Module 3.4 Quiz

If you showed a 2-year-old a model of her bedroom where you had hidden a toy behind the bed, she would

• neither be able to find the toy in the model bedroom nor find the toy in her own room.

• be able to find the toy in the model but not in her actual room due to lack of symbolic thinking.

• understand that the model represented her room and be able to find the toy in her own room.

• misunderstand the instructions due to her lack of theory of mind.

What psychological concept is being depicted in this graph?

• Egocentrism

• Theory of mind

• Object permanence

• Scaffolding

Dr. Tchoupitoulas wants to conduct a study on the formal operational stage of development. Which of the following is an appropriate operational definition of the formal operational stage?

• Reversing arithmetic operations

• Using hypothetical situations as the basis of moral reasoning

• Using symbolic thinking for pretend play

• Understanding basic physics to recognize impossible situations

Cesaire, a 4-year-old child, comes into the room and tells his parent, “I broke it” without feeling the need to tell his parent what is broken because 4-year-olds often

• lack an understanding of conservation.

• cannot remember what was broken.

• struggle with reversing operations.

• are egocentric.

Which of the following examples indicates that a child understands conservation?

• She would continue to seek a toy hidden under a blanket.

• She would “hide” in a game of hide-and-seek by covering her eyes with her hands.

• She would believe that a clay snake would have the same amount of clay as the clay ball that was used to make it.

• She would recognize that 7 + 3 involves the same mathematical relationship as 10 – 7.

Which of the following is a current belief of researchers that differs from Piaget’s original theories?

• The formal operational stage is narrower than Piaget believed.

• Object permanence develops earlier than Piaget believed.

• Infants learn more by verbal explanations than Piaget believed.

• Schemas do not form until later than Piaget believed.

Ms. Quintron accurately taught her class about Vygotsky’s theory. What might she say to her class?

• Theory of mind refers to one’s thoughts about oneself and others.

• Conservation refers to the idea that properties remain the same despite changes in form.

• The sensorimotor stage refers to a period when babies and toddlers engage the world via their senses and motor movements.

• The zone of proximal development refers to the space between what a child is capable of doing and what thechild cannot yet do.