Ap Psych - Piaget, Kohlberg, Erickson

How many cognitive development steps did Piaget create?

• one

• three

• four

• two

What stage includes an infant exploring the world through sensory and motor contact?

• Concrete operational

• Preoperational

• Sensorimotor

• Formal operational

Does the formal operational phase include adolescents to create reason to think in hypothetical terms?

• True

• False

What is the goal of Piaget's Theory?

• To explain the mechanisms and processes by which infants and then children develop into individuals

• To track child development as children age.

• To finally understand why these hip young kids won't get off his lawn.

• To create a road map for cognitive development.

To Piaget cognitive development was a progressive reorganization of mental process as a result of?

• Radioactive waste

• Biological maturation and environmental maturation.

• Nurture as the child development.

What is the key feature of the formal operational stage?

• Egocentrism

• Object Permanence

• Manipulate ideas in head

• none of the above

• all of the above

According to Piaget, what is the process between two aspects of adaptation?

• assimilation and accommodation

• experiences and environment

• transformation and assimilation

Every phase of human development occurs in a social context.

• True

• False

Piaget’s preoperational stage can be defined as

• play is not significant during this stage

• the emergence of concepts

• play is the primary and most suitable way for children to express themselves

Which stage do children develop abstract thinking?

• Sensorimotor

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational

• Peroperational