Theories of Child Development

1. The Pre-operational stage in Piaget's theory told that the children were in ... years old.

(a)  

Based on Piaget's theory, repetitive motor habits, goal-oriented behaviour, active curiosity, imitation, and object permanence were part of the stage..

• Sensori-motor stage

• Pre-operational stage

• Intellectual revolution

• Concrete operational stage

Stage 2 is the concrete operational stage.

• True

• False

According to Piaget, what is the process of organisation?

While children between the ages of ... can use the rules of formal logic (as measured by the experimental tasks), they can only do so if the questions and problems are applied to concrete examples and objects in real life. During this stage, children develop ‘propositional thought’ which enables them to become competent at discussing and evaluating problems without referring to the real world.

(a)  

According to Piaget, for further cognitive growth of children, one process that refers to modifying the knowledge that children already have to fit to the new knowledge is called..

• 1. Organisation

• 1. Adaptation

• 1. Assimilation

• Accommodation

Choose the correct children performance number based on Piagetian children's concrete operational stage.

1. (1) Repetitive motor habits

2. (2) Animism

3. (3) Using analogy competently

4. (4) Egocentrism

5. (5) Thinking like a scientist

6. (6) Appreciating causality

• (1) and (3)

• (2) and (4)

• (3) and (6)

• (5) and (6)

1. Piaget states adaptation actually consists of two sub-processes: assimilation and accommodation. What is the difference between assimilation and accommodation?

What do you think when you see parents who force their children to do something that is not appropriate by their age, for example requiring the child to be able to count at the age of 2? Give your opinion on this incident.

Do you agree with Piaget’s statement about all children following the same stages of development in the exact same order? Why or why not?