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Jean Piaget's Theory

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the process of fitting a new experience into an existing or previously created cognitive structure or schema.

a)

schema

b)

assimilation

c)

accommodation

d)

equilibration

2.

This refers to the cognitive structures by which individuals intellectually adapt to and organize their environment.

a)

disequilibrium

b)

assimilation

c)

accommodation

d)

schema

3.

A child silently nods on the telephone to answer his Father who is on the other side of the phone inquiring if Mom is around. Which of the following characteristics does the child demonstrates?

a)

animism

b)

centration

c)

egocentrism

d)

symbolic function

4.

Karl does not realize that the juice in each glass can be poured back into the juice box from which it came. Karl demonstrates which of the following characteristics?

a)

centration

b)

animism

c)

irreversibility

d)

transductive reasoning

5.

According to Piaget this is one of the most important milestones for infants during sensori-motor stage where infants learn that things continue to exist even when out of sight.

a)

Egocentrism

b)

Animism

c)

Object permanence

d)

Centration

6.

Which of the following characteristics is only observed in the formal operational stage of the cognitive development theory of Jean Piaget?

a)

Conservation

b)

Reversibility

c)

Abstract thinking

d)

Decentration

7.

The ability to come up with different hypothesis about a problem and weight data to make judgment.

a)

Deductive reasoning

b)

Logical reasoning

c)

Analogical reasoning

d)

Hypothetical reasoning

8.

A child can understand that a ball of clay shaped into a dinosaur can again be rolled back into ball of clay. In what particular stage does this characteristic emerges?

a)

Sensorimotor stage

b)

Preoperational stage

c)

Formal operational stage

d)

Concrete operational stage

9.

Children show the ability of putting objects in order from short to tall, tiny to big, small to large, etc. This ability is also called ___.

a)

Reversibility

b)

Seriation

c)

Decentering

d)

Classification

10.

This term is characterized as the inability of the child to realize that some things remain unchanged despite looking different.

a)

Reversibility

b)

Lack of conservation

c)

Centration

d)

Classification

11.

It is the tendency of a child to attribute human like traits to inanimate objects.

a)

Realism

b)

Animism

c)

Egocentrism

d)

Artificialism

12.

A child is pretending that the hotdog pillow is a racket. This characterizes which of the following:

a)

Realism

b)

Symbolic Function

c)

Animism

d)

Artificialism

13.

Which of the following is the characteristic of the child that belongs to the Formal Operational Stage.

a)

Abstract thought emerges.

b)

They acquire knowledge through sensory experiences.

c)

Understands the concept of conservation.

d)

Tends to be egocentric and struggle to see things from the perspective of other.

14.

Which of the following is the characteristic of the child that belongs to the Preoperational Stage. Tick all that apply.

a)

Symbolic Function

b)

Analogical reasoning

c)

Lack of conservation

d)

Reversibility