Exploring Piaget's Developmental Stages

Which of the following is the age range for Piaget's sensorimotor stage of cognitive development?

• Birth to 2 years

• 2 to 7 years

• 7 to 11 years

• 12 years and older

What is the main characteristic of the preoperational stage according to Piaget?

• Logical thinking

• Use of symbols and language

• Mastery of conservation

• Abstract reasoning

Object permanence is best described as:

• The ability to use objects as symbols

• Understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen

• The ability to see things from another person's perspective

• The ability to perform mental operations

Which of the following is an example of symbolic play?

• A child stacking blocks

• A child pretending a banana is a phone

• A child sorting shapes by color

• A child crawling to reach a toy

During the preoperational stage, children often display egocentrism. What does this mean?

• They can solve logical problems

• They understand conservation

• They have difficulty seeing things from another person's perspective

• They can think abstractly

A child searches for a toy that has been hidden under a blanket. According to Piaget, this behavior demonstrates:

• Egocentrism

• Object permanence

• Conservation

• Animism

Which activity would best help a child in the preoperational stage develop symbolic thinking?

• Sorting blocks by size

• Playing "house" with dolls and toy furniture

• Completing a puzzle

• Stacking cups

A teacher observes that a child insists that the amount of water changes when poured from a short, wide glass into a tall, thin glass. This is an example of:

• Conservation failure in the preoperational stage

• Mastery of object permanence

• Symbolic play

• Egocentrism

A 4-year-old child covers their eyes and says, "You can't see me!" What does this behavior illustrate about their cognitive development?

• Mastery of conservation

• Egocentrism typical of the preoperational stage

• Understanding of object permanence

• Logical thinking

Imagine you are designing a classroom activity to assess object permanence in infants. Which of the following would be the most appropriate method?

• Ask the infant to sort colored blocks

• Hide a toy under a cloth and observe if the infant searches for it

• Have the infant repeat words after you

• Show the infant a picture and ask them to describe it