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WorksheetsPROF ED 1 - QUIZ 3
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 16mins
How many stages are in Piaget's cognitive theory?
7
6
5
4
The process of taking in new information and adding it to what the child already knows is called __________.
accommodation
assimilation
schema
organization
Piaget's theory of development focuses on predictable _____ stages.
consecutive
cognitive
followed
psychosexual
The first stage of development is the _____ stage.
adaptation
assimilation
accommodation
sensorimotor
_____ is adjusting what is already known to fit the new information.
schema
assimilation
accommodation
scaffolding
Enzo understands his world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Enzo is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage.
preoperational
concrete operational
sensorimotor
formal operational
This idea is why peek-a-boo works with babies
imprinting
representational thought
conservation
object permanence
Understanding that quantity stays the same despite the shape.
object permanence
conservation
egocentrism
schema
An infant who has developed object permanence...
is attached to specific objects, such as a blanket.
will see all objects as being the same.
knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view.
cries when a wanted object is taken away.
According to Piaget, children come to understand that the volume of a substance remains constant despite changes in its shape during the ________ stage.
sensorimotor stage
preoperational stage
concrete operational stage
formal operational stage
What does cognitive development refer to?
The process by which a child uses old methods to deal with new situations
Children adjusting to new situations
How a person thinks and gains understanding through interaction of genetic and environmental factors
Learning at different rates
What is mostly focused on in the "preoperational" stage?
Use symbols(words and mental pictures)to solve simple problems
Fine motor skills
Learning to babble
Walking/running
A schema is a:
Category of knowledge that allows us to interpret and understand the world.
Process of taking in new information
Process of balancing old knowledge and new informtion
None of the above
Joaquin has learned to feed himself with a spoon. When his mother gives him a fork he immediately begins to feed himself. Joaquin has _______ the fork into his schema for utensils.
accomodated
appropriated
assimilated
initiated
Lorenzo's mother has two crackers, both of equal size. He breaks one of the crackers up into four pieces. Lorenzo says he wants the one with the most and immediately chooses the four pieces, even though the two amounts are equal. Lorenzo's choice illustrates Piaget's concept of:
accommodation
egocentrism
false belief
conservation
