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- 1. Multiple ChoiceCindy understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Cindy is clearly in Piaget's ________ stagepreoperationalconcrete operationalsensorimotorformal operational
- 2. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Piaget, during the formal operational stage people begin to:reason abstractlyadhere to social normsdistinguish between good and bad behaviorsbecome aware of the positive and negative consequences of their own behaviors
- 3. Multiple Choice
According to Piaget, children come to understand that the volume of a substance remains constant despite changes in its shape during the ________ stage.sensorimotorpreoperationalconcrete operationalformal operational - 4. Multiple ChoiceAn infant who has developed object permanence...is attached to specific objects, such as a blanket.will see all objects as being the same.knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view.cries when a wanted object is taken away.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceFour-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:accommodationattachmentobject permanenceegocentricism
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe cognitive ability to be able to recognize that quantities remain the same when two glasses of water are sitting beside each other, and one is poured into a taller glass.IrreversibilityCentrationConservationObject Permanence
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe inability of young children to see the world through someone else's view is termed:CentrationIrreversibilityConservationEgocentrism
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIn which of the following stages will children learn the concept of conservation?preoperationalconcrete operationalsensorimotorformal operational
- 9. Multiple ChoicePeek-a-boo works on children in what stage?SensorimotorPreoperationalConcrete OperationalFormal Operational
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe ability to use deductive logic, think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the:Concrete Operational StageSensorimotor StageFormal Operational StagePreoperational State
- 11. Multiple ChoiceDuring the preoperational stage children a very _________independentloudegocentricself centered
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe first stage of development is the _____ stage.adaptationassimilationaccommodationsensorimotor
- 13. Multiple ChoiceJane's mother has two crackers, both of equal size. She breaks one of the crackers up into four pieces. Jane says she wants the one with the most and immediately chooses the four pieces, even though the two amounts are equal. Jane's choice illustrates Piaget's concept of:AccommodationEgocentrismFalse beliefConservation
- 14. Multiple Choice
In Piaget's theory, the stage in which infants are only aware of what is immediately in front of them (from birth to about 2 years of age).
Formal Operational Stage
Preoperational Stage
Sensorimotor Stage
Concrete Operational Stage
- 15. Multiple Choice
Piaget's fourth and final stage of cognitive development. The person can think logically, hypothetically, and in the abstract
Preconventional Moral Reasoning
Postconventional Moral Reasoning
Conventional Moral Reasoning
Formal Operational Stage
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHow many stages did Piaget state people go through as they developed?5142
- 17. Multiple ChoiceAccording to your age and Piaget's theory, what stage are you at?Concrete OperationalFormal OperationalPreoperationalSensorimotor
- 18. Multiple Choice
Sally attempts to retrieve her teddy bear after her father hides it under a blanket. This suggests that Sally has developed a sense of
egocentrism.
object permanence.
conservation.
accommodation.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Robby understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Robby is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage.
preoperational
concrete operational
sensorimotor
formal operational
- 20. Multiple Choice
What was the once criticism that was substantiated concerning Piaget's research results?
He was gender biased
He was nonscientific in his methods
He did not use a control group
He set the ages too rigidly
All of the above
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