OCR GCSE Psychology - Development - Piaget's study

What was the sample in Piaget's study?

• Children from New South Wales, Australia

• Children from Geneva, Switzerlanad

• Teenagers from New South Wales, Australia

• Teenagers from Geneva, Switzerland

What question were children asked twice in Piaget's study?

• Is there the same amount of liquid or a different amount of liquid in each glass?

• Which line of counters has more in it?

• Is there the same number or a different number of counters in each line?

• Which glass has more liquid?

Which children answered Piaget's questions correctly?

• Children in the sensorimotor stage

• Children in the pre-operational stage

• Children in the concrete operational stage

• No one answered it correctly

What did Piaget conclude from his study?

• Children have developed the skill of object permanence by the pre-operational stage

• Children have developed the skill of object permanence by the concrete operational stage

• Children have developed the skill of conservation by the pre-operational stage

• Children have developed the skill of conservation by the concrete operational stage

How was Piaget's sample biased?

• Age bias - they were all children

• Culture bias - they were all Swiss

• Age bias - they were all teenagers

• Culture bias - they were all American

How might the children have been confused in Piaget's study?

• There were only a small number of participants

• The tasks didn't reflect real life

• The participants were asked the same question twice

• The children did not give consent

The tasks in Piaget's study did not reflect real life. This means the study lacked ____.

• Ecological validity

• Construct validity

• Population validity

• Internal validity

Which skill was Piaget's study aiming to investigate?

• Conservation

• Object permanence

• Egocentrism

• Animism