Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

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According to Piaget, how do children form mental concepts or schemes?

  • Through imitation and exploration of surroundings
  • As they experience new situations and events (correct)
  • By altering old schemes to fit new information and experiences
  • By repeating actions to verify observations

What is the primary way children explore the world during the Sensorimotor stage?

  • Through object permanence and understanding of concepts
  • Using their senses and ability to move (correct)
  • Through language and communication
  • By repeating actions to verify observations

What is the term for the process of incorporating new information into our existing knowledge?

  • Object permanence
  • Accommodation
  • Sensorimotor
  • Assimilation (correct)

During which substage of the Sensorimotor stage do children begin to think about their actions?

<p>Substage VI: Beginning of thought (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does Piaget refer to toddlers as 'little scientists'?

<p>Because they explore their surroundings and experiment with objects (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the inability of a child to take another person's perspective or point of view?

<p>Egocentrism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the tendency to focus on only one aspect of a situation?

<p>Centration (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the understanding that certain properties remain constant despite changes in their form?

<p>Conservation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the inability to mentally reverse a sequence of events or logical operations back to the starting point?

<p>Irreversibility (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the ability to use words, images, and symbols to represent the world?

<p>Symbolic thought (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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