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WorksheetsPiaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
According to Jean Piaget, schema building occurs as a result of modifying new information to fit existing schemas and by modifying old schemas as per new information. These two processes are known as:
Assimilation and adaptation
Accommodation and adaptation
Equilibration and modification
Assimilation and accommodation
According to Piaget, children's thinking differs in …………. From adults than in ……….
Size, correctness
Amount, kind
Kind, amount
Size, type
According to Piaget, a child between 2 to 7 years is in the ………. Stage of cognitive development
Formal operational
Concrete operational
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
According to Piaget's stages of cognitive development, the sensory motor stage is associated with
Ability to solve problems in logical fashion
Concerns about social issues
Ability to interpret and analyze options
Imitation, memory and mental representation
"Children actively construct their understanding of the world" is a statement attributed to
Piaget
Kohlberg
Pavlov
Skinner
Four distinct stages of children's intellectual development are identified by
Erikson
Kohlberg
Skinner
Piaget
Which of the following statements describes Piaget and Vygotsky's views on language and thought correctly?
According to Vygotsky, thought emerges first and according to Piaget, language has a profound effect on thought.
Both view language as emerging from the child's thought
According to Piaget, thought emerges first and according to Vygotsky, language has a profound effect on thought
Both new thought as emerging from the child's language
In a constructivist classroom as envisioned by Piaget and Vygotsky, learning
Is constructed by the students themselves who play an active role
Is offering of reinforcement by the teacher
Is dictated by the teacher and the students are passive recipients of the same
Happens by pairing of a stimulus and a response
Which of the following implications cannot be derived from Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
Acceptance of individual differences
Sensitivity of children's readiness to learn
Discovery learning
Need of verbal teaching
According to Jean Piaget, which of the following is necessary for learning?
Active exploration of the environment by the learner
Observing the behaviour of adults
Belief in immanent justice
Reinforcement by teachers and parents
A schema is a ….
Category of knowledge that allows us to interpret and understand the world.
Process of taking in new information.
Process of balancing old knowledge and new information.
None of the above.
Jean Piaget was a …….
Child psychologist
Developmental psychologist
Biologist
Genetic epistemologist
The ability to think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the …….
Concrete operational stage
Sensorimotor stage
Formal operational stage
Preoperational stage
