Option 2 - Cognitive Development : Piaget

Which of the following is not an assumption made by Piaget in his theory of cognitive development?

• A. Children are active learners

• B. Children learn from interacting with their environment

• C. Physical maturation precedes cognitive development

• D. Language development is necessary for cognitive development.

This stage of Piagetian development is characterized by the ability to carry out abstract reasoning.

• A. Sensorimotor stage

• B. Pre Operational stage

• C. Concrete operations

• D. Formal operations

The dependent variable in Baillargeon and DeVos's Impossible Situation Test was

• A. The age of the child

• B. The length of time that the child stared at the track

• C. Whether the box was on the track or behind the track

• D. The level of object permanence

The ability to understand the conservation of matter is characteristic of the end of which stage of development?

• A. Sensorimotor stage

• B. Pre Operational stage

• C. Concrete Operations

• D. Formal Operations

Hughes's criticism of Piaget & Inhelder's three mountain task was

• A. The task was unethical in that the children were deceived.

• B. The task was more about object permanence than egocentrism.

• C. The task did not make sense to the children.

• D. It was open to demand characteristics.

According to Li's study on Chinese primary school children, what variable has an effect on a child's cognitive development?

• A. Relationship with the primary caregiver - that is, the mother or father

• B. Nutrition

• C. Culture - specifically, individualistic vs. collectivistic culture

• D. Education

Which of the following is not a limitation of Piagetian theory?

• A. It lacks cross-cultural support.

• B. The theory is descriptive rather than explanatory.

• C. Much of the research was cross-sectional, rather than longitudinal in design.

• D. The tasks used to test the theory were highly language dependent.