Cognitive Development

According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, which of the following statements is true?

• Children move through three stages of mental development.

• Children move through four stages of mental development.

• Children move through two stages of mental development.

• Children move through five stages of mental development.

What is the age range for the formal operational stage?

• 2 to 7 years

• 7 to 12 years

• 12 to 18 years

• 18 to 25 years

What is the term used to describe a mental concept or framework that organizes information and provides a structure for interpreting it?

• Accomodation

• Schema

• Assimilation

• Equilibration

What is the term for when a person incorporates new information into existing knowledge?

• Sensory motor

• Assimilation

• Pre-operational

• Language

At this stage, thought is egocentric and it is intuitive for the child or children.

• Formal operational stage

• Pre-operational stage

• Concrete operational stage

• Formal operational stage

What is the term used to describe the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are no longer visible?

• Object permanence

• Egocentrism

• Schemas

• Sensory motor

What is the stage where intuitive reasoning is replaced with logical reasoning in concrete situations?

• Preoperational Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

Cognition refers to the operation of thinking and also to our cognitive skills and abilities.

• True

• False

What is the stage where children learn about the world through basic actions such as sucking, grasping, looking, and listening?

• Pre-operational stage

• Formal operational

• Sensory motor

• Concrete operational

What Piaget designed to measure children's egocentrism?

• A three mountain task

• Object permanence

• Motor control

• None of the above