EC-12 PPR Exam (160): Piaget UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Sensorimotor - CORRECT ANSWER - (0-2 years) stage of development in which infants
develop schemes primarily through sense and motor activities; culminates with the development
of object permanence and the beginning of representational thought
Preoperational - CORRECT ANSWER - (2-7 years) stage of development in which
children gradually acquire the ability to conserve and decenter but are not capable of operations
and unable to mentally reverse actions
Concrete Operational - CORRECT ANSWER - (7-11 years) stage of development in
which children are capable of operations but solves problems by generalizing from concrete
experiences; they are not able to manipulate conditions mentally unless they have been
experienced
Formal Operational - CORRECT ANSWER - (11+ years) stage of development in which
adolescents are able to deal with abstractions, form hypotheses, solve problems systematically,
and engage in mental manipulations.
Organization - CORRECT ANSWER - tendency to systemize and combine processes into
coherent general systems
Scheme - CORRECT ANSWER - organized pattern of behavior or thought; plan of action
based on previous experiences
Adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER - tendency to adjust to the environment
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER - mental process by which new objects, events,
experiences, and information are incorporated into an existing scheme
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Sensorimotor - CORRECT ANSWER - (0-2 years) stage of development in which infants
develop schemes primarily through sense and motor activities; culminates with the development
of object permanence and the beginning of representational thought
Preoperational - CORRECT ANSWER - (2-7 years) stage of development in which
children gradually acquire the ability to conserve and decenter but are not capable of operations
and unable to mentally reverse actions
Concrete Operational - CORRECT ANSWER - (7-11 years) stage of development in
which children are capable of operations but solves problems by generalizing from concrete
experiences; they are not able to manipulate conditions mentally unless they have been
experienced
Formal Operational - CORRECT ANSWER - (11+ years) stage of development in which
adolescents are able to deal with abstractions, form hypotheses, solve problems systematically,
and engage in mental manipulations.
Organization - CORRECT ANSWER - tendency to systemize and combine processes into
coherent general systems
Scheme - CORRECT ANSWER - organized pattern of behavior or thought; plan of action
based on previous experiences
Adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER - tendency to adjust to the environment
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER - mental process by which new objects, events,
experiences, and information are incorporated into an existing scheme
