Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

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A Levels Psychology (A2) Quiz on Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, created by Jessica Phillips on 09/10/2015.
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Question 1

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Piaget's theory of cognitive development is a [blank_start]stage[blank_end] theory. There are [blank_start]four[blank_end] major stages: [blank_start]sensorimotor[blank_end] stage, [blank_start]pre[blank_end]-operational stage, [blank_start]concrete[blank_end] operational stage and [blank_start]formal[blank_end] operational stage. According to Piaget cognitive development was the result of [blank_start]maturation[blank_end] and the [blank_start]environment[blank_end].
Answer
  • stage
  • four
  • sensorimotor
  • pre
  • concrete
  • formal
  • maturation
  • environment

Question 2

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What ways of thinking and developments are connected to the sensorimotor stage?
Answer
  • Circular reactions
  • Object permeance
  • Egocentric thinking
  • Conservation
  • Scientific thinking

Question 3

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Egocentric thinking, in the [blank_start]pre-operational[blank_end] stage, was illustrated by the [blank_start]three mountains task[blank_end]. [blank_start]Four[blank_end] year old children couldn't think about other peoples perspectives. [blank_start]Hughes[blank_end], however, showed that young children could cope with the task if it was more [blank_start]realistic[blank_end].
Answer
  • pre-operational
  • concrete operational
  • sensorimotor
  • formal operational
  • three mountains task
  • conservation task
  • A-not-B task
  • beaker problem
  • Four
  • Three
  • Two
  • One
  • Hughes
  • DeVos
  • Piaget
  • Dasen
  • realistic
  • simple
  • logical
  • scientific

Question 4

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Schemas are self-constructed mental structures.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 5

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According to [blank_start]Piaget[blank_end], cognitive development is driven by the need for [blank_start]equilibrium[blank_end] in cognitive structures. When a child is aware of issues in existing thinking, they experience an [blank_start]imbalance[blank_end] between what is understood and what is [blank_start]encountered[blank_end]. Adapting or creating [blank_start]schemas[blank_end] can be used to reduce imbalances. This process is called [blank_start]equilibration[blank_end].
Answer
  • Piaget
  • equilibrium
  • imbalance
  • encountered
  • schemas
  • equilibration

Question 6

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The IDA for Piaget's theory of cognitive development is [blank_start]nature[blank_end] and [blank_start]nurture[blank_end]. It combines biological [blank_start]maturation[blank_end] and [blank_start]experience[blank_end] to explain cognitive development.
Answer
  • nature
  • nurture
  • maturation
  • experience
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