Deck 8: Cognition

Question 1

Knowing and understanding come from the active process of gathering information,organizing it,and finally using it.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

During the preoperational period,children begin to use abstract,logical thought.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

According to Vygotsky,social interaction is a prerequisite for children to develop problem-solving skills.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The beginning of language and the ability to pretend signal the end of the sensorimotor stage and the beginning of what Piaget calls the _____________ stage.

A)formal operations
B)concrete operations
C)preoperational
D)None of these answers is correct.

Question 5

One prerequisite for promoting cognitive development is _____________.

A)isolation
B)co-construction
C)language
D)security and attachment

Question 6

Quality early childhood inclusion benefits _____________.

A)children with disabilities
B)children without disabilities
C)caregivers
D)All of these answers are correct.

Question 7

Piaget,but not Vygotsky,believed that interaction promotes cognitive development.

Question 8

The process of gathering information,organizing it,and using it to adapt to the world is _____________.

A)sensory stimulation
B)cognitive experience
C)intellectual quotient
D)learning ability

Question 9

Infants internalize what they take in through their senses and ____________.

A)save it for much later
B)forget it immediately
C)display it in physical movements such as mouthing
D)Infants do not internalize their world

Question 10

Infants achieve _____________ when they become aware that objects exist even when they can't see them.

A)figments of imagination
B)object permanence
C)identification
D)sensory permanence

Question 11

Infants' brains become more active when adults respond to their cues and signals for attention through _____________.

A)arranging the environment to invite exploration and discovery
B)carrying out caregiving routines in ways that meet individual needs of infants
C)creating meaningful interactions
D)All of these answers are correct.

Question 12

Piaget believed children _____________ their understanding of the world,whereas Vygotsky believed learning is _____________.

A)construct; co-constructed
B)co-construct; constructive
C)deconstruct; constructed
D)co-construct; deconstructed

Question 13

The first stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory is the ____________.

A)sensorimotor stage
B)preoperational stage
C)concrete operational stage
D)formal operational stage

Question 14

Pretend play is when children

A)stop representing things through symbols.
B)play alone during early infancy.
C)think of their world without directly experiencing it.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 15

Piaget called infants' skill of taking in new information and processing it "assimilation."