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Cognitive Development

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to Piaget, children are ______ in constructing their understanding of the world.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

c)

Neutral

d)

By standers

2.

Children in the preoperational stage have difficulty taking the perspective of another person. This is known as:

a)

Egocentrism

b)

Object Permanence

c)

Reversibility

d)

Metacognition

3.

Two containers hold the same amount, but Jane thinks that the taller, skinnier glass holds more. This is known as:

a)

Object Permanence

b)

Ego centrism

c)

Conservation

d)

Reversibility

4.

Piaget believed that children in the concrete operational stage have difficulty with:

a)

Conservation

b)

Deductive

c)

Inductive

d)

Perspective

5.

Jean Piaget was a:

a)

Child psychologist

b)

Child psychiatrist

c)

Genetic Epistemologist

d)

Geneticist

6.

The ability to think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the:

a)

Sensorimotor Stage

b)

Pre-Operational

c)

Concrete Operational

d)

Formal Operational

7.

A child learns on object permanence during the _____.

a)

Sensorimotor Stage

b)

Pre-Operational

c)

Concrete Operational

d)

Formal Operational

8.

the process of incorporating new information into one's existing knowledge of the world

a)

Accomodation

b)

Assimilation

c)

Object Permanence

d)

Reversibility

9.

the process through which one changes their existing mental structures and schemes in order to accommodate new information.

a)

Accomodation

b)

Assimilation

c)

Object Permanence

d)

Reversibility

10.

How many stages are there in Piaget's theory?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

11.

Problem solving and ______ are developed during the fourth stage, formal operational.

a)

questioning

b)

listening

c)

looking

d)

reasoning

12.

Piaget's theory of development focuses on predictable _____ stages.

a)

consecutive

b)

followed

c)

cognitive

d)

none of the above

13.

__ are mental representations or concepts.

a)

postulate

b)

theory

c)

concept

d)

schema

14.

During the preoperational stage children a very _________

a)

independent

b)

loud

c)

active

d)

egocentric

15.

According to Piaget a child acts like this sort of scientist

a)

solitary

b)

parallel

c)

cooperative

d)

competitive

16.

Peek-a-boo works on children in what stage?

a)

Sensorimotor Stage

b)

Pre-Operational

c)

Concrete Operational

d)

Formal Operational

17.

In which of the following stages will children learn the concept of conservation?

a)

Sensorimotor Stage

b)

Pre-Operational

c)

Concrete Operational

d)

Formal Operational

18.

The ability to use deductive logic, think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the:

a)

Sensorimotor Stage

b)

Pre-Operational

c)

Concrete Operational

d)

Formal Operational

19.

An infant who has developed object permanence...

a)

is attached to specific objects, such as a blanket.

b)

knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view.

c)

will see all objects as being the same.

d)

cries when a wanted object is taken away.

20.

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

a)

Sensorimotor Stage

b)

Pre-Operational

c)

Concrete Operational

d)

Formal Operational