Exam 6: Cognitive Development: Piaget and Vygotsky

Implications in Infancy: Observe infants and toddlers as they try new tasks. If they repeatedly struggle and seem frustrated in their efforts, provide assistance, but let them do as much of the task as possible on their own.

Which one of the following statements reflects a concern about the separation and control of variables?

Imagine that you want to improve middle school students' ability to learn information from their textbooks. Considering research results described in the textbook, which technique would you be most likely to use?

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:

Ms. Villanueva has her students engage in a variety of activities in her middle school geography class. Three of the activities described below are authentic activities. Which one is not an authentic activity as educators typically use the term?

Three of the following teaching strategies should help students benefit from a discovery learning activity. Which strategy is least likely to be helpful?

Carl can correctly answer a question such as, "If all flegs are blats, and if all blats are dulms, are all flegs also dulms?" From Piaget's perspective, Carl is most likely in the _______ stage of cognitive development.

Olivia understands why 3/5 and 9/15 are equivalent fractions. Based on this information, Olivia is probably in Piaget's _______ stage of development.

Leonard is teaching Sally how to play a new card game. During the first time through the game, Leonard looks at Sally's cards and helps her decide how to play them at each turn. As Sally becomes more familiar with the game's rules and strategies, Leonard gives her fewer hints and less assistance. This scenario best illustrates:

Which one of the following statements best describes Piaget's view of how children acquire knowledge about the world?

If we look at cognitive development from Piaget's perspective, we would expect a child in the concrete operations stage to have the greatest difficulty with which one of the following questions?

Which one of the following would Piaget be least likely to advocate for elementary school children?

From Piaget's perspective, why might it be wise to postpone the teaching of complex fractions until middle school or high school?

Which of the following is not a concept described by Piaget?

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:

Which one of the following statements best describes the idea that cognitive development involves a process of construction?

Xavier loves to write poetry. Often he uses techniques that his favorite poets use, but typically he modifies these techniques to better suit his own style. This situation illustrates which one of the following concepts in Vygotsky's theory?

Which one of the following conditions is most likely to help children learn from a discovery learning activity?

As Valerie grows older, she becomes increasingly proficient in a variety of tasks involving spatial reasoning, including drawing three-dimensional figures, solving geometry problems, and predicting where balls are apt to go when she hits them in a tennis game. From a neo-Piagetian perspective, Valerie's simultaneous progress in these diverse areas suggests that she:

Three of the following teaching practices are consistent with Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Which one is not?