According to Piaget, at which stage does symbolic thought emerge?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operational
d. Formal operational
Ques. 2According to Piaget, the typical 8-year-old is in which stage of development?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operational
d. Formal operational
Ques. 3Most students during kindergarten and first grade are at what stage of cognitive development?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operational
d. Formal operational
Ques. 4With respect to the experience with air taking up space and the learning physiology of the brain, which of the following conclusions is most valid?
a. Natalie will have more synaptic connections related to air taking up space than will Euchica.
b. Both of the children will have about the same number of synaptic connections.
c. Euchica will have more synaptic connections than will Natalie.
d. The experience will result in more synaptic pruning for Euchica than it will for Natalie.
Ques. 5The process of ordering of objects according to increasing length, weight, or volume is called:
a. seriation.
b. transformation.
c. conservation.
d. centration.
Ques. 6The idea that the amount of some substance stays the same regardless of its shape or the number of pieces into which it is divided is called:
a. centration.
b. equilibrium.
c. transformation.
d. conservation.
Ques. 7The biological changes we see in individuals that exist primarily a result of their genetic makeup is called:
a. learning.
b. maturation.
c. development.
d. experience.
Ques. 8The inability to interpret an event from another person's point of view is called:
a. irreversibility.
b. centration.
c. egocentrism.
d. assimilation.
Ques. 9The stage in which children are unable to remember physical objects that are no longer visible is called the:
a. sensorimotor stage.
b. preoperational stage.
c. concrete operational stage.
d. formal operational stage.
Ques. 10A form of adaptation in which an experience in the environment is modified to fit an existing scheme is called:
a. organization.
b. accommodation.
c. assimilation.
d. maturation.
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