PSYC 101 2026 CERTIFICATION SCRIPT
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉Piaget's Theory on Origins of Cognition. Answer: Minimal, starting
with just reflexes
◉Piaget's Cognitive Stage Theory. Answer: 0-1 : Sensori - Motor
Stage
2-6 Pre - Operational Stage
7-10 Concrete Operations
10-13 Formal Operations
◉Explain Sensori - Motor Stage. Answer: Occurs between ages of 0-
1. Infants only know their world through direct senses and actions.
Literal version of "out of sight and out of mind."
, ◉Piaget's Object Permanence. Answer: Object permanence, when an
object goes out of sight it is no longer their. Doesn't occur until about
9 months into development, but still very fragile until about 2 years.
◉Piaget's Test to see if object permanence was true. Answer: The 'A
not B' error: 9-12 month infants were tested on their tendency to
reach to where objects have been found before, rather than to where
they were last hidden
◉Claims for why babies fail 'A not B' tests aside from Piaget's Theory
of Object Permanence. Answer: The reason kids fail has nothing to
do with object permanence but with motor control that they can't
block themselves from doing the thing they do before. Babies are
bad at inhibiting their past actions.
◉What was an alternative test from Piaget Object Permanence?.
Answer: Methods of Expectation: used to examine the claim that
babies don't have object permanence. Show babies 2 different
outcomes of an event and give two different endings: one that's
expected and one thats unexpected. If babies have an understanding
of the event their seeing they'll be able to respond differently to both
events. IE: Infants look longer when objects violate physics. Infants
are aware that objects continue to exist, instead of forgetting their
existence. Countering Piaget's claim of object permanence
◉True or False: Infants know objects are solid. Answer: true
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉Piaget's Theory on Origins of Cognition. Answer: Minimal, starting
with just reflexes
◉Piaget's Cognitive Stage Theory. Answer: 0-1 : Sensori - Motor
Stage
2-6 Pre - Operational Stage
7-10 Concrete Operations
10-13 Formal Operations
◉Explain Sensori - Motor Stage. Answer: Occurs between ages of 0-
1. Infants only know their world through direct senses and actions.
Literal version of "out of sight and out of mind."
, ◉Piaget's Object Permanence. Answer: Object permanence, when an
object goes out of sight it is no longer their. Doesn't occur until about
9 months into development, but still very fragile until about 2 years.
◉Piaget's Test to see if object permanence was true. Answer: The 'A
not B' error: 9-12 month infants were tested on their tendency to
reach to where objects have been found before, rather than to where
they were last hidden
◉Claims for why babies fail 'A not B' tests aside from Piaget's Theory
of Object Permanence. Answer: The reason kids fail has nothing to
do with object permanence but with motor control that they can't
block themselves from doing the thing they do before. Babies are
bad at inhibiting their past actions.
◉What was an alternative test from Piaget Object Permanence?.
Answer: Methods of Expectation: used to examine the claim that
babies don't have object permanence. Show babies 2 different
outcomes of an event and give two different endings: one that's
expected and one thats unexpected. If babies have an understanding
of the event their seeing they'll be able to respond differently to both
events. IE: Infants look longer when objects violate physics. Infants
are aware that objects continue to exist, instead of forgetting their
existence. Countering Piaget's claim of object permanence
◉True or False: Infants know objects are solid. Answer: true
