Piaget and Vygotsky Review

What is the term Piaget used to describe the process that refines and transforms mental structures?

• Schema

• Equilibration

• Accommodation

• Assimilation

According to Piaget, what is the first stage of cognitive development?

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

Which of the following is NOT one of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

• Postformal Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

What is the term for the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities?

• Animism

• Artificialism

• Transductive Reasoning

• Egocentrism

What is the main development during the sensorimotor stage?

• Seriation

• Conservation

• Object Permanence

• Egocentrism

Which of the following is a characteristic of the preoperational stage?

• Hypothetico-deductive reasoning

• Egocentrism

• Abstract Thought

• Reversibility

What is the term for the ability to understand that redistributing material does not affect its mass, number, or volume?

• Classification

• Conservation

• Centration

• Irreversibility

According to Vygotsky, what is the term for the difference between what a learner can do without help and what they can do with help?

• More Knowledgeable Other

• Scaffolding

• Zone of Proximal Development

• Private Speech

Which of the following is a method under Vygotsky's sociocultural theory that involves summarizing, questioning, clarifying, and predicting?

• Scaffolding

• Concrete Operations

• Reciprocal Teaching

• Egocentric Speech

What is the term for the ability to think scientifically through generating predictions or hypotheses?

• Inductive Reasoning

• Transductive Reasoning

• Hypothetico-deductive reasoning

• Concrete Operations