Question 1

Mimi crawls into the hallway to look for her mother after she leaves the room.According to Piaget,this shows that Mimi

Accepted Answer

Piaget's theory of cognitive development suggests that object permanence develops in infants between 8 to 12 months old. Object permanence is the understanding that objects still exist even if they are no longer visible. Mimi crawling into the hallway to look for her mother after she leaves the room indicates that she has developed object permanence and understands that her mother still exists even though she cannot see her. Therefore, the best choice is D.

Question 2

Baby Alec continues to fuss for over 5 minutes when his brother takes away a toy that he enjoys playing with.This can be used as evidence that Alec has developed

Accepted Answer

Alec's fussing over the toy being taken away indicates he understands the toy still exists even though he can no longer see it, which is a sign of object permanence. This is a cognitive development milestone where infants recognize that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight.

Question 3

The research of Spelke and research of Baillargeon show that infants as young as 3 or 4 months old understand object permanence,because infants expect objects to exist when the objects are hidden.However,critics question whether an infant's _____ is a valid measure of object permanence,because it merely demonstrates ______.

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The answer of The research of Spelke and research of...

Question 4

Janie is exhausting her father with a barrage of "why" questions.She is trying to figure out why things are the way they are.Janie is in Piaget's

Accepted Answer

Janie's behavior of asking "why" questions repeatedly to understand the reasons behind things indicates that she is in Piaget's intuitive thought substage, which typically occurs between ages 4 and 7. In this stage, children start to use reasoning to understand cause-and-effect relationships in their environment.

Question 5

The preoperational stage lasts from ages

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The preoperational stage, according to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, lasts from ages 2 to 7. This stage is characterized by symbolic thinking, egocentrism, and centration.

Question 6

While at home in her room,five-year-old Marta draws a picture of a boat on the ocean at sunset.Marta is showing evidence of

Accepted Answer

Marta is using symbolic function by creating a drawing that represents a boat on the ocean at sunset. Animism refers to attributing human-like qualities to inanimate objects, egocentrism refers to the inability to take another person's perspective, and operations refers to logical thought processes such as conservation and classification, which are not demonstrated in this scenario.

Question 7

Angie asks her grandmother over the phone,"Do you like the color of my new shirt that I'm wearing now?" This is an example of

Accepted Answer

Angie's question demonstrates egocentrism because she assumes that her grandmother is aware of and interested in her new shirt, without considering her grandmother's own perspective or interests.

Question 8

If one adopts Spelke's Core Knowledge Approach,one would believe that

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Spelke's Core Knowledge Approach posits that children are born with innate basic knowledge systems or principles that are domain-specific, meaning they are tailored to understand specific types of information (e.g., objects, numbers, the actions of others) rather than being universally applicable across all domains.

Question 9

Which of the following would be impossible without the understanding of the concept of object permanence?

Accepted Answer

Object permanence is the concept of understanding that an object continues to exist even when it is not directly perceived. Thinking of retrieving a glass of water left in another room requires the understanding that the glass still exists even though it is out of sight. The other options may require cognitive abilities, but not specifically the understanding of object permanence.

Question 10

Animism and egocentrism represent limitations in the preoperational child's thinking,because they indicate an inability to

Accepted Answer

Animism and egocentrism refer to the tendency of a child to view the world from their own perspective and attribute human-like qualities to inanimate objects. This demonstrates a lack of ability to distinguish among different or real perspectives, which is a key aspect of cognitive development that emerges during the concrete operational stage. Symbolic thinking (A) and being inventive in drawings (D) are not necessarily limited in the preoperational stage, while centering attention on one characteristic (B) is a general aspect of preoperational thinking rather than a limitation.

Question 11

According to Piaget,which of the following is characteristic of a child in the preoperational stage?

Accepted Answer

All of these answers are correct. In the preoperational stage, children tend to exhibit animism by attributing emotions and beliefs to inanimate objects, egocentrism by having difficulty understanding the perspectives of others, and centration by focusing on only one aspect of a situation and ignoring other important details.

Question 12

Why does the finding that 4-month-old infants have intermodal perception challenge Piaget's theory?

Accepted Answer

Piaget believed that young infants develop the ability to coordinate sensory information from multiple sources at a much later age than the findings suggest. The fact that 4-month-old infants have intermodal perception challenges Piaget's idea that this ability develops at a later age.

Question 13

Nathan and Sara are eating granola bars.Sara breaks her bar in half.Nathan gets upset because Sara has two granola bars.Nathan has not developed the concept of

Accepted Answer

Nathan has not developed the concept of conservation, which is the understanding that even if the appearance of an object changes, its quantity remains the same. In this case, Nathan only sees Sara as having two granola bars because he is focused on the appearance of the broken bar rather than its actual quantity.

Question 14

3-month-old Ali is playing with a small stuffed animal.Ali's mother takes the stuffed animal away and hides it.Piaget would argue that Ali would not notice the absence of the stuffed animal because he has not developed

Accepted Answer

Piaget's theory of cognitive development suggests that object permanence, the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are not visible, is developed at around 8-9 months of age. Therefore, 3-month-old Ali is unlikely to notice the absence of the stuffed animal as he has not yet developed object permanence.

Question 15

Piaget labeled his second stage preoperational,because children at this stage

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Piaget labeled this stage preoperational because children at this stage cannot yet perform operations - reversible mental actions - that they are able to do physically. This means that while they may understand physical actions and manipulations, they cannot yet manipulate ideas and concepts in their minds in the same way.

Question 16

Karl covers his stuffed toys before bedtime to make sure they are not cold.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

Animism is the belief that inanimate objects, including stuffed toys, have feelings and consciousness. Karl covering his stuffed toys to ensure they are not cold demonstrates this belief. The other answer choices, geocentricism, conservation, and operations, do not accurately describe the behavior in the given scenario.

Question 17

Awareness of the permanence of the basic properties of an object or substance even if its appearance is altered is called

Accepted Answer

Conservation refers to a child's understanding that even if the appearance of an object or substance is changed, its basic properties remain the same. This understanding is a sign of cognitive development in children. Animism refers to the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities, egocentrism refers to the inability to take another person's perspective, and centration refers to a child's tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and ignore other important aspects.

Question 18

Trent watches his mother hide a block under one of two cups and lifts the correct cup to retrieve the block.When his mother hides the block under the other cup,he still lifts the original cup to search for the block.Trent has demonstrated a(n)

Accepted Answer

Trent's behavior is consistent with the A-not-B error, which occurs when infants have difficulty inhibiting their motor memory of reaching for a target at a familiar location (A), and instead search for the target at the new location (B) where they saw it being hidden.

Question 19

Adam says that the tree root tripped him because it is mean.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

Adam's statement suggests that he anthropomorphizes the root, ascribing human-like qualities to it (animism).

Question 20

During Piaget's intuitive thought substage,a child's reasoning

Accepted Answer

During Piaget's intuitive thought substage, children's reasoning is still primitive and limited by their own perceptions and immediate experiences. They struggle to understand abstract or hypothetical concepts beyond what they can see or touch directly. They also tend to focus on one aspect of a situation at a time rather than considering multiple factors or perspectives.

Quiz 6: Cognitive Developmental Approaches