The Growth of Knowledge: Crash Course Psychology #18

Who is considered a developmental psychologist extraordinaire for starting the conversation on cognitive development?

• Ranjit Bhagwat

• Lev Vygotsky

• Sigmund Freud

• Jean Piaget

What is the term used to describe the mental frameworks that help us interpret information?

• Cognitive equilibrium

• Accommodation

• Schemas

• Assimilation

During which stage do children begin to think logically about concrete events?

• Concrete operational stage

• Preoperational stage

• Formal operational stage

• Sensorimotor stage

What concept did Piaget introduce to explain how children adjust their schemas to incorporate new experiences?

• Centration

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

• Decentration

At what age does Piaget's 'sensorimotor stage' begin?

• At birth

• At 12 years

• At 2 years

• At 6 years

Which psychologist emphasized the role of social environments and parental instruction in early development?

• Jean Piaget

• Ranjit Bhagwat

• Sigmund Freud

• Lev Vygotsky

What is the inability of young children in the preoperational stage to see things from another person's perspective called?

• Object permanence

• Conservation

• Animism

• Egocentrism

Which stage is characterized by the development of object permanence?

• Formal operational stage

• Sensorimotor stage

• Preoperational stage

• Concrete operational stage

What ability do children start to develop during the 'concrete operational stage'?

• Egocentrism

• Theory of mind

• Object permanence

• Decentration

What is the main focus of developmental psychology?

• The study of brain cell growth

• The study of genetic influences on behavior

• The study of physical, cognitive, social, and emotional changes throughout life

• The study of personality development