A. hypothetical reasoning
B. deductive thinking
C. concrete operations
D. egocentric thinking
Related Mcqs:
- Piaget is to cognitive development as Kohlberg is to ______________ development?
A. emotional
B. physical
C. moral
D. social - 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 - The prenatal period, childhood and adolescence usually are referred to as representing sequential maturation or development towards____maturity:
A. Mental
B. Life
C. Adult
D. Attitude - In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, internalizing of action schemes is the major task of the______________ stage?
A. sensorimotor
B. preoperational
C. formal operational
D. concrete-operational - The stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development occurs during adolescence and refers to the ability to reason about abstract concepts and principles and evaluate issues in the broader social environment?
A. formal-operational
B. concrete-operational
C. sensorimotor
D. preoperational - Which of the following is not one of the criticisms of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development?
A. Piaget may have underestimated the cognitive skills of children in some areas
B. Piaget may have underestimate the influence of cultural factors on cognitive development
C. The theory does not clearly address the issue of individual differences in development
D. Evidence for the theory is based on children’s answer to - 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 - Always having been a good student, lrving is confident that he will do well in his psychology course. According to Bandura’s cognitive theory, lrving would be said to have:
A. strong feelings of self-efficacy
B. a sense of superiority
C. strong feelings of self-esteem
D. strong defense mechanisms - Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.
A. 1 & 2
B. 3 & 4
C. 1 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - All of the following stages in Piaget’s cognitive development EXCEPT:
A. Conservational
B. Concrete operations
C. Sensorimotor
D. preoperational
