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Worksheets1499EDN Week 3 Cognitive Development
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
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1.
Cognition involves our ability to
a)
feel and understand others’ emotions and relationships
b)
think, reason, understand and rememberinformation
c)
adjust and regulate our motor skills
d)
engage in language processes
2.
The order of Piaget’s developmental stages can be described as
a)
sensorimotor, sensorineural, formal operations,concrete operations
b)
preoperational, formal operations,sensorineural, sensorimotor
c)
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operations, formal operations
d)
preoperational, formal operations, concrete operations,sensorineural
3.
The key characteristics of the stage of ‘formal operations’ stage include
a)
the ability to engage in abstract thought, deductive & inductive reasoning
b)
the ability to engage in conservational thinking
c)
symbolic thought and language
d)
goal directed or intentional action
4.
According to Piaget, the way we use new information to form a new mental model is referred to as
a)
disequilibrium
b)
adaptation
c)
schema
d)
accommodation
5.
Piaget contended that children develop cognitively as a consequence of maturation and
a)
using a wide range of visual material
b)
interaction with their environment
c)
socialising with friends
d)
improved language skills
6.
Constructivist pedagogical strategies usually centre on
a)
reasoning logically and systematically
b)
explicit teaching
c)
discovery, inquiry and project-based learning
d)
teaching to avoid errors
7.
In educational terms, scaffolding can be described as
a)
a mental tool
b)
internalisation
c)
cognitive development
d)
a learning support that is later removed
8.
Teachers should encourage students’ use of private speech
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Piaget’s work focused on the individual & Vygotsky’s work focused on the impact of sociohistorical/cultural factors
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The distance between what children can do unassisted & what they can do with help of others is an important concept in
a)
intentional action
b)
the zone of proximal development
c)
animism
d)
egocentrism
11.
Metacognition is defined as
a)
conscious thought
b)
awareness
c)
knowledge and thinking about thinking
d)
understanding of knowledge
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