Developmental Psychology

The four stages of Piaget's cognitive development (in order) are:

• Sensory-motor, pre-operational, formal operational, concrete operational.

• Sensory-motor, formal operational, concrete operational, optional.

• Sensory-motor, pre-operational, concrete operational, formal operational.

• Sensory-motor, abstract operational, logical operational, formal operational.

Object permanence can be defined as:

• Pieces of information continuing to be remembered.

• Events and ideas being permanently engrained in the mind.

• Objects continuing to exist even after they have left our perception.

• Believing you can see things that are not there.

The key feature of the 'pre-operational stage' is:

• Thinking logically

• Thinking in operational format

• Being egocentric

• Seeing things from others points of view

The concrete operational stage occurs in what age bracket?

• Birth - 2

• 7 - 11 years

• 11+ years

• 2 - 7 years

The two key characteristics of the concrete operational stage (7 - 11 years) are:

• Conservation and classifying

• Classifying and concentration

• Conservation and concentration

• Classifying and categorising

Who developed the 4 stage theory of cognitive development?

• Lev Vygotsky

• Arnold Palmer

• Erik Erikson

• Jean Piaget

Which of the following is an example of fine motor development?

• control of the torso

• the development of leg muscles

• the movement of fingers

• the development of arm muscles

What term is used to describe a child’s inability to see the world through anyone else’s eyes except his or her own?

• egocentrism

• narcissism

• disparity

• assimilation

According to Piaget, the ability to understand that simply changing the appearance of an object does not change the object’s nature is known as _______.

• centration

• assimilation

• conservation

• object permanence

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

• Concrete operational

• Preoperational

• Sensorimotor

• Formal operational