Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
10 Questions
0 Views

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz
Study Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Chat to lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

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

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

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

    More Like This

    Cognitive Development: Piaget's Theory
    32 questions
    Cognitive Development and Piaget's Theory
    32 questions
    Piaget's Cognitive Development Stages
    8 questions
    Use Quizgecko on...
    Browser
    Browser