Foundations of Special and Inclusive Education

According to Jean Piaget, preoperational children are:

• Egocentric

• Social

• Flexible

• Complex

Jean Piaget was a/an:

• Swiss Psychologist

• English Psychologist

• Russian Psychologist

• German Psychologist

• French Psychologist

Jean Piaget used the term “Schemata” to refer to the cognitive structures underlying organised patterns of:

• Concept

• Behavior

• Experience

• Temperament

• None of the above

In which developmental stage, according to Piaget, the child generally comes to see the relation between goals and the means to attain those goals?

• Pre-operational Period

• Formal Operation Period

• Sensorimotor Period

• Concrete Operation Period

• None of the above

In which development stage, according to Piaget, “Object permanence” develops?

• Concrete Operation Period

• Sensorimotor Period

• Preoperational Period

• Formal Operation Period

• None of the above

A psychologist asked a four-year-old child :

:”Do you have a brother?”

: ‘Yes’

: “What’s his name?”: “Amit”.

: “Does Sunny have a brother?”

“No”.

This is one illustration of:

• Conservation

• Transformation

• Irreversibility

• Assimilation

• Accomodation

The child’s cognitive structure reaches maturity during:

• Sensorimotor Period

• Preoperational Period

• The period of formal operations

• Concrete Operational period

• None of the above

According to Piagetian theory, cognitive development is influenced by all of the following EXCEPT

• Perception

• Reasoning

• Verbal Facilities

• Language

Vygotsky’s emphasizes the importance of a more experienced other who serves as a guide to provide _____ for the learner

• Questioning

• Scaffolding

• Disequilibrium

• Motivation

Who discovered that people can learn new information and behaviors by watching other people, also known as Social Learning Theory?

• Erik Erikson

• Albert Bandura

• Jean Piaget

• Jean Lave