Which of the following did Piaget not find to be true of conservation?
a. It is attained at different rates for children in different cultures.
b. Children do not accomplish all the properties of conservation at once, but do so gradually.
c. It is acquired during the formal operational stage.
d. Most 7-year-olds conserve number and mass, but not weight or volume.
Question 2Piaget used the term horizontal dcalage to refer to
a. combining different dimensions of a perceptual field.
b. progressive acquisition of a certain skill.
c. thinking in a systematic and logical way about abstract information.
d. seeing things from others' perspectives.
Question 3Children at the concrete operational stage have the characteristic of
a. egocentrism. c. decentration.
b. perceptual centrism. d. inductive reasoning.
Question 4Which of the following is not true of the concrete operational stage?
a. Thought is symbolic and logical. c. Thought is logical and abstract.
b. Thought is symbolic and abstract. d. Thought is goal-directed and abstract.
Question 5In intellectual terms, a 3-year-old child is most like
a. a 6-month-old infant. c. a 2-year-old child.
b. a 1-year-old child. d. an adult.
Question 6Why did Piaget describe preschool children as being stimulus bound?
a. Their thinking is scattered and interrupted by numerous stimuli.
b. Their thinking is very limited in all areas.
c. Their thinking is confined to the actions of objects.
d. Their thinking is confined to literal perceptual properties of objects.
Question 7Young children's difficulties considering all factors of a situation when making a decision is called
a. perceptual centration. c. incorporation.
b. disequilibration. d. goal-directed behavior.
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