Piaget's Cognitive Development Quiz

According to Piaget, schemas are:

• Reflexes that disappear with age

• Repeated motor actions with no goal

• Goal-directed behaviors used to explore the environment

• Mental symbols for real-world objects

What is the correct order of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

• Preoperational → Sensorimotor → Formal Operational → Concrete Operational

• Sensorimotor → Preoperational → Concrete Operational → Formal Operational

• Sensorimotor → Concrete Operational → Preoperational → Formal Operational

• Preoperational → Concrete Operational → Sensorimotor → Formal Operational

Which of the following best describes preoperational thinking?

• Logical and abstract

• Hypothetical and reversible

• Egocentric and centered on perception

• Based entirely on trial and error

The concept of object permanence develops during which stage?

• Preoperational stage

• Concrete operational stage

• Sensorimotor stage

• Formal operational stage

What is the A-not-B error?

• Preferring old toys over new ones

• Looking under the first hiding place even after seeing the object moved to a second

• Forgetting how to use a toy after a delay

• Misidentifying objects due to perceptual similarity

What is reversibility in Piaget’s theory?

• The ability to move objects backward

• The understanding that changes can be undone mentally

• A return to earlier stages of development

• The switching of learning styles in different contexts

Which of the following is a feature of formal operational thought?

• Egocentrism

• Symbolic play

• Ability to test hypotheses using the isolation of variables

• Reliance on perceptual similarity

Piaget's concept of equilibration refers to:

• Children’s need for social interaction

• A return to sensorimotor behaviors under stress

• The balance between assimilation and accommodation

• Equally distributing knowledge across domains

In a conservation task, a child fails to recognize that a stretched piece of clay is the same amount as when it was a ball. This child is most likely in the:

• Sensorimotor stage

• Preoperational stage

• Concrete operational stage

• Formal operational stage

Piaget’s theory is described as constructivist because:

• He believed children are passive recipients of information

• He emphasized rote learning through repetition

• He proposed that children actively build knowledge through interaction

• He believed all knowledge is innate and predetermined