The mile stone in the concrete operational stage is that children master:

Related Mcqs:

1. Which one of the following statements are true of the Wason selection, or four-card problem (Wason,1966)?
   1. The Wason Selection Task is a good task because it produces identical results in concrete and abstract forms
   2. In general, concrete versions of the task are more difficult to think about than uncluttered abstract versions.
   3. Although the task is one of pure reasoning some concrete versions are easier because of how we think in certain social situations.
   4. People typically pick one card correctly, but pick an inappropriate one as the second choice in the original version of the task.

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

2. During the stage of concrete operations children ___________?

   A. Understand the concept of reversibility
   B. Do not yet understand the concept of conversation
   C. Are able to solve abstract problems
   D. None of these

3. Sarah in a group which is responsible for keeping a mile in a local road clear of litter wice a year, anyone who wants to can help the group pick up garbage and litter along the highway. Which of the following describes the type of group Sarah is in?

   A. task and social
   B. social and inclusive
   C. task and exclusive
   D. task and inclusive

4. Sanam has just finished a long exhausting 6-mile run. She and her friend Jamal are gazing at a hill they need a climb to get back to their car Jamal asks Sanam, “Gee how steep do you think that hill is?” Based on research by Proffitt and his colleagues Sanam is likely to:

   A. make a reasonably accurate estimate of the hill’s slant, as most people do
   B. underestimate the hill’s slant, as most people do
   C. Ooverestimate the hill’s slant, but to a lesser degree than she would have before her exhausting run
   D. Overestimate the hill’s slant to an even greater degree than she would have before her exhausting run

5. Children’s thought processes are particularly egocentric during which Piagetian stage?

   A. post operational
   B. sensorimotor
   C. preoperational
   D. formal operations

6. Adopted children’s similarity to their biological parents is generally attributed to_____________; adopted children’s similarity to their adoptive parents is generally attributed to____________________.

   A. heredity; the environment
   B. the environment; heredity
   C. the environment; the environment
   D. heredity; heredity

7. 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

8. Egocentrism is observed in children during the ____________ stage?

   A. formal-operational
   B. preoperational
   C. telegraphic speech
   D. sensorimotor

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

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

10. Choosing a marriage partner and deciding whether or not to have children may be related to Erikson’s psychosocial stage of ______________?

    A. trust vs. mistrust
    B. generativity vs. isolation
    C. intimacy vs. isolation
    D. integrity vs. despair