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WorksheetsCognitive Development
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
When is brain development most rapid?
old age
early childhood
middle adulthood
adolescence
Cognitive development has to do with thinking and processing information
True
False
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:
Assimiliation
Accommodation
When a child understands that not all four legged animals are dogs, this is changing their existing schema. This is called:
Assimilation
Accommodation
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:
Schemas
Assimilation
Scaffolding
Object Permanence
Which psychologist spent may years working with children examining their ways of thinking?
Harlow
James
Wundt
Piaget
A mental representation of things in our world is called?
Object permanence
Schema
Scaffold
When we try to fit something new into an existing schema, this is called?
Assimilation
Accomodation
When we change an existing schema, this is called?
Assimilation
Accommodation
A child who can picture something in their mind exhibits what?
Scaffolding
Object Permanence
Representational Thought
Children younger than seven can understand conservation. (When a given quantity does not change even thought its appearance has changed)
True
False
What type of thinking is where a child has trouble understanding someone else's perspective?
egocentric
inclusive
tolerant
Which stage of Piaget's cognitive development involves the ability to solve abstract problems?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete
Formal
Which stage of Piaget's cognitive development is when a child does not understand object permanence and engages in simple motor responses to stimuli?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete
Formal
Piaget's research has never been criticized.
True
False
Vygotsky was different from Piaget and said the origins of cognitive development come from?
Ourselves- internal/natural changes
Surroundings - other people
Scaffolding is when those around a child model, support, and guide them until they are ready to be independent.
True
False
