An economics professor once said, The world is governed by economics. Later the faculty was told in a meeting about university enrollment problems and what effect these had on funding. The professor then nodded knowingly and mumbled, Yes, economics rules the world. Piaget would say she:
a. went through a process of transformation seeing the process move from one point to another.
b. accommodated a scheme to include an additional example.
c. reached equilibrium through the process of accommodation.
d. assimilated an example into an already existing scheme.
Ques. 2Sally concludes that a Persian cat and a mountain lion are both felines even though they are markedly different in size. This best illustrates Piaget's concept of:
a. assimilation.
b. accommodation.
c. generalization.
d. centration.
Ques. 3Brad always takes the same route to work each morning, parks in the same place, and returns home again the same way. I like it this way, he says. I don't have to think about anything. I just go. The Piagetian concept most closely related to this illustration is:
a. transformation.
b. maturation.
c. accommodation.
d. equilibrium.
Ques. 4Joe has just learned the characteristics of a circle and looks at his family as a circle, his friends as a circle, the loop around the city as a circle. This best illustrates Piaget's concept of:
a. scheme.
b. logical thought.
c. transformation.
d. discrimination.
Ques. 5Ryan, a second grader, is creating a story map that identifies the feelings of the character in the story. His teacher's goal is for all of her students to be able to draw inferences about characters' feelings based on clues in the stories they read.
The part of the learning physiology of Ryan's brain that will be most strongly influenced by these experiences are the:
a. dendrites.
b. synapses.
c. axons.
d. neurons.
Ques. 6Molina understands a lot about the solar system. She has been told that there are nine planets. Now scientists suggest that a new planet may exist beyond Pluto and that Pluto itself is no longer considered a planet. Molina considers the potential of this new information and during discussion in class suggests that If there is another planet out there, the surface temperature would be very cold Piaget would say she:
a. went through a process of transformation, seeing the process move from one point to another.
b. illustrated seriation by adding an additional planet to her understanding.
c. reached equilibrium through the process of accommodation.
d. assimilated new information into an already existing scheme.
Ques. 7Jerardo is struggling with a word problem in math. The part of his brain that is most directly involved in his attempts is the:
a. medulla oblongata.
b. cerebellum.
c. mesencephelon.
d. cerebral cortex.
Ques. 8According to Piaget, which of the following best describes the role of social interaction in cognitive development?
a. Social interaction does not play a role in development.
b. Social interaction provides a mechanism for learners to test their schemes against the schemes of others.
c. Social interaction directly causes development by helping learners remain at equilibrium.
d. Social interaction allows learners to work within their zones of proximal development.
Ques. 9Which of the following is not a characteristic of formal thought?
a. Thinking abstractly
b. Thinking concretely
c. Thinking systematically
d. Thinking hypothetically