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?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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?

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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Heredity refers to all those traits whom a child acquires from:

   A. Environment
   B. Parents
   C. Ovum
   D. Sperms

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

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

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

9. 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

10. Which is the last of the pre-linguistic stages in a child’s development of speech?

    A. phonemes
    B. basic cry
    C. babbling
    D. anagrammatic