WorksheetsCognitive Development
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
According to Piaget, children are ______ in constructing their understanding of the world.
Active
Passive
Neutral
By standers
Children in the preoperational stage have difficulty taking the perspective of another person. This is known as:
Egocentrism
Object Permanence
Reversibility
Metacognition
Two containers hold the same amount, but Jane thinks that the taller, skinnier glass holds more. This is known as:
Object Permanence
Ego centrism
Conservation
Reversibility
Piaget believed that children in the concrete operational stage have difficulty with:
Conservation
Deductive
Inductive
Perspective
Jean Piaget was a:
Child psychologist
Child psychiatrist
Genetic Epistemologist
Geneticist
The ability to think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the:
Sensorimotor Stage
Pre-Operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
A child learns on object permanence during the _____.
Sensorimotor Stage
Pre-Operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
the process of incorporating new information into one's existing knowledge of the world
Accomodation
Assimilation
Object Permanence
Reversibility
the process through which one changes their existing mental structures and schemes in order to accommodate new information.
Accomodation
Assimilation
Object Permanence
Reversibility
How many stages are there in Piaget's theory?
5
4
3
2
Problem solving and ______ are developed during the fourth stage, formal operational.
questioning
listening
looking
reasoning
Piaget's theory of development focuses on predictable _____ stages.
consecutive
followed
cognitive
none of the above
__ are mental representations or concepts.
postulate
theory
concept
schema
During the preoperational stage children a very _________
independent
loud
active
egocentric
According to Piaget a child acts like this sort of scientist
solitary
parallel
cooperative
competitive
Peek-a-boo works on children in what stage?
Sensorimotor Stage
Pre-Operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
In which of the following stages will children learn the concept of conservation?
Sensorimotor Stage
Pre-Operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
The ability to use deductive logic, think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the:
Sensorimotor Stage
Pre-Operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
An infant who has developed object permanence...
is attached to specific objects, such as a blanket.
knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view.
will see all objects as being the same.
cries when a wanted object is taken away.
Cindy understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Cindy is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage
Sensorimotor Stage
Pre-Operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
