DEVELOPMENTAL Educational PSYCHOLOGY
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Mr. Remick asks 9-year-old Anne to divide a pitcher of lemonade equally between two glasses,
one each for her and her friend Kate. The two glasses are different shapes, with Anne's being
tall and thin and Kate's being short and wide. After Anne pours the lemonade, Mr. Remick says
to her, "look, the lemonade in your glass is higher than the lemonade in Kate's glass. Did you
give yourself more than you gave Kate?" "No," Anne replies, "my glass is skinnier." Mr. Remick
continues to ask Anne questions to determine how well she understands that height
compensates for width in this situation. Mr. Remick's strategy can best be described as
illustrating: - CORRECT ANSWERS The Clinical Method
Larger systems of mental processes are known as: - CORRECT ANSWERS Operations
From Piaget's perspective, children are: - CORRECT ANSWERS Eager to interact with and
make sense of their world
Which one of the following statements best describes Piaget's view of how children acquire
knowledge about the world? - CORRECT ANSWERS Children actively construct their own
view of the world from their experiences with the environment
Five-year-old Becky is playing with blocks, stacking them one on top of another until her towers
eventually tumble, and then stacking them again. Which one of the following best reflects
Piaget's view of how Becky is probably learning in this situation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS She is actively thinking about and interpreting the results of her actions
Which one of the following statements best describes the idea that cognitive development
involves a process of construction? - CORRECT ANSWERS Children pull together pieces of
information about a topic to create their own understanding
, In Piaget's theory, a scheme can best be described as: - CORRECT ANSWERS An organized
group of similar thoughts or actions
In her first trip to a zoo, 7-year-old Latisha notices that leopards have paws very similar in shape
to her cat Snowball's paws. She also notices that leopards walk in much the same way that
Snowball does. Latisha starts to wonder if perhaps leopards are cats. Latisha's thinking
illustrates Piaget's idea that thought is characterized by: - CORRECT ANSWERS Use of
schemes
Which of the following is not a concept described by Piaget? - CORRECT ANSWERS Zone
of proximal development
Which one of the following clearly illustrates Piaget's concept of assimilation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Five-year-old Harvey draws on the chalkboard with a large white crayon in
stead of with chalk
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: - CORRECT
ANSWERS assimilation
Which one of the following best illustrates Piaget's concept of accommodation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Carol receives her understanding of what clouds are like when she studies
them in science
The processes of assimilation and accommodation both involve: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Relating new information to prior knowledge
Which one of the following teachers is definitely keeping in mind Piaget's idea that assimilation
and accommodation are both necessary for cognitive development? - CORRECT
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Mr. Remick asks 9-year-old Anne to divide a pitcher of lemonade equally between two glasses,
one each for her and her friend Kate. The two glasses are different shapes, with Anne's being
tall and thin and Kate's being short and wide. After Anne pours the lemonade, Mr. Remick says
to her, "look, the lemonade in your glass is higher than the lemonade in Kate's glass. Did you
give yourself more than you gave Kate?" "No," Anne replies, "my glass is skinnier." Mr. Remick
continues to ask Anne questions to determine how well she understands that height
compensates for width in this situation. Mr. Remick's strategy can best be described as
illustrating: - CORRECT ANSWERS The Clinical Method
Larger systems of mental processes are known as: - CORRECT ANSWERS Operations
From Piaget's perspective, children are: - CORRECT ANSWERS Eager to interact with and
make sense of their world
Which one of the following statements best describes Piaget's view of how children acquire
knowledge about the world? - CORRECT ANSWERS Children actively construct their own
view of the world from their experiences with the environment
Five-year-old Becky is playing with blocks, stacking them one on top of another until her towers
eventually tumble, and then stacking them again. Which one of the following best reflects
Piaget's view of how Becky is probably learning in this situation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS She is actively thinking about and interpreting the results of her actions
Which one of the following statements best describes the idea that cognitive development
involves a process of construction? - CORRECT ANSWERS Children pull together pieces of
information about a topic to create their own understanding
, In Piaget's theory, a scheme can best be described as: - CORRECT ANSWERS An organized
group of similar thoughts or actions
In her first trip to a zoo, 7-year-old Latisha notices that leopards have paws very similar in shape
to her cat Snowball's paws. She also notices that leopards walk in much the same way that
Snowball does. Latisha starts to wonder if perhaps leopards are cats. Latisha's thinking
illustrates Piaget's idea that thought is characterized by: - CORRECT ANSWERS Use of
schemes
Which of the following is not a concept described by Piaget? - CORRECT ANSWERS Zone
of proximal development
Which one of the following clearly illustrates Piaget's concept of assimilation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Five-year-old Harvey draws on the chalkboard with a large white crayon in
stead of with chalk
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: - CORRECT
ANSWERS assimilation
Which one of the following best illustrates Piaget's concept of accommodation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Carol receives her understanding of what clouds are like when she studies
them in science
The processes of assimilation and accommodation both involve: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Relating new information to prior knowledge
Which one of the following teachers is definitely keeping in mind Piaget's idea that assimilation
and accommodation are both necessary for cognitive development? - CORRECT
