Development (Piaget)

1.     Piaget believed in…

•     Nature

• Nurture

•    Both

• None of the above

According to Piaget, we all develop in the same way

• True

• False

In the sensorimotor stage of development babies develop…

• Conservation principle

• Object permanence

• Moral reasoning

What is conservation principle?

• The concept that emotional development is linear and progresses through distinct stages

• The idea that children can understand that certain properties of objects, such as volume or mass, remain the same despite changes in form or appearance.

• The belief that children are born with innate knowledge about the world and do not require experience to learn.

• The theory that social interactions are the primary drivers of cognitive development.

What is the age of Preoperational stage?

•     0-2 yrs

• 2-4 yrs

• 2-7 yrs

• 7-12 yrs

Why might young children lack understanding of conservation?

• They are unable to count objects

• They are easily distracted

• They focus on changes in spacing rather than number

• They do not understand quantity or number

Do children think the number of coins in 1st row and 2nd row are the same?

• same

• different

When children play a game where the “number” determines the winner, what observation is made regarding their understanding of spacing?

• They are confused by changes in spacing

• They ignore changes in spacing

• They focus only on the color of objects

• They cannot complete the game without help

In the “naughty bear” experiment, what percentage of 6-year-olds passed the conservation test when the bear messed up the row of counters?

• 40%

• 53%

• 62%

• 75%

According to Piaget, which abilities do children in the preoperational stage struggle to conserve?

• Number, mass, volume

• Number, size, color

• Length, mass, height

• Weight, length, volume