During which stage do children understand the world primarily by observing the effects of their own actions on other people, objects and events?

Related Mcqs:

1. According to Piaget, children who can think symbolically about absent objects and can appreciate the stable properties of those objects, but cannot think logically about actions that produce change, are at the__________ stage?

   A. formal-operational
   B. concrete-operational
   C. preoperational
   D. sensorimotor

2. Jamil is looking at two objects he knows are the same size. However, it appears that one of the objects looks smaller than the other. Therefore, Jamil concludes the smaller objects is father away from him than the one that appears larger. Jamil is using what method to determine depth?

   A. Linear perspective
   B. Relative size
   C. Interposition
   D. Accommodation

3. The theory which suggests that people learn attitude by observing their own behavior is __________?

   A. Operant conditioning
   B. CR
   C. Self-perception
   D. None of these

4. In general, people attach concepts and attributes to items and events. This knowledge is used to categorize and understand new stimuli and is best known as a person’s ___________________?

   A. algorithm
   B. heuristic
   C. schema
   D. mental set

5. Which theory of gender-typing suggests that people understand and classify their own behavior and personality traits in terms of masculine and feminine categories?

   A. social learning theory
   B. psychoanalytical theory
   C. evolutionary theory
   D. gender schema theory

6. A researcher sits besides a playground, carefully observing a small group of children. The method being utilized is ___________?

   A. field study
   B. case history
   C. survey
   D. life history

7. As we move, viewed objects cast changing shapes on our retinas, although we do not perceive the objects as changing. This is part of the phenomenon of _________________?

   A. perceptual consistency
   B. relative motion
   C. linear perspective
   D. continuity

8. As we move, viewed objects cast changing shapes on our retinas, although we do not perceive the objects as changing. This is part of the phenomenon of ________________?

   A. perceptual consistency
   B. relative motion
   C. linear perspective
   D. continuity

9. When travelling car, near objects seem to move past you faster than distant objects. This is called:

   A. aerial perspective
   B. linear perspective
   C. relative size
   D. relative motion

10. Casual______of one’s own behavior or of the actions of others is a common practice that tends to be subjective and inaccurate:

    A. Evaluation
    B. Formulation
    C. Utilization
    D. Observation