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What is the term for the act of searching for mental balance between cognitive schemes and information from the environment?
What is the term for the act of searching for mental balance between cognitive schemes and information from the environment?
- Disequilibrium
- Assimilation
- Equilibration (correct)
- Accommodation
Which stage of cognitive development involves organizing information into mental systems through schemes?
Which stage of cognitive development involves organizing information into mental systems through schemes?
- Formal operational stage
- Sensorimotor stage
- Preoperational stage
- Concrete operational stage (correct)
What is the term for adjusting to the environment by fitting new information into existing schemes?
What is the term for adjusting to the environment by fitting new information into existing schemes?
- Accommodation
- Assimilation (correct)
- Equilibration
- Disequilibrium
In the preoperational stage, what function involves the use of symbols like language and gestures to represent actions or objects mentally?
In the preoperational stage, what function involves the use of symbols like language and gestures to represent actions or objects mentally?
Which cognitive development stage is characterized by developing language and thinking logically in one direction?
Which cognitive development stage is characterized by developing language and thinking logically in one direction?
What is the term for the act of altering existing schemes or creating new ones in response to new information?
What is the term for the act of altering existing schemes or creating new ones in response to new information?
In which cognitive development stage do individuals think hypothetically, deductively, and abstractly?
In which cognitive development stage do individuals think hypothetically, deductively, and abstractly?
What is the term for the 'out-of-balance' state that motivates a search for a solution and leads to a change in thinking?
What is the term for the 'out-of-balance' state that motivates a search for a solution and leads to a change in thinking?
Which is true about the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development?
Which is true about the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development?
What do children in the preoperational stage find difficult according to the text?
What do children in the preoperational stage find difficult according to the text?
What is the term used to describe the critical time when specific abilities must develop according to Freud?
What is the term used to describe the critical time when specific abilities must develop according to Freud?
Which part of the brain is responsible for coordinating balance and skilled movements?
Which part of the brain is responsible for coordinating balance and skilled movements?
What process involves the production of new neurons, especially in the hippocampus?
What process involves the production of new neurons, especially in the hippocampus?
Which part of the brain controls higher-order thinking skills?
Which part of the brain controls higher-order thinking skills?
What is the term for the brain's dynamic tendency to remain adaptable and flexible?
What is the term for the brain's dynamic tendency to remain adaptable and flexible?
Which part of the brain is involved in language processing?
Which part of the brain is involved in language processing?
What is the main function of glial cells in the brain?
What is the main function of glial cells in the brain?
During adolescence, what part of the brain is involved in emotions, risk-taking, and pleasure-seeking behaviors?
During adolescence, what part of the brain is involved in emotions, risk-taking, and pleasure-seeking behaviors?
Which area of the brain controls spatial-visual information, nonverbal cues, and emotions?
Which area of the brain controls spatial-visual information, nonverbal cues, and emotions?
What is the thin outer covering of the brain that consists of thin sheets of neurons crumpled with many folds to fit into the brain?
What is the thin outer covering of the brain that consists of thin sheets of neurons crumpled with many folds to fit into the brain?
What is one of the reasoning skills required to solve conservation problems according to the text?
What is one of the reasoning skills required to solve conservation problems according to the text?
Which operation is mastered during the concrete-operational stage that involves arranging objects in sequential order based on size, weight, or volume?
Which operation is mastered during the concrete-operational stage that involves arranging objects in sequential order based on size, weight, or volume?
What is a key characteristic of the formal operational stage of cognitive development?
What is a key characteristic of the formal operational stage of cognitive development?
What is one strategy mentioned in the text to help students build complex skills?
What is one strategy mentioned in the text to help students build complex skills?
Which cognitive skill involves focusing attention, inhibiting impulsive responses, planning, and manipulating information?
Which cognitive skill involves focusing attention, inhibiting impulsive responses, planning, and manipulating information?
What does reversibility involve in solving conservation problems?
What does reversibility involve in solving conservation problems?
In Piaget's theory, what is the ability to group objects into categories known as?
In Piaget's theory, what is the ability to group objects into categories known as?
What does the concrete-operational teaching strategy involve according to the text?
What does the concrete-operational teaching strategy involve according to the text?
What concept does Vygotsky's sociocultural theory emphasize?
What concept does Vygotsky's sociocultural theory emphasize?
