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Piaget & Vygotsky

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main focus of Piaget's theory?

a)

Social development

b)

Cognitive development

c)

Memory

d)

Emotional responses

2.

Whom did Piaget conduct his research on?

a)

The country's population of children

b)

His own children

c)

A small sample of adults

d)

His own children and a small sample of other children

3.

Is small sample size a strength or limitation?

a)

Strength

b)

Limitation

4.

Which of the four is not a strength of Piaget's research?

a)

Major contribution to developmental psychology

b)

Cultural and social factors were excluded

c)

Improvement of educational resources for children

d)

New perspectives on children's brains

5.

Piaget disagreed with idea that (a)   was a fixed trait.

6.

Piaget regarded cognitive development as a process that occurs due to biological maturation and interaction with the environment.

a)

False

b)

True

7.

Piaget's theory combines _______ and _________ to accommodate for children's differences

a)

Biology and cultures

b)

Cultures and experiences

c)

Biology and experiences

d)

Cultures and emotions

8.

Piaget overestimated children's abilities

a)

False

b)

True

9.

Piaget did not consider that children may not transfer immediately from one ______ to another

a)

stage

b)

emotion

c)

school

10.

Vygotsky's theory insinuates that mental functions have ________ or social connections

a)

antisocial

b)

biological

c)

internal

d)

external

11.

Who theorised that children develop more systematic, logical and rational concepts from dialogue and a skilled helper?

a)

Vygotsky

b)

Piaget

c)

Both

d)

Niether

12.

According to Piaget, as a child seeks to construct an understanding of the world, the developing brain creates _______.

a)

connections

b)

emotions

c)

schemas

d)

boundaries

13.

Piaget had a strong emphasis that cognitive development occurs in four stages (sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operations, and formal operations). How many stages did Vygotsky emphasise?

a)

No general stages

b)

1: formal operations

c)

2: sensorimotor and formal operations

d)

3: sensorimotor, pre-operational and formal operations

14.

Which psychologist emphasised on establishing opportunities for children to learn with teachers and more skilled peers - socially

a)

Niether

b)

Both

c)

Piaget

d)

Vygotsky

15.

Which process for development and learning did Vygotsky not include?

a)

Equilibration

b)

Scaffolding

c)

Language/dialogue

d)

Tools of culture