Question 1

The ability of an individual to use and comprehend language should take place during Piaget's stage referred to as:

Accepted Answer

During the preoperational stage, children begin to use language to explore and understand their worlds.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a typical error of children in the preoperational stage?

Accepted Answer

Fixation is not typically associated with the preoperational stage; it is more related to psychoanalytic theory, specifically Freud's stages of psychosexual development.

Question 3

Which stage is associated with egocentrism?

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Question 4

A child of what stage is incapable of seeing the world from anyone else's viewpoint or perspective?

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Question 5

Your textbook shows a picture of the three-mountain task, in which a stuffed animal is looking at the mountains at a different angle from the child. As a child goes through the sensorimotor stage, they would gain the ability to

Accepted Answer

During the sensorimotor stage, children develop object permanence, which is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched. This is related to choice A.

Question 6

Your textbook shows a picture of the three-mountain task, in which a stuffed animal is looking at the mountains at a different angle from the child. As a child goes through the preoperational stage, they would gain the ability to

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In the preoperational stage, children begin to develop the ability to understand that others can have different perspectives, which is tested by the three-mountain task.

Question 7

According to Piaget, _____ are internalized actions an individual can use to manipulate, transform, and return an object to its original state.

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Operations are internalized actions that allow individuals to manipulate, transform, and return objects to their original state, according to Piaget's theory of cognitive development.

Question 8

My niece, Lauren, is sitting and looking at a piece of a jigsaw puzzle. I can tell she is thinking of all the different places the piece could be put and whether it will fit. The processes occurring in her head are called:

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Question 9

According to Piaget, during the ____ stage, children are capable of mentally manipulating internal representations of objects in ways that are reversible.

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During the concrete operational stage, children develop the ability to perform operations on mental representations of objects, including reversible operations.

Question 10

Conservation is considered to be the major achievement of which of Piaget's stages?

Accepted Answer

Conservation is a key achievement of the concrete operational stage, where children begin to understand that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape or appearance.

Question 11

The ability to know that just because I physically spread out my money, there really is not any more, is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Conservation is the understanding that quantity does not change even when its appearance does. This concept is part of cognitive development in children, as described by Jean Piaget.

Question 12

My niece and I have two piles of candy of equal amounts. However, I have mine spread out and she complains that I have more. She does not possess:

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Conservation of number refers to the understanding that the number of objects remains the same regardless of how they are arranged or distributed. In this case, the niece does not understand that the amount of candy is the same even though it is spread out differently.

Question 13

On an exam, Ronnie did better than Mike. Mike did better than Joanne. It is obvious to you that Ronnie did better than Joanne. You have performed:

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Transitivity is the ability to understand that if A is greater than B and B is greater than C, then A is greater than C. In this case, Ronnie did better than Mike, Mike did better than Joanne, so it is obvious that Ronnie did better than Joanne.

Question 14

Transitivity develops during which stage?

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Transitivity, the ability to recognize relationships among various things in a serial order, develops during the concrete operational stage, which typically occurs between the ages of 7 and 11.

Question 15

The ability to manipulate abstract and concrete objects, events, and ideas mentally occurs during the _____ stage.

Accepted Answer

The formal operational stage, according to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, is when individuals develop the ability to think abstractly, logically, and systematically.

Question 16

Which is NOT a criticism of Piaget's theory?

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Piaget is often criticized for underestimating the cognitive abilities of children and infants, not overestimating them.

Question 17

A criticism of Piaget is that he failed to acknowledge the influence of culture. It has been shown that in _____ societies, cognitive development occurs at a slower pace.

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In preliterate societies, cognitive development may occur at a slower pace due to different cultural practices and educational opportunities compared to more technologically advanced or industrial societies.

Question 18

The bulk of research suggests that Piaget was correct in many of the broad strokes he used to describe cognitive development, including his proposal that:

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Piaget proposed that as children develop, they become less egocentric, meaning they start to understand perspectives other than their own. This is a key aspect of his theory of cognitive development.

Question 19

According to the information-processing approach to cognitive development, processing speed is important because it allows for

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Processing speed is important because it allows for holding more information in working memory by enabling quicker manipulation and retrieval of information.

Question 20

According to the information-processing approach to cognitive development, _____ refers to the process of executing mental processes with increasing efficiency.

Accepted Answer

Automatization refers to the process of executing mental processes with increasing efficiency, as tasks become more automatic with practice and experience.

Quiz 13: Life-Span Development