operational

According to Piaget, a child will first understand OBJECT PERMANENCE during which stage?

• sensorimotor

• preoperational

• concrete operational

• formal operational

The child is being tested to see if she understands ____________.

• conservation

• reversibility

• object permanence

• egocentric thinking

Which is the FIRST stage of Piaget's theory?

• sensorimotor

• preoperational

• concrete operational

• formal operational