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WorksheetsPiaget Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Piaget developed a theory of Cognitive Development which has ____ stages.
2
3
4
5
Incorporating new information into your existing ideas is a process known as:
Accommodation
Appropriation
Assimilation
Initiation
The process of incorporating new information into existing knowledge is known as _____, whereas the process of adjusting our schemas to fit new information and events is known as _____.
organisation; assimilation
schema; accommodation
accommodation; assimilation
assimilation; accommodation
According to Piaget, _____ is a concept or framework that organises and interprets information.
memory
schema
organiser
mental image
Two containers hold the same amount, but Jane thinks that the taller, skinnier glass holds more. This task is testing
Accommodation
Egocentrism
False Belief
Conservation
A schema is a:
Category of knowledge that allows us to interpret and understand the world
The process of taking in new information and experiences
The process of balancing old knowledge and new information
None of the above
The ability to think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the:
Concrete Operational Stage
Formal Operational Stage
Sensorimotor stage
Preoperational Stage
Children in the preoperational stage have difficulty taking the perspective of another person. This is known as:
Reversibility
Metacognition
Egocentrism
Conservation
Piaget's stages have been criticised because:
His theory was based on an unrepresentative sample of children
Not all people reach the formal operational stage
His theory underestimates children’s abilities
All of the above
The fours stages of Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development in order are
Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete operational, Formal operational
Preoperational, Sensorimotor, Concrete operational, Formal Operational
Sensorimotor, Object Permanence, Goal-directed behaviour, Egocentrism
Formal operational, Concrete operational, Sensorimotor, Preoperational
According to Piaget, object permanence is achieved during which stage of cognitive development?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational
According to Piaget, the sensorimotor stage occurs between ages
12 and above
7 to 12 years of age
2 to 7 years of age
Birth to 2 years of age
Animism is
when children believe that their parents are cartoon characters
when children believe that inanimate objects are alive and have feelings
when children believe that they are the centre of the world
when children believe that objects change with their appearance
A famous test for object permanence is
to ask if they have siblings and if their siblings have siblings
the blanket and ball study
a deductive reasoning quiz
to look at a card with pictures on both sides and ask what the cardholder is seeing
Classification is the ability to
sort objects into meaningful groups
place an ad in the classifieds
view the world from someone else's perspective
find a ball under a blanket
