Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

What is assimilation?

• Integrating new information into existing schema without altering the schema

• Modifying existing schemata to integrate new information

• Creating new schema when integration is not possible

• Adapting mental schemes to accommodate new information or experiences

What is accommodation?

• Integrating new information into existing schema without altering the schema

• Modifying existing schemata to integrate new information

• Creating new schema when integration is not possible

• Adding information to an old schema

What is the cognitive achievement of the sensory-motor stage?

• Object permanence

• Invisible displacement

• Symbolic thinking

• Animism

What is the cognitive achievement of the pre-operational stage?

• Object permanence

• Invisible displacement

• Symbolic thinking

• Animism

What is seriation?

• The ability to arrange a collection of items or situations in a logical series

• The ability to only focus on one aspect of a situation at any given time, while ignoring the rest

• The inability to understand that another person can hold a different visual perception from their own

• The belief that inanimate objects are alive, have human feelings and intentions

What is centration?

• The ability to arrange a collection of items or situations in a logical series

• The ability to only focus on one aspect of a situation at any given time, while ignoring the rest

• The inability to understand that another person can hold a different visual perception from their own

• The belief that inanimate objects are alive, have human feelings and intentions

What is egocentrism?

• The ability to arrange a collection of items or situations in a logical series

• The ability to only focus on one aspect of a situation at any given time, while ignoring the rest

• The inability to understand that another person can hold a different visual perception from their own

• The belief that inanimate objects are alive, have human feelings and intentions

What is the cognitive achievement of the concrete-operational stage?

• Object permanence

• Invisible displacement

• Conservation

• Symbolic thinking

What is abstract thinking?

• The ability to think logically and carry out mental operations with concrete objects

• The ability to make predictions by reasoning out what might occur

• The ability to use symbols to represent alternative concepts

• The ability to arrange a collection of items or situations in a logical series

Which of the following is an example of the Pendulum Problem?

• Identifying patterns in a sequence of numbers

• Using a balance scale to determine the heaviest object

• Understanding the concept of gravity through a swinging pendulum

• Comparing the growth rates of different plants