From Piaget's perspective, children are:
a. Eager to interact with and make sense of their world
b. Most likely to learn things that bring about desirable consequences
c. Most likely to learn when parents and teachers entice them to do so
d. More likely to develop cognitively in a formal school setting than at home
Ques. 2Larger systems of mental processes are known as:
a. Schemes
b. Operations
c. Scripts
d. Constructive processes
Ques. 3Which one of the following best reflects Piaget's notion of equilibration?
a. A child assimilates without accommodating.
b. A child accommodates without assimilating.
c. A child doesn't encounter any new or challenging ideas.
d. A child revises existing schemes to incorporate new information.
Ques. 4As a first-grade teacher reads a book about penguins in Antarctica, she points to Antarctica on a globe. Six-year-old John seems really puzzled. How come they don't fall off the earth? he asks. From Piaget's perspective, John can best be described as:
a. Experiencing disequilibrium
b. Have difficulty with conservation
c. Having difficulty with class inclusion
d. Accommodating when he should be assimilating
Ques. 5From Piaget's perspective, social interactions are most likely to promote cognitive development when:
a. Children share and explain different points of view
b. Adults continually remind children that adults know best
c. Every child in a group confidently asserts his or her beliefs
d. Adults initially agree with any erroneously statements that children may make
Ques. 6Which one of the following teachers is definitely keeping in mind Piaget's idea that assimilation and accommodation are both necessary for cognitive development?
a. Mr. Ames presents brand new topics every day, expecting the continual novelty to keep students interested and motivated.
b. Ms. Baretta makes sure that students have learned one topic very, very well before moving on to another.
c. Mr. Chang shows students how a new topic is similar to the things they already know but also different in certain ways.
d. Ms. Doherty uses a lot of drill and practice exercises, encouraging students to work faster every time.
Ques. 7The processes of assimilation and accommodation both involve:
a. Concrete operational thought
b. Relating new information to prior knowledge
c. Abstract thought processes such as inductive reasoning
d. Oral communication skills
Ques. 8Louis receives a new soccer ball and begins to dribble it in the same way he dribbles his basketball. His dribbling of the new ball reflects Piaget's concept of:
a. Concrete operations
b. Accommodation
c. Equilibration
d. Assimilation
Ques. 9Which of the following is not a concept described by Piaget?
a. Scheme
b. Accommodation
c. Assimilation
d. Zone of proximal development
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