Cognitive Development

When ten-month-old Frances throws her toy out of sight, she looks to see where it falls. Developmental psychologists would say that Frances’ behavior indicates that she has developed

• Centration

• Object permanence

• Egocentrism

• Accomodation

Jane is a five-year-old child who believes that her doll will be cold if not covered with a blanket at night and cannot understand why her older brother gets angry when she blocks his view of the television. According to Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, Jane is in which of the following developmental stages?

• Preoperational

• Sensorimotor

• Formal operational

• Concrete operational

Cindy understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Cindy is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage

• Preoperational

• Concrete operational

• Sensorimotor

• Formal operational

During which of Piaget's stages does a child develop the ability to systematically solve a problem in a logical and methodical way?

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

Which of the following best describes Piaget's concept of accommodation?

• Integrating new information into existing schemas

• Modifying existing schemas to incorporate new information

• Balancing assimilation and accommodation

• Learning through social interaction

How does accommodation differ from assimilation?

• Accommodation involves modifying existing knowledge without adding new information.

• Accommodation does not involve changes to pre-existing schemas.

• Accommodation involves altering existing schemas or creating new ones in response to new information.

• Accommodation is a quicker process than assimilation.

At what stage of cognitive development do children begin to understand the concept of conservation, according to Piaget?

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

Four-year-old Sawyer’s mother is helping him put together a puzzle that he cannot put together alone. When his mother tries to help, she realizes that Sawyer is ready to learn this skill on his own. Cognitive psychologists such as Lev Vygotsky would label this as what psychological process for child learning?

• Zone of proximal development

• Theory of mind

• Formal operational stage

• None of the above

A child reading a book points to a picture on the page and calls to his mother in another room and says, “Mommy, who’s in this picture?” He expects that she will know what he is pointing at, even though she cannot see it. Which of the following concepts is illustrated in this example?

•  Assimilation

• Egocentrism

• Animism

• Imaginary audience

According to Piaget, during which stage do children begin to engage in symbolic play and learn to manipulate symbols?

• Formal operational

• Concrete operational

• Preoperational

• Sensorimotor