Question 1

George is presented with two identical beakers,and then watches as the experimenter pours liquid from one beaker into a third beaker,which is taller and thinner than the first two.This is a test to see if George has achieved

Accepted Answer

A) conservation. 
B) seriation. 
C) classification. 
D) object permanence.

Question 2

Piaget is associated with which of the following theories?

Accepted Answer

A) social-learning theory 
B) cognitive-developmental theory 
C) psychoanalytic theory 
D) observational theory

Question 3

Elizabeth,a 7-month-old infant,responds to holding her first orange by rolling it around on the floor just like she does with her blue rubber ball.This demonstrates what Piagetian process?

Accepted Answer

A) organization 
B) equilibration 
C) assimilation 
D) accommodation

Question 4

Which of the following is not a feature of formal operational thought?

Accepted Answer

A) idealism 
B) abstract 
C) logical 
D) trial-and-error

Question 5

The imaginary audience is to the personal fable as

Accepted Answer

A) concern over others is to the belief in one's uniqueness. 
B) formal operations is to post-formal operations. 
C) disequalibration is to egocentrism. 
D) concrete is to abstract.

Question 6

The preschooler is in what Piagetian stage of cognitive development?

Accepted Answer

A) sensorimotor 
B) formal operational thought 
C) preoperational thought 
D) concrete operational thought

Question 7

In the ____________________________ substage of sensorimotor development infants become intrigued by the many properties of objects and by the many things that they can make happen to objects.

Accepted Answer

A) object permanence 
B) coordination of secondary circular reactions 
C) secondary circular reactions 
D) tertiary circular reactions, novelty, and curiosity

Question 8

When Mark's grandmother calls on the telephone to wish him a happy birthday,she asks him,"How old are you today?" Instead of saying anything,Mark holds up four fingers.His behaviour is best explained as

Accepted Answer

A) intuitive. 
B) egocentric. 
C) excessive conservation. 
D) a lack of object permanence.

Question 9

Jean Piaget's idea of the adaptation process includes three terms: assimilation,accommodation,and disequilibration.Explain through the use of an example how a child can go through the adaptation process.Label each term in your answer.

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The answer of Jean Piaget's idea of the adaptation process...

Question 10

What are limitations of preoperational thought?

Accepted Answer

A) egocentrism 
B) animism 
C) Both egocentrism and animism are limitations. 
D) None of these.

Question 11

Jean Piaget has a set of stages that support cognitive development.Explain how a child moves from birth through adulthood by means of these stages.Use the names of the stages in your answer.

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The answer of Jean Piaget has a set of stages...

Question 12

Bob is a Piagetian studying the cognitive development of children.His utilization of a "three-mountains task" would indicate that he is interested in

Accepted Answer

A) depth perception. 
B) animism. 
C) horizontal décalage. 
D) egocentrism.

Question 13

Who is best identified as being in the intuitive stage of development?

Accepted Answer

A) Dan, who can remember a list of five shopping items 
B) Sue, who keeps annoying her parents by asking, "How come...?" 
C) Keith, who hit his sister, yet is only worried about what is going to happen to him 
D) Missy, whose imaginary friend helps her deal with traumatic events

Question 14

Which statement best exemplifies early formal operational thinking?

Accepted Answer

A) "Anything is possible." 
B) "If at first you don't succeed, quit." 
C) "The mind is like a blank slate." 
D) "It's time to worry about death."

Question 15

David Elkind believes that adolescent egocentrism can be dissected into two types of social thinking: imaginary audience and personal fable.Explain,through use of examples,the two types of social thinking referred to by Elkind.

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The answer of David Elkind believes that adolescent egocentrism can...

Question 16

In Piaget's three-mountains task,a preoperational child is asked to select from a series of photos the one photo that most accurately reflects the view the doll is seeing.Children in the preoperational stage are most likely to pick

Accepted Answer

A) the doll's view. 
B) their view from where they are sitting. 
C) the view from the mountains. 
D) the view opposite from where the child is sitting.

Question 17

All but which one of the following relates to Piaget's intuitive thought stage?

Accepted Answer

A) Tommy, who is 9-years old and is starting to develop his own ideas about the world 
B) Mary, who is 4-years old, has simple ideas, and is not very good at thinking things out 
C) Joan, who is 5-years old and has difficulty understanding events she knows are taking place but which she cannot see 
D) Rao, who is 6-years old and fantasizes ideas that have little resemblance to reality

Question 18

According to Piaget,an infant's first schemes consist of

Accepted Answer

A) reflexes. 
B) symbols. 
C) habits. 
D) circular reactions.

Question 19

When do simple reflexes occur in Piaget's four stages?

Accepted Answer

A) at the beginning of the concrete operational stage 
B) at the beginning of the sensorimotor stage 
C) at the end of the preoperational stage 
D) at the end of the formal operational stage

Question 20

When being fed peas,3-month-old Teddy experiences unexpected pleasure when he accidentally spits them out of his mouth.Which subsequent reaction would demonstrate a primary circular reaction?

Accepted Answer

A) refusing to eat any more peas 
B) spitting out the next mouthful of peas 
C) laughing at his father who is feeding him 
D) suppressing the spitting response and keeping the rest of his meal in his mouth

Exam 6: Cognitive Developmental Approaches