Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

What is Jean Piaget famous for?

• His work in philosophy

• His work in natural history

• His work in psychology

• His work with children

What is the term used by Piaget to describe different categories of learning?

• Accommodation

• Assimilation

• Schemas

• Object permanence

What is assimilation?

• Changing new information to fit into a schema

• The building blocks of knowledge

• Learning that objects continue to exist even when out of sight

• The process of accommodating new information

According to Piaget, how do children learn?

• Through memorization

• Through active participation

• Through direct instruction

• Through passive observation

What is the first stage of cognitive development according to Piaget?

• Concrete operational stage

• Formal operational stage

• Pre-operational stage

• Sensory motor stage

What is object permanence?

• The ability to think symbolically

• The understanding that objects continue to exist even when out of sight

• The ability to understand abstract concepts

• The ability to think logically about concrete results

What is abstract thinking?

• The ability to understand concepts tied to physical objects

• The ability to understand concepts that are not directly tied to physical objects

• The ability to think logically about concrete results

• The ability to think symbolically