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Piaget Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many cognitive development steps did Piaget create?

a)

one

b)

three

c)

four

d)

two

2.

What stage includes an infant exploring the world through sensory and motor contact?

a)

Concrete operational

b)

Preoperational

c)

Sensorimotor

d)

Formal operational

3.

Does the formal operational phase include adolescents to create reason to think in hypothetical terms?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What is the goal of Piaget's Theory?

a)

To explain the mechanisms and processes by which infants and then children develop into individuals

b)

To track child development as children age.

c)

To finally understand why these hip young kids won't get off his lawn.

d)

To create a road map for cognitive development.

5.

To Piaget cognitive development was a progressive reorganization of mental process as a result of?

a)

Radioactive waste

b)

Biological maturation and environmental maturation.

c)

Nurture as the child development.

6.

The concrete stage of development marks the beginning of?

a)

Preiperational stage

b)

formal operational stage

c)

Concrete operational stage

d)

Sensorimotor stage

7.

Piaget was interested both in how children learned and in how they thought.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What years are the Preoperational stage of Development

a)

0-2 years

b)

2-7 years

c)

7-11 years

d)

11+ years

9.

Within the classroom learning should be student centered and accomplished through active discovery learning. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning, rather than direct tuition. Therefore, teachers should encourage the following within the classroom:

a)

Focus on the process of learning, rather than end product of it

b)

using collaborative as well as individual activites

c)

evaluate the level of the childs development so suitable task can be set

d)

All of the above

10.

What is the key feature of the formal operational stage?

a)

Egocentrism

b)

Object Permanence

c)

Manipulate ideas in head

d)

none of the above

e)

all of the above

11.

Piaget's cognitive development has been instrumental in determining the structure of educational curricula.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Was Piaget's theory originally related to education?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

I don't know

13.

How does Piaget's theory differ from others at the time?

a)

Concerned with children,rather than all learners

b)

focuses on development, rather then learning

c)

It proposes discrete stages of development

d)

all of the above

14.

What is the most important development at the Preoperational stage?

a)

language

b)

shapes

c)

problem-solving skills

d)

reasoning

15.

If you're teaching a 10th grade history class what stage should your students be at?

a)

Formal operational

b)

Concrete operational

c)

preoperational

d)

senserimotor