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Piaget's Theory

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of stage 1?

a)

Sensorimotor

b)

Concrete Operational

c)

Preoperational

d)

Formal Operational

2.
Young children cannot imagine another person's point of view. This is called:
a)
Centration
b)
Sensorimotor reactions
c)
Egocentrism
d)
Animistic thinking
3.
Which stage of cognitive development describes children between ages 2 and 7?
a)
Sensorimotor Stage
b)
Preoperational Stage
c)
Concrete Operational Stage
d)
Formal Operational Stage
4.

What stage involves having conversation skills, reversible thinking, difficulty with abstract reasoning, appreciating view of others, and are less egocentric?

a)

Formal

b)

Sensorimotor

c)

Preoperational

d)

Concrete operational

5.

What stage involves having no need to manipulate objects to solve problems, being capable of abstract thought and scientific experimentation, and are capable of understanding and applying ethical and moral principles?

a)

Concrete

b)

Formal

c)

Preoperational

d)

Sensorimotor

6.

How many stages are in Piaget's cognitive development theory?

a)

1

b)

6

c)

3

d)

4

7.

Piaget believed that children in the pre-operational stage have difficulty taking the perspective of another person. This is known as:

a)

Conservation

b)

Egocentrism

c)

object permanence

d)

Accommodation

8.

The sensorimotor age range is

a)

birth to 2 years

b)

2 to 7 years

c)

7 to 12 years

d)

12+years

9.

The concrete operational stage is

a)

birth to 2 years

b)

2 to 7 years

c)

7 to 12 years

d)

12+ years

10.

In what stage are children likely to develop object permanence?

a)

Pre-operational stage

b)

Concrete operational stage

c)

Formal operational stage

d)

Sensorimotor stage

11.

(BLANK) is knowing something exists even if it is out of sight

a)

Symbolic play

b)

Object permanence

c)

Egocentrism

d)

Animism

12.

(BLANK) children play using objects and ideas to represent other objects and ideas.

a)

Object permanence

b)

Animism

c)

Symbolic play

d)

Centration

13.

In what stage can children think about more than two things at once and also have the ability to think about how time changes things?

a)

Sensorimotor stage

b)

Pre-operational stage

c)

Concrete operational stage

d)

Formal operational stage

14.

(BLANK) is believing that objects that are not alive can behave as if they are alive.

a)

Symbolic play

b)

Object permanence

c)

Animism

d)

Egocentrism

15.

(BLANK) is focusing on one feature of a situation and ignoring other relevant features

a)

Egocentrism

b)

Centration

c)

Decentration

d)

Schema