FSIE Lesson 2A

According to Jean Piaget, which stage of cognitive development is characterized by a child learning through sensory experiences and movement?

• Pre-operational Stage

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

Albert Bandura's Social Learning Theory emphasizes learning through:

• Direct instruction only

• Trial and error

• Observation and imitation

• Reinforcement without modeling

What was the key finding of Bandura's Bobo doll experiment?

• Children only learn through rewards

• Punishment is necessary for learning

• Children learn aggression by observing models

• Learning requires direct experience

According to Vygotsky, what is the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)?

• The gap between what a learner can do independently and what they can do with guidance

• A stage of moral development

• The maximum level of intelligence a child can achieve

• A theory that learning occurs in isolation

In Jean Lave's Situated Learning Theory, what is the role of communities of practice?

• To provide decontextualized learning

• To ensure students memorize information

• To help learners engage in authentic, real-world tasks

• To focus only on individual learning without collaboration

Which of the following best describes cognitive assimilation?

• Adjusting an existing schema to fit new information

• Creating a new schema when existing ones do not fit

• Fitting new experiences into an existing schema

• Forgetting old schemas to form new ones

According to Bandura, which of the following is NOT a step in the modeling process?

• Motivation

• Reinforcement

• Retention

• Attention

In Piaget's cognitive development theory, the ability to think abstractly and solve hypothetical problems occurs in the __________ stage.

The process of modifying an existing schema to incorporate new information is called __________.

Vygotsky's concept of __________ emphasizes that students learn best when they are guided by a more knowledgeable other.