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Cognitive Development

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When is brain development most rapid?

a)

old age

b)

early childhood

c)

middle adulthood

d)

adolescence

2.

Cognitive development has to do with thinking and processing information

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Suppose a child has learned the word "dog" and associates it as a 4 legged animal. Then she sees a cow, but calls it "dog." This is known as:

a)

Assimiliation

b)

Accommodation

4.

When a child understands that not all four legged animals are dogs, this is changing their existing schema. This is called:

a)

Assimilation

b)

Accommodation

5.

When a child realizes things still exist even though they cannot see them or touch them, (for instance their parents or a toy) this is called:

a)

Schemas

b)

Assimilation

c)

Scaffolding

d)

Object Permanence

6.

Which psychologist spent may years working with children examining their ways of thinking?

a)

Harlow

b)

James

c)

Wundt

d)

Piaget

7.

A mental representation of things in our world is called?

a)

Object permanence

b)

Schema

c)

Scaffold

8.

When we try to fit something new into an existing schema, this is called?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Accomodation

9.

When we change an existing schema, this is called?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Accommodation

10.

A child who can picture something in their mind exhibits what?

a)

Scaffolding

b)

Object Permanence

c)

Representational Thought

11.

Children younger than seven can understand conservation. (When a given quantity does not change even thought its appearance has changed)

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What type of thinking is where a child has trouble understanding someone else's perspective?

a)

egocentric

b)

inclusive

c)

tolerant

13.

Which stage of Piaget's cognitive development involves the ability to solve abstract problems?

a)

Sensorimotor

b)

Preoperational

c)

Concrete

d)

Formal

14.

Which stage of Piaget's cognitive development is when a child does not understand object permanence and engages in simple motor responses to stimuli?

a)

Sensorimotor

b)

Preoperational

c)

Concrete

d)

Formal

15.

Piaget's research has never been criticized.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Vygotsky was different from Piaget and said the origins of cognitive development come from?

a)

Ourselves- internal/natural changes

b)

Surroundings - other people

17.

Scaffolding is when those around a child model, support, and guide them until they are ready to be independent.

a)

True

b)

False