Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

According to Jean Piaget, schema building occurs as a result of modifying new information to fit existing schemas and by modifying old schemas as per new information. These two processes are known as:

• Assimilation and adaptation

• Accommodation and adaptation

• Equilibration and modification

• Assimilation and accommodation

According to Piaget, children's thinking differs in …………. From adults than in ……….

• Size, correctness

• Amount, kind

• Kind, amount

• Size, type

According to Piaget, a child between 2 to 7 years is in the ………. Stage of cognitive development

• Formal operational

• Concrete operational

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

According to Piaget's stages of cognitive development, the sensory motor stage is associated with

• Ability to solve problems in logical fashion

• Concerns about social issues

• Ability to interpret and analyze options

• Imitation, memory and mental representation

"Children actively construct their understanding of the world" is a statement attributed to

• Piaget

• Kohlberg

• Pavlov

• Skinner

Four distinct stages of children's intellectual development are identified by

• Erikson

• Kohlberg

• Skinner

• Piaget

Which of the following statements describes Piaget and Vygotsky's views on language and thought correctly?

• According to Vygotsky, thought emerges first and according to Piaget, language has a profound effect on thought.

• Both view language as emerging from the child's thought

• According to Piaget, thought emerges first and according to Vygotsky, language has a profound effect on thought

• Both new thought as emerging from the child's language

In a constructivist classroom as envisioned by Piaget and Vygotsky, learning

• Is constructed by the students themselves who play an active role

• Is offering of reinforcement by the teacher

• Is dictated by the teacher and the students are passive recipients of the same

• Happens by pairing of a stimulus and a response

Which of the following implications cannot be derived from Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

• Acceptance of individual differences

• Sensitivity of children's readiness to learn

• Discovery learning

• Need of verbal teaching

According to Jean Piaget, which of the following is necessary for learning?

• Active exploration of the environment by the learner

• Observing the behaviour of adults

• Belief in immanent justice

• Reinforcement by teachers and parents