Piaget Review

Piaget developed a theory of Cognitive Development which has ____ stages.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Incorporating new information into your existing ideas is a process known as:

• Accommodation

• Appropriation

• Assimilation

• Initiation

The process of incorporating new information into existing knowledge is known as _____, whereas the process of adjusting our schemas to fit new information and events is known as _____.

• organisation; assimilation

• schema; accommodation

• accommodation; assimilation

• assimilation; accommodation

According to Piaget, _____ is a concept or framework that organises and interprets information.

• memory

• schema

• organiser

• mental image

Two containers hold the same amount, but Jane thinks that the taller, skinnier glass holds more. This task is testing

• Accommodation

• Egocentrism

• False Belief

• Conservation

A schema is a:

• Category of knowledge that allows us to interpret and understand the world

• The process of taking in new information and experiences

• The process of balancing old knowledge and new information

• None of the above

The ability to think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the:

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

• Sensorimotor stage

• Preoperational Stage

Children in the preoperational stage have difficulty taking the perspective of another person. This is known as:

• Reversibility

• Metacognition

• Egocentrism

• Conservation

Piaget's stages have been criticised because:

• His theory was based on an unrepresentative sample of children

• Not all people reach the formal operational stage

• His theory underestimates children’s abilities

• All of the above

The fours stages of Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development in order are

• Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete operational, Formal operational

• Preoperational, Sensorimotor, Concrete operational, Formal Operational

• Sensorimotor, Object Permanence, Goal-directed behaviour, Egocentrism

• Formal operational, Concrete operational, Sensorimotor, Preoperational