Cognitive Perspective

The cognitive perspective advocates for psychology being seen as a science.

• True

• False

What are mediational processes NOT?

• The mental event which occurs between stimulus and response

• memory, perception, attention, problem solving

• The mental event which occurs after the response

Which did Piaget consider a basic tendency in thinking?

• maturation

• concrete operational

• information processing

• organization

Select the two basic processes of adaptation

• organization

• assimilation

• schemas

• accommodation

According to Piaget, people can pass through the developmental stages in different orders

• False

• True

At this stage, the adolescent or young adult begins to think abstractly and reason about hypothetical problems

• Sensorimotor

• Pre Operational

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational

This stage generally occurs at 7-11 years old.

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational

Children at this stage tend to be egocentric and struggle to see things from the perspective of others.

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational

Major developmental changes at this stage means that they realize that their actions can cause things to happen in the world around them

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational

At which stage do children begin to understand the concept of conservation?

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational