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PIAGET COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THEORY

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name:

4 lines
2.

Jean Piaget was a:

a)

neurologist

b)

counselor

c)

biologist

d)

Genetic epistemologist

3.

3. 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 _____.

a)

organization; assimilation

b)

schema; accommodation

c)

accommodation; assimilation

d)

assimilation; accommodation

4.

Enumerate chronologically the Piaget's 4 stages of development: (4points)

(a)  

5.

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

a)

preoperational

b)

sensorimotor

c)

concrete operational

d)

formal operational

6.

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

7.

(a)   is the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the sense.

8.

1. How many stages are in Piaget's Theory?

a)

9

b)

2

c)

4

d)

5