PSY 205 -Test 2
According to cognitive-development theory, a scheme is______
__.
A. an internal process that occurs apart from any contact with t
he environment
B. the understanding that objects continue to exist when out of
sight
C. the ability to copy the behavior of others
D. an organized way of making sense of experience
Answer:D. an organized way of making sense of experience
According to Piaget, adaptation involves___________.
A. creating new schemes
B. using our current schemes to interpret the external world
C. building schemes through direct interaction with the environ
ment
D. adjusting to old schemes after noticing that our current ways
of thinking are not working
Answer:C. building schemes through direct interaction with the
environment
,Baby Olivia dropped her rattle. Later, she let go of her teething
ring and watched with interest. When Olivia dropped the object
s, she was ____________ them to her sensorimotor dropping s
cheme.
A. accommodating
B. equalizing
C. organizing
D. assimilating
Answer:D. assimilating
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Two year old Laura dropped a block into her toy box. She then
dropped a cup, a car, and a doll-some gently, and some with fo
rce. Laura's modification of her dropping scheme is an example
of _____________.
A. equilibrium
B. organization
C. accommodation
D. assimilation
Answer:C. accommodation
During times of rapid cognitive change, children ____________.
,A. are in a state of disequilibrium
B. assimilate more than they accommodate
C. are likely to construct inefficient schemes
D. balance assimilation and accommodation
Answer:A. are in a state of disequilibrium
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In Piaget's theory, each time the back-and-forth movement bet
ween equilibrium and disequilibrium occurs, ____________.
A. children temporarily regress to a previous stage
B. less effective schemes are produced
C. children adapt more than they organize
D. more effective schemes are produced
Answer:D. more effective schemes are produced
Piaget's ______ stage is the most complex period of developm
ent.
A. sensorimotor
B. preoperational
C. concrete operational
D. formal operational
, Answer:A. sensorimotor
Piaget based the substages of sensorimotor development on _
________.
A. interviews with parents and children
B. observations of a large sample of young children
C. observations of his own three children
D. field experiments with toddlers and preschoolers
Answer:C. observations of his own three children
A _________ is a means of building schemes in which infants tr
y to repeat chance motor behaviors again and again
A. sensorimotor reflex
B. circular reaction
C. mental representation
D. goal-directed behavior
Answer:B. circular reaction
The circular reaction initially centers on
According to cognitive-development theory, a scheme is______
__.
A. an internal process that occurs apart from any contact with t
he environment
B. the understanding that objects continue to exist when out of
sight
C. the ability to copy the behavior of others
D. an organized way of making sense of experience
Answer:D. an organized way of making sense of experience
According to Piaget, adaptation involves___________.
A. creating new schemes
B. using our current schemes to interpret the external world
C. building schemes through direct interaction with the environ
ment
D. adjusting to old schemes after noticing that our current ways
of thinking are not working
Answer:C. building schemes through direct interaction with the
environment
,Baby Olivia dropped her rattle. Later, she let go of her teething
ring and watched with interest. When Olivia dropped the object
s, she was ____________ them to her sensorimotor dropping s
cheme.
A. accommodating
B. equalizing
C. organizing
D. assimilating
Answer:D. assimilating
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
Two year old Laura dropped a block into her toy box. She then
dropped a cup, a car, and a doll-some gently, and some with fo
rce. Laura's modification of her dropping scheme is an example
of _____________.
A. equilibrium
B. organization
C. accommodation
D. assimilation
Answer:C. accommodation
During times of rapid cognitive change, children ____________.
,A. are in a state of disequilibrium
B. assimilate more than they accommodate
C. are likely to construct inefficient schemes
D. balance assimilation and accommodation
Answer:A. are in a state of disequilibrium
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
In Piaget's theory, each time the back-and-forth movement bet
ween equilibrium and disequilibrium occurs, ____________.
A. children temporarily regress to a previous stage
B. less effective schemes are produced
C. children adapt more than they organize
D. more effective schemes are produced
Answer:D. more effective schemes are produced
Piaget's ______ stage is the most complex period of developm
ent.
A. sensorimotor
B. preoperational
C. concrete operational
D. formal operational
, Answer:A. sensorimotor
Piaget based the substages of sensorimotor development on _
________.
A. interviews with parents and children
B. observations of a large sample of young children
C. observations of his own three children
D. field experiments with toddlers and preschoolers
Answer:C. observations of his own three children
A _________ is a means of building schemes in which infants tr
y to repeat chance motor behaviors again and again
A. sensorimotor reflex
B. circular reaction
C. mental representation
D. goal-directed behavior
Answer:B. circular reaction
The circular reaction initially centers on
