Edexcel GCSE Psychology: Development - Piaget Stages

How many stages are in Piaget's cognitive development theory?

• 1

• 6

• 3

• 4

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.

Which stage of cognitive development describes children between ages 2 and 7?

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

The sensorimotor age range is

• birth to 2 years

• 2 to 7 years

• 7 to 12 years

• 12+years

What behaviours are seen in the sensori-motor stage?

• Capability of symbolic play and egocentricism

• Logical problem solving and ethical thinking

• Reflex actions and object permanence

• Ability to conserve quantities and put things in order

What behaviours are seen in the concrete-operational stage?

• Capability of symbolic play and egocentricism

• Logical problem solving and ethical thinking

• Reflex actions and object permanence

• Ability to conserve quantities and put things in order

What behaviours are seen in the formal-operational stage?

• Capability of symbolic play and egocentricism

• Logical problem solving and ethical thinking

• Reflex actions and object permanence

• Ability to conserve quantities and put things in order

What is object permanence?

• Someone's ability to know an object is still there when it is hidden

• Someone's ability to loose an object

• Someone's moral development

• Someone's ability to know an object like liquid can change shape but keep its volume the same

What is ego-centricism?

• Someone's ability to know a liquid can change shape but still have the same volume

• Someone's ability to put things in order of smallest to largest

• Someone's ability to see something from someone else's point of view

• Someone's lack of ability to see something from someone else's point of view

What is conservation?

• The ability to understand weight, length and volume do not change despite adjusting the shape of it.

• The ability to recognise that an object may have disappeared but it is still there

• The ability to see from other people's points of view

• The ability to create a schema and change and develop it as you grow older