Piaget is best known for his interest in the process of _________________ development?

Related Mcqs:

1. A child is creating new schemata to account for new information, Piaget calls this process _________________?

   A. accommodation
   B. assimilation
   C. operations
   D. function autonomy

2. Piaget is to cognitive development as Kohlberg is to ______________ development?

   A. emotional
   B. physical
   C. moral
   D. social

3. According to Piaget, the child’s basic development process includes ______________?

   A. assimilation
   B. schemas
   C. accommodation
   D. all of the above

4. 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

5. Mr. Noor mistakenly believed that a single intake interview in which he simply described his numerous symptoms to a therapist was a treatment for his distress. His immediate relief from many of his symptoms following this session best illustrates:

   A. transference
   B. counterconditioning
   C. unconditional positive regard
   D. the placebo effect

6. Rais just came back from seeing a neurologist. Rais tells you that he will be having a test in which images of his brain will be recorded after radioactive chemicals have been injected into his chemicals have been injected into his bloodstream. However, Rais can’t remember the actual name of the test. it appears that his neurologist is planning:

   A. an electroencephalograph (EEG) recording
   B. a positron emission tomography (PET) scan
   C. a computerized tomography(CT) scan
   D. a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan

7. John failed his mate exam but made a touch down during the homecoming game. He took credit for winning the game but blamed his professor for his Mate test failure. This is known as the:

   A. Fundamental attribution error
   B. Attribution of negative causality
   C. Self- serving bias
   D. Cognitive dissonance model

8. 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

9. According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, middle childhood is characterized by ______________?

   A. hypothetical reasoning
   B. deductive thinking
   C. concrete operations
   D. egocentric thinking

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

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