9.2 Quiz

realization that things continue to exist even when out of sight

• perception
• concrete operations period
• sensorimotor period
• symbolic thinking
• object permanence

stage that describes babies thinking, when learning occurs mostly through the senses

• perception
• concrete operations period
• sensorimotor period
• symbolic thinking
• object permanence

period during which children can think logically but still learn best through direct experience

• perception
• concrete operations period
• sensorimotor period
• symbolic thinking
• object permanence

using words or numbers to represent ideas

• perception
• concrete operations period
• sensorimotor period
• symbolic thinking
• object permanence

learning through the senses

• perception
• concrete operations period
• sensorimotor period
• symbolic thinking
• object permanence

Children begin to think abstractly in the

• preoperational period
• concrete operations period
• sensorimotor period
• formal operational period

Babies learn by making connections between events, in a process called

• association
• attachment
• perception
• teething

The sensorimotor stage lasts until about

• age 1
• age 2
• age 3
• age 4

Recent thinkers have questioned some of Piaget's findings, but his work remains important for showing that children

• learn best by reading
• learn differently than adults do
• pass through fixed stages
• can't think abstractly

In a child's first few years, verbal instruction is

• essential to learning
• not as important as having experiences
• very helpful to learning
• useless