Question 1

The main task during the sensorimotor stage involves

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A)   using language.
B)   suppressing motor reflexes.
C)   learning to coordinate sensations,responses,actions,and the nonsymbolic aspects of the period.
D)   acquiring the processes of assimilation and accommodation.

Question 2

Describe the zone of proximal development and one example of this form of learning.

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The range of tasks t...

Question 3

Assimilation is to accommodation as

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A)   genetic is to environmental.
B)   Piaget is to Freud.
C)   cognitive is to social.
D)   incorporating is to adjusting.

Question 4

From Vygotsky's perspective,of the following persons,the one engaging in a behavior that best indicates social competence is the one who

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A)   believes that he has lots of friends.
B)   is behaviorally outgoing.
C)   is talking privately to himself.
D)   is able to classify people as "friends" and "not-friends."

Question 5

How is object permanence studied?

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A)   by looking for symbolic activity
B)   by watching infants' reactions when an attractive object disappears
C)   by watching to see if infants become bored
D)   All of these.

Question 6

All but which one of the following relates to Piaget's intuitive thought stage?

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A)   Tommy,who is 9 years old and is starting to develop his own ideas about the world
B)   Mary,who is 4 years old,has simple ideas,and is not very good at thinking things out
C)   Joan,who is 5 years old and has difficulty understanding events she knows are taking place but which she cannot see
D)   Rao,who is 6 years old and fantasizes ideas that have little resemblance to reality

Question 7

Piaget contributed many ideas for educators in the classroom.Which one of the statements below is not a contribution of Piaget?

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A)   Teachers should use a constructivist approach.
B)   Teachers should be facilitators.
C)   Teachers should only assess students at the end to evaluate progress.
D)   Teachers should turn the classroom into a setting of exploration and discovery.

Question 8

While playing hide-and-seek with her brother,2-year-old Tammy hid her face behind a pillow,although she remained in plain view.This illustrates what limitation of preoperational thought?

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A)   animism
B)   centration
C)   egocentrism
D)   irreversibility

Question 9

Jean Piaget's idea of the adaptation process includes three terms: assimilation,accommodation,and disequilibration.Explain through the use of an example how a child can go through the adaptation process.Label each term in your answer.

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Question 10

George is presented with two identical beakers,and then watches as the experimenter pours liquid from one beaker into a third beaker,which is taller and thinner than the first two.This is a test to see if George has achieved

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A)   conservation.
B)   seriation.
C)   classification.
D)   object permanence.

Question 11

_______________________ are actions or mental representations that organize knowledge.

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A)   Cognitions
B)   Schemes
C)   Social impacts
D)   Organizations

Question 12

Piaget's sensorimotor substage of internalization of schemes occurs between ________ months of age.

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A)   1 and 4
B)   4 and 8
C)   12 and 18
D)   18 and 24

Question 13

Intentionality is achieved in the sensorimotor substage of

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A)   secondary circular reactions.
B)   first habits and primary circular reactions.
C)   coordination of secondary circular reactions.
D)   tertiary circular reactions,novelty,and curiosity.

Question 14

Concrete-operational thought is to formal-operational thought as

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A)   abstraction is to specific example.
B)   trial-and-error is to hypothetical-deductive reasoning.
C)   accommodation is to assimilation.
D)   reflex is to internalization of schemes.

Question 15

Identify and describe 3 of the 6 ways that Piaget has contributed to the field of education.

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1. Developmental Stages: Piaget's theory...

Question 16

Jean Piaget was a(n)

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A)   educator.
B)   physician.
C)   psychologist.
D)   social worker.

Question 17

During an average day,6-month-old Mercedes' parents unwittingly subject her to tasks that challenge her object permanence abilities.Which would be the best example of this task?

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A)   Her father tries to get her to imitate a sound that he is making.
B)   Her mother accidentally drops a towel over a ball while Mercedes is playing with it.
C)   Her father gives her a doll that she has never seen before.
D)   Her mother tries to get her to begin to take formula from a bottle versus milk from a breast.

Question 18

Who of the following is engaging in an activity that characterizes formal operations?

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A)   George,who is able to understand that his mother still exists even when he cannot see her
B)   Barbara,who is thinking about what happened to her yesterday
C)   Dan,who is thinking about talking
D)   Kara,who is thinking about thought itself

Question 19

Assimilation (incorporating new information into existing knowledge) _____________ the initial development of formal-operational thought,and these thinkers perceive the world subjectively and idealistically.

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A)   inhibits
B)   dominates
C)   reverses
D)   accelerates

Question 20

Which of the following is a strong statement of Vygotsky's ideas on private speech?

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A)   Children who use private speech are socially withdrawn.
B)   Children who use private speech do so to govern their behavior and guide themselves.
C)   Self-talk will never become second nature to children.
D)   Inner speech is not a part of a child's thoughts.

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