Piaget: 1960s and 1970s; Vygotsky:

Piaget: 1960s and 1970s; Vygotsky:
 
  a. 1940s and 1950s
  b. 1920s and 1930s
  c. 1930s and 1940s
  d. 1980s and 1990s

Ques. 2

According to this theorist, cognitive development is largely from the outside, inward.
 
  a. Vygotsky
  b. Freud
  c. Carlin
  d. Piaget

Ques. 3

In the 1950s and 1960s, grouping in the classroom was widely practiced. Then came a period in which grouping was always wrong and an injustice. Today, many educators believe that grouping can be helpful if it is used selectively and in limited and flexible ways. This is an example of what type of thinking?
 
  a. schematic
  b. dialectical
  c. scaffolding
  d. formal operational

Ques. 4

When Roger was a sophomore in college, he began to realize that most real-life problems do not have a unique solution that is fully correct while other solutions are incorrect. Some neo-Piagetians would say that Roger has reached this stage of thinking.
 
  a. formal operational
  b. schematic
  c. scaffolding
  d. dialectical

Ques. 5

Which of the following is the correct order of dialectical thinking?
 
  a. antithesis-synthesis-thesis
  b. antithesis-thesis-synthesis
  c. thesis-antithesis-synthesis
  d. synthesis-thesis-antithesis

Ques. 6

Which of the following is NOT a neo-Piagetian approach?
 
  a. proposal of alternative sets of stages
  b. proposal of horizontal dcalage, the temporary difference in levels of performance
 c. proposal of one or more stages beyond the original four
 d. proposal of a distinction between optimal and typical levels of performance

Ques. 7

This group of psychologists and educators has built on Piaget's theory while disowning the parts of the theory that have not held up to close scrutiny.
 
  a. Vygotskians
  b. Freudians
  c. information-processing theorists
  d. neo-Piagetians

Ques. 8

Jordan's science teacher tells him that some unknown subset of four colored chemicals will be clear when combined. Jordan systematically goes through all possible subsets to find the one that produces the solution that is clear in color. Which Piagetian stage does this represent?
 
  a. sensorimotor
  b. formal operational
  c. concrete operational
  d. preoperational

Ques. 9

Individuals in this Piagetian stage can think about the reversibility of abstract ideas such as freedom (granting it and taking it away).
 
  a. formal operational
  b. concrete operational
  c. sensorimotor
  d. preoperational