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Piaget's Cognitive Development

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An infant who has developed object permanence...
a)
is attached to specific objects, such as a blanket.
b)
will see all objects as being the same.
c)
knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view.
d)
cries when a wanted object is taken away.
2.
Four-year-old Jennifer mistakenly believes that her mother would like to receive a toy doll as a Christmas present. This best illustrates Piaget's concept of:
a)
accommodation
b)
attachment
c)
object permanence
d)
egocentricism
3.
Peek-a-boo works on children in what stage?
a)
Sensorimotor
b)
Preoperational
c)
Concrete Operational
d)
Formal Operational
4.
The ability to use deductive logic, think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the:
a)
Concrete Operational Stage
b)
Sensorimotor Stage
c)
Formal Operational Stage 
d)
Preoperational State 
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)
concrete operational
d)
formal operational
6.

This is where the child follows the principle “If nothing is added or taken away, then the amount of something stays the same.”

a)

Sensorimotor

b)

Preoperational

c)

Concrete Operational

d)

Formal Operational

7.

Erika is playing with Legos, and she arranges the bricks by size or length, from largest to smallest. Erika utilized what kind of concrete operations?

a)

Classification 

b)

Identity

c)

Decentration

d)

Seriation

8.

This process refers to the child's use of current schemes to interpret the external world.

a)

Adaptation

b)

Assimilation

c)

Accommodation

d)

Organization

9.

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

a)

disequilibrium

b)

assimilation

c)

accommodation

d)

schema

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

a)

Realism

b)

Animism

c)

Egocentrism

d)

Artificialism

13.

It happens when the existing schema does not work and needs to be changed

a)

Cognition

b)

Schema

c)

Assimilation

d)

Accommodation

14.

It is using an existing schema to deal with a new object or situation.

a)

Cognition

b)

Schema

c)

Assimilation

d)

Accommodation

15.

What description goes with the sensorimotor stage?

a)

Abstract reasoning.

b)

Experiencing the world through senses and actions (looking, hearing, touching, mouthing, and grasping.)

c)

Thinking logically about concrete events; grasping concrete analogies and performing arithmetical operations.

d)

Representing things with words and images; using intuitive rather than logical reasoning.

16.

What is equilibration?

a)

Balance between assimilation and accommodation.

b)

A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information.

c)

Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas.

d)

All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

17.

What is cognition?

a)

Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas.

b)

All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

c)

Adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information.

d)

A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information.

18.

He was one of the 20th century's most influential researchers in the area of developmental psychology

a)

Jeen Piaget

b)

Jean Piagget

c)

Jeen Piagget

d)

Jean Piaget

19.

It is the acquisition of the ability to think, reason and problem solve.

a)

Cognitive Development

b)

Formal Operational

c)

The Sensorimotor

d)

Equilibrium

20.

Jorge's dad cut his hot dog into four pieces and his brother's into six pieces. Jorge does not get upset because he knows that even though it might look like his brother has more, they are both eating the same amount of food. Which concept does Jorge's case best illustrate?

a)

Object permanence

b)

Conservation

c)

Egocentrism

d)

Pretend play