Question 1

A slogan for Piaget's assimilation principle would be,

Accepted Answer

Assimilation in Piaget's theory refers to the process by which individuals incorporate new information into existing cognitive schemas or frameworks. This means applying past knowledge or habits to understand new experiences, which is why "Apply your past habits!" is the correct slogan for assimilation.

Question 2

Four-year-old Britney mistakes her neighbor's new pet rabbit for a kitten. Britney's error illustrates the Piagetian process of

Accepted Answer

Britney's mistake illustrates assimilation, which is the Piagetian process of incorporating new experiences into existing schemas. In this case, Britney is incorporating the new experience of seeing a rabbit into her existing schema for a kitten, because they are both small, furry animals.

Question 3

Five-year-old Charley didn't think that dogs could talk until he saw a talking dog on TV. The change in Charley's understanding about dogs illustrates the Piagetian principle called

Accepted Answer

Charley's revised understanding of dogs indicates a process of accommodating his pre-existing knowledge about dogs with this new information about talking dogs. This aligns with the Piagetian principle of accommodation.

Question 4

Janelle sees a man (who is not her father) and calls out, "Daddy!" Janelle's reaction demonstrates the process that Piaget referred to as

Accepted Answer

Janelle's response suggests that she is assimilating the man into her existing schema of "daddy" or father figure. This process involves incorporating new information into existing knowledge structures.

Question 5

A chef says, "The recipe for goo-rolls is specific. You must do all 15 steps in the exact stated order." This recipe illustrates the principle of

Accepted Answer

The statement "You must do all 15 steps in the exact stated order" indicates that the recipe follows an invariant sequence, meaning that each step must be completed in a specific and unchanging order for the recipe to be successful.

Question 6

Beanpole plays basketball. During the past month, his arm has grown an inch, and he overshoots. His error reflects ____ of the shooting scheme.

Accepted Answer

Beanpole's overshooting due to his arm growing reflects assimilation, which is the process of incorporating new experiences into existing cognitive schemas without changing them. In this case, Beanpole is applying his existing shooting scheme without adjusting for the change in his arm length.

Question 7

ASSIMILATION is to ACCOMMODATION as ____ is to ____.

Accepted Answer

Assimilation involves incorporating new information into existing schemas, while accommodation involves adjusting or adapting our existing schemas to fit new information. Similarly, stability represents an existing state that is maintained, while change involves modifying or altering the existing state. Therefore, C is the best choice for this analogy.

Question 8

Piaget's four developmental stages

Accepted Answer

Piaget's four developmental stages (sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational) differ qualitatively from each other in terms of the types of cognitive abilities exhibited by children in each stage. These stages cannot be skipped or voluntarily chosen by parents, and they are typically experienced in the same sequence by most children.

Question 9

Beanpole plays basketball. After Beanpole's arm has grown an inch and he overshoots, he shows ____ on later shots by reducing the intensity of the arm movement.

Accepted Answer

Accommodation is the process of adjusting one's behavior or thinking to fit new experiences or information. In this scenario, Beanpole's overshooting experience represents a new experience, which he accommodates for by reducing the intensity of his arm movement in later shots. Neo-nativism, assimilation, and microgenetic transitivity do not accurately describe this process.

Question 10

Piaget asserted that cultural and environmental influences on the child's development affected

Accepted Answer

Piaget believed that while cultural and environmental factors could influence the rate at which children progress through developmental stages, the sequence of these stages remains constant across different environments.

Question 11

Piaget's principle of the invariant developmental sequence means that

Accepted Answer

Piaget's principle of the invariant developmental sequence means that every child goes through the stages in the same order. It does not suggest that animals of closely related species have identical developmental stages or that well-nourished children develop at the same rate. Additionally, the principle suggests that skipping stages is not possible, as each stage builds upon the previous stage.

Question 12

Piaget's sensorimotor stage includes the period of

Accepted Answer

Piaget's sensorimotor stage is the first stage of cognitive development and occurs in infancy, typically from birth to around 2 years old. During this stage, infants learn and develop their understanding of the world through their senses and motor actions. They also develop object permanence, the understanding that objects still exist even when they are not seen.

Question 13

An overseas tourist comments on everything new by mentioning its similarities to familiar places back home. This resembles Piagetian

Accepted Answer

Assimilation is when new experiences are interpreted and understood based on existing mental schemas. In this scenario, the tourist is using their existing knowledge of familiar places back home to make sense of new experiences while traveling, which is an example of assimilation.

Question 14

Four-year-old Laura finds a bottle of vitamins. They look just like Easter candies, so she eats them all. Laura's error illustrates Piagetian

Accepted Answer

Laura's mistake is an example of assimilation because she is incorporating new experiences (eating vitamins) into her existing schemas (eating candies). In Piaget's theory, assimilation occurs when individuals interpret new experiences in terms of their current understanding or schemas. Since Laura thinks the vitamins are candies based on their appearance, she is using her existing schema of what candies look like and taste like to understand and interact with the vitamins.

Question 15

In Piaget's cognitive theory, adaptation is the outcome of which processes?

Accepted Answer

According to Piaget's cognitive theory, adaptation is the process of adjusting to new information and experiences in the environment. This process involves two interrelated processes: accommodation and assimilation. Accommodation is the process of modifying existing cognitive structures to fit new information, while assimilation is the process of incorporating new information into existing cognitive structures. Together, these processes enable individuals to adapt to their environment and develop more complex cognitive structures over time.

Question 16

"Adaptation" has many varied meanings, but to Piaget, it meant

Accepted Answer

Piaget believed that adaptation involved making adjustments in response to the environment's demands, specifically through the processes of assimilation (incorporating new information into existing schemas) and accommodation (modifying existing schemas to fit new information). This process of adaptation ultimately led to cognitive development and progress towards more complex and advanced stages of thought.

Question 17

Which of these is NOT among Piaget's four cognitive developmental stages?

Accepted Answer

Piaget's four cognitive developmental stages are Sensorimotor stage, Preoperational stage, Concrete operational stage, and Formal operations stage. There is no "Proximal zone stage" in his theory.

Question 18

An expatriate living overseas says, "No matter where we live, we are flexible and try to go native, adjusting our habits to match those of the locals." Her family is strong on ____ of their behavioral schemata

Accepted Answer

The family's approach of adjusting their habits to match those of the locals is an example of accommodation, which involves changing one's existing schemas or ways of thinking in response to new experiences or new information.

Question 19

After seeing her "silly putty" bounce up to the ceiling on her first throw, Celia adjusts on the second throw to reduce the force. Celia's adjustment illustrates

Accepted Answer

Celia is adjusting her actions to fit the properties of the new object she is encountering (silly putty), which is an example of accommodation. She is modifying her existing schema of throwing based on her experience with a new material.

Question 20

In space, astronauts must become experts at ____ because behavioral schemata that work on Earth must be adjusted for space's weightlessness.

Accepted Answer

Accommodation refers to the process of adjusting existing mental frameworks to account for new experiences or environments. This is necessary for astronauts in space as the weightlessness of space requires a significant adjustment to previous behavioral schemata that work on Earth. Animism is the belief that non-living things have human-like qualities, and is not relevant to this context. Reversibility and assimilation also do not accurately describe the process that astronauts must undergo in adjusting to space.

Quiz 6: Cognitive Development: Piagets Theory and Vygotskys Sociocultural Viewpoint