Bruner challenged a central implication of Piaget's theory. What part of Piaget's theory did
Bruner challenge?
a. Children are able to deal with more complexity as they develop.
b. Assimilation and accommodation are important processes in development.
c. The development of higher-order thinking begins in the social environment.
d. Younger students are not developmentally ready to study certain ideas.
Ques. 2Which of the following models have guided the rapid development of cognitive theory
and research in recent years?
a. recall recognition
b. sense receptor
c. information processing
d. general intelligence
Ques. 3The component of the information processing model in which old and new
experiences interact is called (the)
a. sensory registers
b. sense receptors
c. working memory
d. long-term memory
Ques. 4Compared to behavioral psychology, cognitive psychology places more emphasis on
a. rote learning
b. mental processes
c. memorization
d. the environment
Ques. 5Bruner's theory of cognitive growth and knowledge representation argued that any content
can be taught in a meaningful fashion to learners at any age. What Bruner was suggesting for
curriculum planning was:
a. core content should be introduced at the sensorimotor stage.
b. content should initially be taught simply and revisited in more depth in later years.
c. mastery learning of content areas should begin at age eight.
d. core content should be presented simultaneously in enactive, iconic, and symbolic
representations.
Ques. 6The best metaphor for Piaget's theory is a:
a. ramp.
b. staircase.
c. elevator.
d. fire pole.
Ques. 7An elementary teacher who views learning from a cognitive perspective would be most
likely to include which of the following activities in her classroom?
a. repeated practice of math facts until they are automatic
b. choral reading of passages from texts and novels
c. discussing students' ideas about a character's motives in a novel
d. memorizing weekly spelling lists and quizzing students over them
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