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cognitive development

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This idea is why peek-a-boo works with babies

a)

Imprinting

b)

Representational thought

c)

Accommodation

d)

Object Permanance

2.

How new ideas fit into existing schemas

a)

Conservation

b)

Assimilation

c)

Accommodation

d)

Schema

3.

Understanding that quantity stays the same despite the shape.

a)

Object permanence

b)

egocentrism

c)

Schema

d)

Conservation

4.

An infant who has developed object permanence...

a)

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

b)

is attached to specific objects, such as a blanket.

c)

will see all objects as being the same.

d)

cries when a wanted object is taken away.

5.

According to Piaget, children come to understand that the volume of a substance remains constant despite changes in its shape during the ________ stage.

a)

sensorimotor

b)

preoperational

c)

formal operational

d)

concrete operational

6.

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

a)

preoperational

b)

concrete operational

c)

sensorimotor

d)

formal operational

7.

From a Vygotskian perspective, scaffolding serves what purpose in instruction?

a)

It keeps school tasks within students’ actual developmental levels.

b)

It supports students as they perform difficult tasks.

c)

It gives students an idea of what they need to do to get good grades.

d)

It lets students learn by watching one another.

8.

This theorist’s major contribution was the idea of the Zone of Proximal Development

a)

Piaget

b)

Erikson

c)

Vygotsky

d)

Maslow

9.

________________ is a term Paiget used to represent the building blocks of knowledge.

a)

Assimilation

b)

Assimilation

c)

Equilibration

d)

Schema

10.

The ZPD is between

a)

What the learner can do with help and what the learner cannot do

b)

What the learner can do on their own and what the learner will be able to do on their own

c)

What the learner can do on their own and what they can do with help

11.

To help in the ZPD the teacher must use

a)

scaffolding

b)

student goal setting

c)

continuous help

d)

independent practice

12.

Which of the following concepts undergirds Vygotsky’s perspective on learning?

a)

Assimilation and proximity

b)

Adaptation and equilibrium

c)

Culture and Language

d)

Adaptation and accommodation

13.

According to Vygotsky, students can benefit from help if:

a)

They are at the stage of concrete operational or higher

b)

Tasks are in their zones of proximal development

c)

Their inner speech is developed past preoperational

d)

They are capable of transformation and reversibility

14.

Which one of the following best illustrates a student working in his or her zone of proximal development?

a)

Logan, a ninth grader, uses correct grammar and punctuation when he writes persuasive essays.

b)

Seth has trouble balancing chemical equations. His teacher sat with him and offered assistance, but he was still unable to do it. “I just don’t get it,” he comments.

c)

Maya is practicing her serve in tennis. She watched a video that illustrated the correct technique, and she is now attempting to perfect the technique so it will be more effective when she plays.

d)

Sophie is learning to create certain effects with her PowerPoint slides. She can create the effects she wants when her instructor sits with her, but she has trouble on her own.

15.

Vygotsky believes that

a)

learning occurs when learners reaact with others in their social environment

b)

learning is heavily related to the interactions of others

c)

learning occurs in social contexts

d)

learning occurs in specific stages