DevPsy_1_Multiple Question

What is meant by Genetic Epistemology?

• Study of the knowledge process

• Study of the relationship between the acting or thinking subject and its object of experience

• Study of human development

• Study of knowledge

According to Piaget, how do humans acquire knowledge?

• Knowledge must be acquired

• Innate knowledge

• Knowledge is objective

• Knowledge is subjective

What is assimilation?

• the process of fitting reality into one current cognitive organization

• The process of changing cognitive structures to accept something from the environment.

• A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.

• an organized pattern of behavior

How is the biological approach applied in Piaget's theory?

• Cognitive growth is only influenced by the social environment

• Cognitive growth is not related to biology

• Cognitive growth is not related to biology

• Cognitive growth is similar to embryological growth

What is meant by the Sensorimotor period in the stage approach?

• Children can use symbols to represent objects and events

• Mental operations are not limited to concrete objects

• Children understand the world in terms of their physical actions on the world

• Children can perform various mental operations, but are limited to concrete objects

What is meant by Accommodation in the mechanism of cognitive development?

• The process of inserting reality into the current cognitive organization

• The process of changing cognitive structure to accept something from the environment

• The process of adapting reality into the current cognitive organization

• The process of actively selecting and interpreting information

What is meant by the stage approach in Piaget's theory?

• Each stage is not related to each other

• Each stage follows a different sequence

• Each stage involves the process of becoming and being

• Each stage is not universal

How is clinical method applied in Piaget's theory?

• Through object manipulation

• Through chain of verbal interactions between researcher and child

• Through diary observations of three infants themselves

• Through in-depth interviews

What is developed in the Formal Operational stage according to Piaget's theory?

• Children can use symbols to represent objects and events

• Children understand the world in terms of their physical actions on the world

• Mental operations are not limited to concrete objects

• Children can perform various mental operations, but are limited to concrete objects

How does Piaget define the term 'equilibration' in his theory?

• The process of balancing assimilation and accommodation

• The process of adapting to the environment without any changes

• The process of ignoring new information

• The process of rejecting existing schemas