Jean Piaget Quiz

Who was Jean Piaget?

• A French philosopher and mathematician

• A Swiss psychologist and genetic epistemologist

• An American sociologist and anthropologist

• A German physicist and chemist

When was Jean Piaget born?

• August 9, 1896

• July 15, 1900

• September 12, 1885

• October 3, 1890

What theory is Jean Piaget known for founding?

• Behaviorism

• Psychoanalytic theory

• Cognitive theory

• Humanistic theory

When did Jean Piaget die?

• 1975

• 1980

• 1985

• 1990

Who developed an interest in psychoanalysis and spent a year working at a boys' institution?

• Binet

• Freud

• Piaget

• Skinner

Who is known as the developer of the world's first intelligence test?

• Piaget

• Binet

• Freud

• Skinner

According to Piaget, how do children sort the knowledge they acquire?

• Through memorization

• Through their experiences and interactions

• Through repetition

• Through instruction

What are the groupings of knowledge known as, according to Piaget?

• Categories

• Classes

• Schemas

• Types

When new information is acquired, it can either be assimilated into existing schemas or what?

• Integrated

• Accommodated

• Separated

• Ignored

What does the process of accommodation involve?

• Memorizing new information

• Revising an existing schema or creating an entirely new category of information

• Ignoring new information

• Repeating the information until it is remembered