Which one of the following best reflects Piaget's notion of equilibration?

Which 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. 2

As 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. 3

From 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. 4

Which 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. 5

The 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. 6

Louis 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. 7

Which of the following is not a concept described by Piaget?
 
  a. Scheme
  b. Accommodation
  c. Assimilation
  d. Zone of proximal development

Ques. 8

In her first trip to a zoo, 7-year-old Latisha notices that leopards have paws very similar in shape to her cat Snowball's paws. She also notices that leopards walk in much the same way that Snowball does. Latisha starts to wonder if perhaps leopards are cats. Latisha's thinking illustrates Piaget's idea that thought is characterized by:
 
  a. egocentrism
  b. conservation
  c. use of schemes
  d. compartmentalization

Ques. 9

Five-year-old Becky is playing with blocks, stacking them one on top of another until her towers eventually tumble, and then stacking them again. Which one of the following best reflects Piaget's view of how Becky is probably learning in this situation?
 
  a. Because she is probably still in the sensorimotor stage, she will remember what she learns about the blocks only while the blocks are still in front of her.
  b. She is absorbing information about how the environment behaves (e.g., objects fall) without consciously thinking about it.
  c. She is actively thinking about and interpreting the results of her actions.
  d. Because she builds one tower after another, she is obviously reinforced by seeing her towers tumble down.