AEPA Tests (ECH EDU
36 & Professional
Knowledge 93)
(questions and
answers)
Stages of Cognitive Development - answer Jean
Piaget
Sensorimotor (B-2)
Preoperational (2-6)
Concrete Operational (7-11)
Formal Operational (12-A)
Sensorimotor Stage of Cognitive Development -
answer (Birth-2 years)
Children experience the world through their
senses.
- Object Permanence
- Separation Anxiety
,Object Permanence - answer Objects continue to
exist even when they are out of our sight.
Children have this if they seek for an object after it
is hidden.
- Hide and Seek
- Peek-a-Boo
Schemas - answer Mental constructs/concepts
formed to represent a category of a class of things.
How babies and children learn about themselves
and the world around them through their
interactions with the environment.
i.e. "Things to Suck On" - thumb, bottle, pacifier
Assimilation - answer Fitting something new into
an existing schema.
i.e. Adding a straw to the scheme of "Things to
Suck On"
,Accommodation - answer When something cannot
be assimilated into a schema, we either modify
that schema or create a new schema.
i.e. When a baby sees a large dog they might say,
"moo" until they are taught that it is a dog
Preoperational Stage of Cognitive Development -
answer (2-6 years)
Children begin to represent things with words and
images.
- Pretend/Make-Believe Play
- Egocentrism
- Language Development
"Pre"- Operational because children are not yet
able to perform mental operations including logical
steps.
Egocentric - answer Children in the
preoperational stage cannot adopt another's point
of view.
Seeing everything as revolving around oneself.
, Animism - answer Children assign human
qualities, feelings, and actions to inanimate
objects.
i.e. When a leaf falls of its branch, the child might
say, "The tree didn't like that lead and pushed it off
its branch."
Concrete Operational Stage of Cognitive
Development - answer (7-11 years)
Children begin thinking logically about concrete
events and grasping concrete analogies
- Conservation
- Mathematical Transformation
- Reversibility
Conservation - answer The cognitive ability to
understand that objects or substances retain their
properties of numbers or amounts even when their
appearance, shape, or configuration changes.
i.e. Liquid volume in a short fat glass compared to
a tall skinny glass.
Formal Operational Stage of Cognitive
Development - answer (12-Adulthood)
36 & Professional
Knowledge 93)
(questions and
answers)
Stages of Cognitive Development - answer Jean
Piaget
Sensorimotor (B-2)
Preoperational (2-6)
Concrete Operational (7-11)
Formal Operational (12-A)
Sensorimotor Stage of Cognitive Development -
answer (Birth-2 years)
Children experience the world through their
senses.
- Object Permanence
- Separation Anxiety
,Object Permanence - answer Objects continue to
exist even when they are out of our sight.
Children have this if they seek for an object after it
is hidden.
- Hide and Seek
- Peek-a-Boo
Schemas - answer Mental constructs/concepts
formed to represent a category of a class of things.
How babies and children learn about themselves
and the world around them through their
interactions with the environment.
i.e. "Things to Suck On" - thumb, bottle, pacifier
Assimilation - answer Fitting something new into
an existing schema.
i.e. Adding a straw to the scheme of "Things to
Suck On"
,Accommodation - answer When something cannot
be assimilated into a schema, we either modify
that schema or create a new schema.
i.e. When a baby sees a large dog they might say,
"moo" until they are taught that it is a dog
Preoperational Stage of Cognitive Development -
answer (2-6 years)
Children begin to represent things with words and
images.
- Pretend/Make-Believe Play
- Egocentrism
- Language Development
"Pre"- Operational because children are not yet
able to perform mental operations including logical
steps.
Egocentric - answer Children in the
preoperational stage cannot adopt another's point
of view.
Seeing everything as revolving around oneself.
, Animism - answer Children assign human
qualities, feelings, and actions to inanimate
objects.
i.e. When a leaf falls of its branch, the child might
say, "The tree didn't like that lead and pushed it off
its branch."
Concrete Operational Stage of Cognitive
Development - answer (7-11 years)
Children begin thinking logically about concrete
events and grasping concrete analogies
- Conservation
- Mathematical Transformation
- Reversibility
Conservation - answer The cognitive ability to
understand that objects or substances retain their
properties of numbers or amounts even when their
appearance, shape, or configuration changes.
i.e. Liquid volume in a short fat glass compared to
a tall skinny glass.
Formal Operational Stage of Cognitive
Development - answer (12-Adulthood)
