When a child understands that reversible changes in the appearance of an object do not change fundamental properties such as number, width and volume, the child has achieved _______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. One subject partially blocks your view of a second object and, therefore, the first object is seen as being closer to you than the second object. This is an example of ________________?

   A. relative size
   B. good continuation
   C. interposition
   D. the Poggendroff illusion

2. A child is largely nonverbal, is learning to coordinate purposeful movements with sense information, and is developing the concept of object permanence. The child is in Piaget’s_____stage.

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

3. People are more likely to perceive a figure and ground illustration as reversible if they are told it is reversible. This best illustrate the importance of:

   A. Retinal disparity
   B. Visual capture
   C. Perceptual constancy
   D. Top-down processing

4. 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

5. A primary reinforcer has______reinforcing properties; a secondary reinforcer has______reinforcing properties.

   A. biological; acquired
   B. conditioned; unconditioned
   C. weak; potent
   D. immediate; delayed

6. A visual scene can be separated into two parts, the ______________ which is the object that commands our attention, and the ____________ which seems to exist continuously behind the object?

   A. figure, ground
   B. good form, good continuation
   C. ground, background
   D. good form, circumscription

7. Size constancy refers to our perception of an object’s size as the same even though its image on the retina_____________ as the distance between us and the object _____________?

   A. increases, decreases
   B. decreases, increases
   C. decreases, decreases
   D. a and b

8. The visually perceived distance between ourselves and an object provides an important cue for our perception of the object’s:

   A. motion
   B. size
   C. color
   D. brightness

9. A child is shown two identical balls of clay, sees one of them rolled into a rod shape, and is then asked which ball contains more clay. This child is being tested for an understanding of _____________?

   A. object permanence
   B. conservation of substance
   C. the reversibility of actions
   D. logical possibilities

10. A child in Piaget’s preoperational stage is given a toy and attempts to eat it. This child is demonstrating ____________?

    A. generalization
    B. accommodation
    C. assimilation
    D. transition