Cognitive Development

Sally attempts to retrieve her teddy bear after her father hides it under a blanket. This suggests that Sally has developed a sense of

• egocentrism.

• object permanence.

• conservation.

• accommodation.

When new information fits into existing information, what do we do with the new information?

• Accommodation

• Equilibration

• Assimilation

• Schema

When new information doesn’t fit into existing information, what do we do with the new information?

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

• Equilibration

• Schema

The process of taking in new information and adding it to what the child already knows is called __________

• accommodation

• schemata

• assimilation

• all of the above

According to Vygotsky, which of the following is not true?

• Children construct knowledge.

• Cognitive development occurs in distinct stages.

• Development cannot be separated from its social context.

• Language plays a central role in mental development.

The image shows what limitation Piaget had identified during sensorimotor stage? PLEASE USE CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY

The image shows what limitations in the preoperational stage?

• Conservation of mass

• Conservation of volume

• Conservation of matter

• Conservation of length

This limit according to Piaget is characterized by selfish reasoning based only on the perspective of the child.

• Symbolism

• Undoing/Mentally reversing action

• Centration

• Egocentrism

This process, according to Piaget, is the defining point to which the child shifts from one stage of thought to another. This occurs when the child comes to organize new and conflicting information to his or her old schemes

• Disequilibrium

• Adaptation

• Organization

• Equilibration

Which psychologist is best known for his theory of cognitive development in children?

• A) Sigmund Freud

• B) Jean Piaget

• C) B.F. Skinner

• D) Erik Erikson