Cognitive Development Quiz - Early Childhood
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Cognitive Development Quiz - Early Childhood

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Which cognitive limitation refers to a child's focus on the end state rather than the process of change?

  • Centration
  • Static thought (correct)
  • Preservative thinking
  • Conservation

    • What cognitive limitation involves focusing on one aspect of a problem or object?

  • Egocentrism
  • Centration (correct)
  • Irreversible thought
  • Static thought

    • What term describes the inability to mentally undo an action, as observed in young children?

  • Egocentrism
  • Irreversible thought (correct)
  • Static thought
  • Centration

    • Which of the following best describes egocentrism in early childhood development?

    <p>The inability to understand others' perspectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the challenge that preschool-aged children face when dealing with conservation?

    <p>Understanding that quantity remains the same despite changes in appearance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    At what age do children typically acquire the ability to understand that another person can have a false belief, as demonstrated by the Sally-Anne and Smarties tasks?

    <p>3 to 4 years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive development stage involves children learning to perform mental actions on concrete situations?

    <p>Concrete operational stage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What ability is described by a child's capacity to focus on multiple dimensions of a problem at once?

    <p>Decentration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a characteristic feature of the formal operations stage?

    <p>Systematic and scientific thinking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'seriation' refer to in cognitive development?

    <p>The capacity to arrange items along a quantifiable dimension</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive ability improves during the concrete operational stage, allowing children to classify objects more effectively?

    <p>Classification abilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a consequence of formal operations in adolescent development that can be negative?

    <p>Adolescent idealism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a task used to assess formal operations in adolescents?

    <p>Piaget’s pendulum task</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development?

    <p>Understanding the world through senses and actions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'object permanence' refer to?

    <p>The understanding that objects continue to exist even when not visible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    At what age do infants typically begin to overcome the A-not-B error?

    <p>By 1 year</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Piaget, which process involves incorporating new information into existing cognitive frameworks?

    <p>Assimilation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the typical timeline for the mastery of object permanence in infants?

    <p>Developed by 18 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the cognitive stage theory proposed by Piaget?

    <p>A framework showing children actively construct understanding through experience</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What age range typically experiences the 'out of sight, out of mind' phenomenon?

    <p>4-8 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which aspect of cognitive development is associated with the coordination of sensory information and motor responses?

    <p>Sensorimotor experience</p> Signup and view all the answers

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