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Piaget

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Cindy understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Cindy is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage
a)
preoperational
b)
concrete operational
c)
sensorimotor
d)
formal operational
2.
According to Piaget, during the formal operational stage people begin to:
a)
reason abstractly
b)
adhere to social norms
c)
distinguish between good and bad behaviors
d)
become aware of the positive and negative consequences of their own behaviors
3.
According to Piaget, children come to understand that the volume of a substance remains constant despite changes in its shape during the ________ stage.
a)
sensorimotor
b)
preoperational
c)
concrete operational
d)
formal operational
4.
An infant who has developed object permanence...
a)
is attached to specific objects, such as a blanket.
b)
will see all objects as being the same.
c)
knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view.
d)
cries when a wanted object is taken away.
5.
Four-year-old Jennifer mistakenly believes that her mother would like to receive a toy doll as a Christmas present. This best illustrates Piaget's concept of:
a)
accommodation
b)
attachment
c)
object permanence
d)
egocentricism
6.
The cognitive ability to be able to recognize that quantities remain the same when two glasses of water are sitting beside each other, and one is poured into a taller glass.
a)
Irreversibility
b)
Centration
c)
Conservation
d)
Object Permanence 
7.
The inability of young children to see the world through someone else's view is termed:
a)
Centration
b)
Irreversibility
c)
Conservation
d)
Egocentrism
8.
In which of the following stages will children learn the concept of conservation?
a)
preoperational
b)
concrete operational
c)
sensorimotor
d)
formal operational
9.
Peek-a-boo works on children in what stage?
a)
Sensorimotor
b)
Preoperational
c)
Concrete Operational
d)
Formal Operational
10.
Bobby believes that the sky is blue because someone painted it that color.  This is an example of . . .
a)
artificialism
b)
animism
c)
egocentrism
d)
conservation
11.
The ability to use deductive logic, think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the:
a)
Concrete Operational Stage
b)
Sensorimotor Stage
c)
Formal Operational Stage 
d)
Preoperational State 
12.
During the preoperational stage children a very _________
a)
independent
b)
loud
c)
egocentric
d)
self centered
13.
The first stage of development is the _____ stage.
a)
adaptation
b)
assimilation
c)
accommodation
d)
sensorimotor
14.
Jane's mother has two crackers, both of equal size. She breaks one of the crackers up into four pieces. Jane says she wants the one with the most and immediately chooses the four pieces, even though the two amounts are equal. Jane's choice illustrates Piaget's concept of:
a)
Accommodation
b)
Egocentrism
c)
False belief
d)
Conservation
15.

In Piaget's theory, the stage in which infants are only aware of what is immediately in front of them (from birth to about 2 years of age).

a)

Formal Operational Stage

b)

Preoperational Stage

c)

Sensorimotor Stage

d)

Concrete Operational Stage

16.

Piaget's fourth and final stage of cognitive development. The person can think logically, hypothetically, and in the abstract

a)

Preconventional Moral Reasoning

b)

Postconventional Moral Reasoning

c)

Conventional Moral Reasoning

d)

Formal Operational Stage

17.
How many stages did Piaget state people go through as they developed?
a)
5
b)
1
c)
4
d)
2
18.
According to your age and Piaget's theory, what stage are you at?
a)
Concrete Operational
b)
Formal Operational
c)
Preoperational
d)
Sensorimotor
19.

Sally attempts to retrieve her teddy bear after her father hides it under a blanket. This suggests that Sally has developed a sense of

a)

egocentrism.

b)

object permanence.

c)

conservation.

d)

accommodation.

20.

Robby understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Robby is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage.

a)

preoperational

b)

concrete operational

c)

sensorimotor

d)

formal operational