Chapter 6 Practice Quiz

Which of the following is the correct order of Piaget's cognitive developmental stages?

• sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

• concrete operational, sensorimotor, formal operational, concrete operational

• preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor

Labouvie-Vief (1986) argued that as young adults face the constraints of reality,

• wishful thought increases.

• egocentrism increases.

• idealistic thought decreases.

• the imaginary audience disappears.

Animism and egocentrism represent limitations in the preoperational child's thinking, because they indicate an inability to

• distinguish among different or real perspectives.

• center attention on one characteristic.

• be fanciful and inventive in their drawings.

• think symbolically.

Awareness of the permanence of the basic properties of an object or substance even if its appearance is altered is called

• conservation.

• animism.

• centration.

• egocentrism.

A child calls every animal she sees a cat. This is an example of

• accommodation.

• disequilibrium.

• assimilation.

• equilibration.

Which of Piaget's stages lasts from birth to about 2 years of age?

• sensorimotor

• formal operational

• concrete operational

• preoperational

Baby Dennis sees a ball on the floor. He picks it up, looks at it carefully, and then bangs it on the ground. He picks it up again, holds it over his head, and drops it. Then, he picks it up and throws it. Dennis continues playing for several minutes. Dennis is in which of Piaget's sensorimotor substages?

• tertiary circular reactions

• coordination of secondary circular reactions

• primary circular reactions

• secondary circular reactions

According to Piaget, adolescents capable of formal operational thinking differ from younger children in concrete operational thinking in that younger children cannot

• solve problems.

• understand the concept of conservation.

• deal with operations in concrete situations.

• systematically and mentally test hypotheses.

What does Gelman (1969) indicate as an important factor in a child's performance on conservation tasks?

• improved intuitive thought

• mastery of animism

• improved attention to relevant aspects

• creativity and imagination

A scheme based on the attempt to reproduce an event that initially occurred by chance is called a

• disequilibrium.

• secondary circular reaction.

• primary circular reaction.

• primitive symbol.