PART 2 ED204

A child applies the concept of "vehicles" to include cars, buses, and trains. Which cognitive development term is this?

• Accommodation

• Generalization

• Schema building

• Assimilation

Mr. Cruz uses scaffolding by first demonstrating an experiment, then assisting students, and later letting them work on their own. This shows he is applying:

• Observational learning

• Equilibrium

• ZPD

• Social participation

A child copies the way a peer solves a puzzle even before being formally taught. What learning theory explains this?

• Behaviorism

• Situated learning

• Social Learning Theory

• Developmental theory

In a cooking class, students learn better while working in a kitchen than by reading a cookbook. What theory supports this?

• Cognitive Development Theory

• Vygotsky’s Theory

• Situated Learning Theory

• Behaviorism

A student is able to perform a task with assistance but not alone. According to Vygotsky, the task is within the student's:

• Comfort zone

• Cognitive ability

• Zone of Proximal Development

• Long-term memory

What is Jean Piaget most known for?

• Scaffolding Theory

• Social Learning Theory

• Theory of Cognitive Development

• Theory of Situated Learning

In Piaget’s theory, which stage occurs from birth to 2 years old?

• Formal operational

• Concrete operational

• Preoperational

• Sensorimotor

What stage of cognitive development typically occurs from ages 2 to 7?

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

What does a schema represent in Piaget's theory?

• A learned behavior

• A physical response

• A category of knowledge

• A set of motor skills

What is assimilation in cognitive development?

• Modifying old ideas

• Balancing cognitive conflict

• Adding new info to existing schemas

• Rejecting irrelevant data