Deck 6: Piagets Cognitive-Developmental Theory

Question 1

Kamii's constructivism

A) uses worksheets for self-paced learning
B) produces very high scores on the math items of standardized tests
C) allows children to invent their own math strategies
D) relies on "algorithms" -techniques that ensure correct answers

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In Piaget's theory, deferred imitation is an example of

A) primary circular reactions
B) secondary circular reactions
C) the coordination of secondary schemes
D) the beginning of thought

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Piaget most often linked the various forms of preoperational thought to

A) egocentrism
B) hierarchic integration
C) a lack of conservation
D) transductive thinking

Answer 3

A

Question 4

An infant who accidentally pushes an object and then pushes it again and again to see the interesting sight last demonstrates

A) primary circular reactions
B) secondary circular reactions
C) tertiary circular reactions
D) the coordination of secondary schemes

Question 5

All of the following are examples of preoperational thought except

A) egocentrism
B) animism
C) reversible operations
D) the view that dreams are real

Question 6

When children consider rules fixed and unchangeable, Piaget used the term

A) moral absolutes
B) hierarchical thinking
C) moral heteronomy
D) moral autonomy

Question 7

A child strikes a table several times, sometimes more loudly, sometimes more softly. This behavior illustrates

A) secondary circular reactions
B) tertiary circular reactions
C) the coordination of secondary schemes
D) the beginning of thought

Question 8

In Piaget's view, children master conservation

A) by recognizing the contradictions in their own thought
B) through specific instruction
C) when they go to school
D) all of the above

Question 9

At the stage of primary circular reactions, infants

A) coordinate two body actions
B) engage in trial and error experiments
C) repeat newly imitated behavior over and over
D) think with motor symbols but not words

Question 10

An answer that includes the consideration of all hypothetical possibilities is at the level of

A) the sixth stage of sensorimotor development
B) preoperational thought
C) concrete operations
D) formal operations

Question 11

Piaget said the mastery of conservation indicates

A) sensorimotor development
B) preoperational thought
C) concrete operations
D) formal operatons

Question 12

Egocentrism is a characteristic of

A)preopertional thought
B) concrete operations
C) stage 4 of sensorimotor development
D) formal operations

Question 13

In Piaget's view, young people in formal operations can

A) think abstractly
B) consider hypothetical possibilities
C) engage in scientific experiments
D) all of the above

Question 14

A child who can find a completely hidden object but cannot follow visible displacement is in what stage of sensorimotor development?

A) stage 3
B) stage 4
C) stage 5
D) stage 6

Question 15

For Piaget, which of the following is not an example of egocentrism?

A) selfishness
B) collective monologues
C) not considering another's viewpoint
D) failing to realize that others can't see one's dreams

Question 16

Recent research suggests

A) children cannot be taught conservation
B) Piaget's sequences are wrong
C) Piaget's stages aren't too general across tasks
D) all of the above

Question 17

Piaget emphasized children's lack of conservation as a quality of

A) infancy
B) stage 6 of sensorimotor thought
C) preoperational thought
D) formal operations

Question 18

Piaget paid considerably more attention to

A) infancy than childhood and adolescence
B) childhood than infancy
C) the structure of thought than movement from stage to stage
D) social thought than scientific thought

Question 19

Piaget emphasized the importance of

A) early schooling
B) biological maturation
C) adult teaching
D) independent thinking

Question 20

In the Piagetian view, stages

A) always occur in the same sequence
B) represent general patterns of thought and behavior
C) are qualitatively different from one another
D) all of the above

Question 21

Which of the following is not a point Piaget made?

A) logic is a very internalized form of motor action
B) the first symbols are motor actions, not words
C) the rates of development vary from child to child
D) preoperational thought inspires artistic creativity

Question 22

Piaget said most people reach the highest stages of reasoning

A) only in societies with educational systems
B) primarily in areas of special interest or ability
C) in most areas of thinking
D) in most technologically developed societies, but not in simple, village societies

Question 23

Piaget said cognitive behavior develops in sequences because

A) it becomes more differentiated, complex, and comprehensive
B) the sequences are genetically determined
C) this is simply the best way to describe the data
D) maturation governs intellectual development as much as motor development

Question 24

The "five to seven shift" refers to

A) the transition to concrete operations
B) uneven development in the attainment of concrete operations
C) a very broad shift in thinking at this age period
D) a time of day when children find it to study