Stages of Development

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.

Four-year-old Jennifer mistakenly believes that her mother would like to receive a toy doll as a Christmas present. This best illustrates Piaget's concept of:

• accommodation
• attachment
• object permanence
• egocentricism

The cognitive ability to be able to recognize that quantities remain the same when two glasses of water are sitting beside each other, and one is poured into a taller glass.

• Irreversibility
• Centration
• Conservation
• Object Permanence 

In which of the following stages will children learn the concept of conservation?

• preoperational
• concrete operational
• sensorimotor
• formal operational

Peek-a-boo works on children in what stage?

• Sensorimotor
• Preoperational
• Concrete Operational
• Formal Operational

The ability to use deductive logic, think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the:

• Concrete Operational Stage
• Sensorimotor Stage
• Formal Operational Stage 
• Preoperational State 

The first stage of development is the _____ stage.

• adaptation
• assimilation
• accommodation
• sensorimotor

Jane's mother has two crackers, both of equal size. She breaks one of the crackers up into four pieces. Jane says she wants the one with the most and immediately chooses the four pieces, even though the two amounts are equal. Jane's choice illustrates Piaget's concept of:

• Accommodation
• Egocentrism
• False belief
• Conservation

According to your age and Piaget's theory, what stage are you at?

• Concrete Operational
• Formal Operational
• Preoperational
• Sensorimotor

Sally attempts to retrieve her teddy bear after her father hides it under a blanket. This suggests that Sally has developed a sense of

• egocentrism.

• object permanence.

• conservation.

• accommodation.