Piaget believed that children ______ their own cognitive worlds.
A) Actively absorb
B) Passively Construct
C) Passively absorb
D) Actively construct - Answers D) Actively Construct
In Piaget's theory, actions or mental representations that organize knowledge are called:
A) Habituation
B) Equilibration
C) Classifications
D) Schemes - Answers D) Schemes
The ______ stage is the name of the Piagetian stage that occurs between birth and 2 years of age.
A) Preoperational
B) Formal Operational
C) Concrete Operational
D) Sensorimotor - Answers D) Sensorimotor
Place the substages of Piaget's sensorimotor stage in order from first to last.
- Coordination of secondary circular reactions
- Secondary circular reactions
- Internalization of schemes
- Simple reflexes
- First habits and primary circular reactions
- Tertiary circular reactions, novelty, and curiosity - Answers 1) Simple reflexes
2) First habits and primary circular reactions
3) Secondary circular reactions
, 4) Coordination of secondary circular reactions
5) Tertiary circular reactions, novelty, and curiosity
6) Internalization of schemes
The sensorimotor substage in which sensation and action are coordinated primarily through such
behaviors as rooting and sucking is called:
A) Internalization of schemes
B) simple reflexes
C) Coordination of secondary circular reactions
D) secondary circular reactions - Answers B) Simple reflexes
True or false: Piaget believed that children were like sponges and passively absorbed information from
the world around them. - Answers False:
Piaget believed that children actively construct their own knowledge
When Nancy moves 8-month-old Abigail's toy out of her crib, Abigail begins to look for it. Abigail has
developed:
A) Object permanence
B) Violation of expectations
C) Secondary circular reactions
D) Intermodal perception - Answers C) Object permanence
Grasping, strategies for problem solving, driving a car, and balancing a budget are all examples of
______, according to Piaget.
A) Encoding
B) Strategies
C) Accomodations
D) Schemes - Answers D) Schemes