7-10

Piaget believed that children from age__________ fall into the __________ stage.

• 5 to 7; preoperational

• 2 to 7; concrete operational

• 5 to 7; concrete operational

• 2 to 7; preoperational

__________ is the understanding that quantity is unrelated to the arrangement and physical appearance of objects.

• Assimilation

• Conservation

• Centration

• Actuation

The ability to understand the mental states of others and to recognize that those may be different than one's own is known as _________________.

• conservation

• theory of mind

• preoperational stage

• self concept

Western cultures, unlike many Asian cultures, promote a view of the self that is reflected in a(n) __________.

• impoverished self-concept

• collectivistic orientation

• initiative-versus-guilt conflict

• individualistic orientation

Which term describes aggression motivated by the desire to obtain a tangible goal?

• relational aggression

• instrumental aggression

• hostile aggression

• regulated aggression

A 5-year-old child who thinks in an egocentric manner would be in Jean Piaget's __________ stage.

• concrete operational

• decentering

• abstract operational

• preoperational

Which term refers to a child's capacity to take multiple aspects of a situation into account?

• concrete operational

• abstract operational

• preoperational

• decentering