Piaget's Cognitive Development Stages

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What is the primary mechanism by which babies develop their first schemas during the Sensorimotor stage?

  • Using their logic and reasoning
  • Using their senses (correct)
  • Pretending to play
  • Learning from others

What is the characteristic of a child in the Preoperational stage who is unable to see and understand other people's viewpoints?

  • Conservative
  • Empathetic
  • Egocentric (correct)
  • Altruistic

What is the term for the ability to understand that changes in the form of an object do not necessarily mean changes in the quantity of the object?

  • Conservation (correct)
  • Object permanence
  • Metacognition
  • Reversibility

At what stage do children develop the ability to think more logically about physical reality?

<p>Concrete Operational Stage (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the age range for the Formal Operational Stage?

<p>11-12 years and beyond (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ability to reflect upon one's own thinking called?

<p>Metacognition (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of the invariant developmental sequence?

<p>Children progress through stages in precisely the same order (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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