In which of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development will a child realize that when a volume of water is poured from a tall, narrow beaker, to a wide beaker, the volume remains the same even though it reaches a lower level?

Related Mcqs:

1. Five-year-old David watches as you pour water from a short, wide glass into a tall, narrow one. He says there is now more water than before. This response demonstrates that:

   A. David understands the concept of conservation
   B. David does not understand the concept of conversion
   C. David cognitive development is “behind” for his age
   D. both b and c are the case

2. When a child acquires the ability to represent the world internally through the use of symbols, he enters which of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

   A. sensorimotor
   B. secondary circular reactions
   C. concrete operational
   D. preoperational

3. When a child modifies an existing cognitive schema to make it compatible with the cognitive aspects of an incoming stimulus, the process is called _____________?

   A. assimilation
   B. adaptation
   C. conservation
   D. accommodation

4. Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?

   A. At an early oral stage children usually start to explore their environment but experience control and discipline from their parents
   B. Fixation at the anal stage results in children deriving pleasure in adulthood from activities such as overeating, smoking, drinking and kissing
   C. At the genital stage children discover pleasure from touching their genitals
   D. During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities

5. Which of the following are commonly accepted dimensions of attribution? (Please highlight all the correct answers.) 1. Internal-external. 2. Stable-unstable. 3. Wide-narrow. 4. None of the above.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 4
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 1 & 3

6. According to Piaget, a child who is confident that the quantity of milk is a glass does not change when it is poured into a glass of different shape is probably _________________?

   A. between 3 and 5 years old
   B. able to conserve volume
   C. in the preoperational stage of cognitive development
   D. engaging in egocentric patterns of play

7. The stages of cognitive development associated with Piaget are ____________ in number?

   A. seven
   B. six
   C. two
   D. four

8. According to Piaget, cognitive development occurs through a fixed sequence of stages, each distinguished from the prior stage by a ________________?

   A. larger number of schemes
   B. new kind of scheme
   C. increasing use of accommodation
   D. increasing use of assimilation

9. Which of the following represents the correct order of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

   A. sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
   B. preoperational, sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational
   C. Preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor
   D. sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational

10. All of the following stages in Piaget’s cognitive development EXCEPT:

    A. Conservational
    B. Concrete operations
    C. Sensorimotor
    D. preoperational