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WorksheetsPiaget & Vygotsky
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was the main focus of Piaget's theory?
Social development
Cognitive development
Memory
Emotional responses
Whom did Piaget conduct his research on?
The country's population of children
His own children
A small sample of adults
His own children and a small sample of other children
Is small sample size a strength or limitation?
Strength
Limitation
Which of the four is not a strength of Piaget's research?
Major contribution to developmental psychology
Cultural and social factors were excluded
Improvement of educational resources for children
New perspectives on children's brains
Piaget disagreed with idea that (a) was a fixed trait.
Piaget regarded cognitive development as a process that occurs due to biological maturation and interaction with the environment.
False
True
Piaget's theory combines _______ and _________ to accommodate for children's differences
Biology and cultures
Cultures and experiences
Biology and experiences
Cultures and emotions
Piaget overestimated children's abilities
False
True
Piaget did not consider that children may not transfer immediately from one ______ to another
stage
emotion
school
Vygotsky's theory insinuates that mental functions have ________ or social connections
antisocial
biological
internal
external
Who theorised that children develop more systematic, logical and rational concepts from dialogue and a skilled helper?
Vygotsky
Piaget
Both
Niether
According to Piaget, as a child seeks to construct an understanding of the world, the developing brain creates _______.
connections
emotions
schemas
boundaries
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?
No general stages
1: formal operations
2: sensorimotor and formal operations
3: sensorimotor, pre-operational and formal operations
Which psychologist emphasised on establishing opportunities for children to learn with teachers and more skilled peers - socially
Niether
Both
Piaget
Vygotsky
Which process for development and learning did Vygotsky not include?
Equilibration
Scaffolding
Language/dialogue
Tools of culture
