PPR EC 12 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A
◉ Early Childhood fine motor skills. Answer: drawing a circle, triangle,
square, basic people, large letters; zippering and buttoning, use of
scissors, twisting door knobs and lids
◉ Girl's Puberty Stage. Answer: happens between 9.5 and 14.5 years,
peaking at 12
◉ Boy's Puberty Stage. Answer: happens between 10.5 and 11, and 16 to
18 peaking at 14
◉ Jean Piaget. Answer: Conducted studies in the 20th century over
intelligence, learning, and memory.
Transitions occur at 2, 7, and 11
◉ Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development. Answer: 1.) Sensorimotor
(0-2)
2.) Preoperational Stage (2-7)
3.) Concrete Operational Stage (7-11)
,4.) Formal Operation Stage (11-adult)
◉ Sensorimotor. Answer: learns through 5 senses
develops object permanence
beginning of goal-directed actions
◉ Organization (Piaget). Answer: how individuals process info into
generalizations (schemes)
◉ Adaptation (Piaget). Answer: how individuals adapt their thinking to
an environment or situation in which their schemes change
◉ Assimilate (Piaget). Answer: add new to existing schemes
◉ Accommodate (Piaget). Answer: revise their schemes as they evaluate
new info
◉ Preoperational Stage. Answer: 2-7 years
semiotic function: ability to use symbols
one-way logic, can't think backwards
difficulty with the principle of conversation (2 different cups with same
volume H20)
egocentric
,◉ Egocentric (Piaget). Answer: assumes everyone thinks like they do
◉ Tips for Preoperational Stage. Answer: use concrete objects/ visual
aids and hands on activities
short instructions that's concrete
use action with words
◉ Concrete Operational Stage. Answer: "hands on" thinking
identity, compensation, reversibility
classification
seriation
◉ identity (Piaget). Answer: material remains same despite changes
◉ Compensation (Piaget). Answer: change in one thing can be
compensated by change in another
◉ Reversibility (Piaget). Answer: ability to reverse a process
◉ Seriation (Piaget). Answer: the ability to sequence items in orderly
arrangments
, ◉ Tips for Concrete Operational Stage. Answer: continue concrete props
encourage critical thinking
ask open ended questions
riddles-brain teasers
◉ Formal Operations Stage. Answer: 11-adult
focus shifts from "what is" to "what might be"
hypothetico-deductive reasoning
abstract thinking
"scientific" reasoning
adolescent egocentrism
seeks approval of peers
◉ Adolescent Egocentrism (Piaget). Answer: overly introspective and
self-conscious and assume their thoughts are as important to others as
they are to themselves
◉ Limitations to Piaget's Theory. Answer: Issues with stage model
(catastrophe theory)
underestimates children's abilities
overlooks influence in cultural social groups
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A
◉ Early Childhood fine motor skills. Answer: drawing a circle, triangle,
square, basic people, large letters; zippering and buttoning, use of
scissors, twisting door knobs and lids
◉ Girl's Puberty Stage. Answer: happens between 9.5 and 14.5 years,
peaking at 12
◉ Boy's Puberty Stage. Answer: happens between 10.5 and 11, and 16 to
18 peaking at 14
◉ Jean Piaget. Answer: Conducted studies in the 20th century over
intelligence, learning, and memory.
Transitions occur at 2, 7, and 11
◉ Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development. Answer: 1.) Sensorimotor
(0-2)
2.) Preoperational Stage (2-7)
3.) Concrete Operational Stage (7-11)
,4.) Formal Operation Stage (11-adult)
◉ Sensorimotor. Answer: learns through 5 senses
develops object permanence
beginning of goal-directed actions
◉ Organization (Piaget). Answer: how individuals process info into
generalizations (schemes)
◉ Adaptation (Piaget). Answer: how individuals adapt their thinking to
an environment or situation in which their schemes change
◉ Assimilate (Piaget). Answer: add new to existing schemes
◉ Accommodate (Piaget). Answer: revise their schemes as they evaluate
new info
◉ Preoperational Stage. Answer: 2-7 years
semiotic function: ability to use symbols
one-way logic, can't think backwards
difficulty with the principle of conversation (2 different cups with same
volume H20)
egocentric
,◉ Egocentric (Piaget). Answer: assumes everyone thinks like they do
◉ Tips for Preoperational Stage. Answer: use concrete objects/ visual
aids and hands on activities
short instructions that's concrete
use action with words
◉ Concrete Operational Stage. Answer: "hands on" thinking
identity, compensation, reversibility
classification
seriation
◉ identity (Piaget). Answer: material remains same despite changes
◉ Compensation (Piaget). Answer: change in one thing can be
compensated by change in another
◉ Reversibility (Piaget). Answer: ability to reverse a process
◉ Seriation (Piaget). Answer: the ability to sequence items in orderly
arrangments
, ◉ Tips for Concrete Operational Stage. Answer: continue concrete props
encourage critical thinking
ask open ended questions
riddles-brain teasers
◉ Formal Operations Stage. Answer: 11-adult
focus shifts from "what is" to "what might be"
hypothetico-deductive reasoning
abstract thinking
"scientific" reasoning
adolescent egocentrism
seeks approval of peers
◉ Adolescent Egocentrism (Piaget). Answer: overly introspective and
self-conscious and assume their thoughts are as important to others as
they are to themselves
◉ Limitations to Piaget's Theory. Answer: Issues with stage model
(catastrophe theory)
underestimates children's abilities
overlooks influence in cultural social groups
