How many stages are in Piaget's cognitive theory?

• 7

• 6

• 5

• 4

The process of taking in new information and adding it to what the child already knows is called __________.

• accommodation

• assimilation

• schema

• organization

Piaget's theory of development focuses on predictable _____ stages.

• consecutive

• cognitive

• followed

• psychosexual

The first stage of development is the _____ stage.

• adaptation

• assimilation

• accommodation

• sensorimotor

_____ is adjusting what is already known to fit the new information.

• schema

• assimilation

• accommodation

• scaffolding

Enzo understands his world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Enzo is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage.

• preoperational

• concrete operational

• sensorimotor

• formal operational

This idea is why peek-a-boo works with babies

• imprinting

• representational thought

• conservation

• object permanence

Understanding that quantity stays the same despite the shape.

• object permanence

• conservation

• egocentrism

• schema

An infant who has developed object permanence...

• is attached to specific objects, such as a blanket.

• will see all objects as being the same.

• knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view.

• cries when a wanted object is taken away.

According to Piaget, children come to understand that the volume of a substance remains constant despite changes in its shape during the ________ stage.

• sensorimotor stage

• preoperational stage

• concrete operational stage

• formal operational stage