Cognitive Development in Childhood Quiz

Who studied cognitive development in children to better understand how consciousness grew?

• B.F. Skinner

• Jean Piaget

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

What is the term for when new information is put into an existing schema?

• Accommodation

• Egocentric

• Assimilation

• Scaffolding

At what age do children start to develop the ability to see the world through another person's eye?

• 8 years old

• 6 years old

• 4 years old

• 2 years old

During which stage do children start to fully understand conservation and start to understand more complex topics such as mathematics?

• Sensory motor stage

• Pre-operational stage

• Concrete operational stage

• Formal operational stage

Who believed that cognitive development occurs through social interaction?

• Ivan Pavlov

• Sigmund Freud

• Jean Piaget

• Lev Vygotsky

What is the term for when an individual provides support and guides the child to an understanding?

• Egocentric

• Accommodation

• Assimilation

• Scaffolding

What is the zone of proximal development according to Vygotsky?

• What the child can learn with extreme difficulty

• What the child can learn and accomplish with the help from an outside person

• What the child cannot learn at this current time

• What the child can do without any outside assistance

What is the formal operational stage according to Piaget?

• The stage where children start to fully understand conservation and start to understand more complex topics such as mathematics

• The stage where children can think about hypothetical situations or questions and use logic to break them down

• The stage where children learn to use language but still struggle with important concepts such as conservation

• The stage where children start to be able to use their hands and to be able to move on their own