OCR GCSE Psychology - Development - Piaget's theory

Select the key term for the definition: interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas

• Cognitive development

• Development

• Accommodation

• Assimilation

What is a schema?

• A process by which we learn something new

• The ability to understand that something exists even when you can't see it

• A packet of information about the world

• The ability to understand that number/mass doesn't change even when appearance does

What is object permanence?

• A process by which we learn something new

• The ability to understand that something exists even when you can't see it

• A packet of information about the world

• The ability to understand that number/mass doesn't change even when appearance does

What is conservation?

• A process by which we learn something new

• The ability to understand that something exists even when you can't see it

• A packet of information about the world

• The ability to understand that number/mass doesn't change even when appearance does

Below are Piaget's stages of cognitive development. Fill in the missing stage.

Sensorimotor, (a)   , Concrete operations, Formal operations

What proportion of people reach Piaget's formal operations stage of cognitive development?

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

What does Piaget ignore in his theory of cognitive development?

• The role of teachers

• The role of assimilation

• The role of accommodation

• The role of the environment

Select the key term for the definition: when you create a new schema for the new incoming information

• Cognitive development

• Development

• Accommodation

• Assimilation