Piaget

Bree and Emma’s father bought them a strawberry Big M each

while out shopping. He decides to pour the milk out of each

carton into different glasses and his daughters watch him do

this. Emma’s glass is much wider than Bree’s glass and she

complains that Bree has been given more milk than she has.

It is likely that Emma has yet to develop an understanding of

• classification.

• conservation of mass.

• conservation of volume.

• conservation of length.

Piaget's key stages of cognitive development, in order, are:

• Sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, formal operational

• Pre-operational, sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational

• Concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor, pre-operational

• Formal operational, concrete operational, pre-operational, sensorimotor

_______ is the tendency to perceive the world solely from one's own point of view.

• Centration

• Egocentrism

• Classification

• Conservation

According to Piaget, which stage of cognitive development is characterized by the ability to think logically about concrete events?

• Sensorimotor

• Pre-operational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

In Piaget's theory, what is the primary characteristic of the pre-operational stage?

• Abstract thinking

• Egocentrism

• Logical reasoning

• Hypothetical thinking

Which of the following is a key concept introduced by Piaget to describe a child's ability to understand that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen?

• Object permanence

• Conservation

• Egocentrism

• Centration

Piaget's concept of conservation refers to a child's ability to understand that:

• Objects have a permanent existence

• The quantity of a substance remains the same despite changes in its shape

• The world is perceived from one's own point of view

• Objects can be classified into different categories

During which stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory do children begin to understand the concept of conservation?

• Sensorimotor

• Pre-operational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

What is the term used by Piaget to describe the process by which children incorporate new information into existing cognitive schemas?

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

• Equilibration

• Conservation

In Piaget's theory, which stage is characterized by the development of abstract and hypothetical thinking?

• Sensorimotor

• Pre-operational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational