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Developmental Psychology - Cognitive Development

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  1. 1Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development mostly emphasizes..
    1. AInfants' adaptability and active construction of knowledge through interactions with the environment
    2. BThe biologically stable four stages through which infants progress and which underly their cognitive development
    3. CThe synthesis of nature and nurture in infants' learning about the world, from simple constructs to abstract thinking
    4. DThe behaviourist approach which states that infants tend to progress through four stages of cognitive development
  2. 2Which of the following is part of the developmental elements described in Piaget's Theory?
    1. AMoral development
    2. BSocial development
    3. CThe role of education in development
    4. DCognitive schema development
  3. 3Piaget focused on cognitive structures, e.g. schemas.
    Which of the following are examples of cognitive schemas?
    1. AEarly internalised action, such as sucking
    2. BThe set of features that is associated with the animal ''cat''
    3. CThe walking reflex seen in the first months after birth
    4. DTheorising about quantum physics on a multi-dimensional level
    5. EReading and understanding the narrative of a book
  4. 4The four stages of development.

    Fill out the names of the four stages.

    The first one is called the [blank_start]sensorimotor[blank_end] stage (~0-2 years)
    The second is called the [blank_start]concrete operations[blank_end] stage (~2-7 years)
    The third is called the [blank_start]concrete operations[blank_end] stage (~7-11 years)
    And the last is called the [blank_start]formal operations[blank_end] stage (~11+ years)
    1. Asensorimotor
    2. Bpre-operational
    3. Cconcrete operations
    4. Dformal operations
  5. 5Stage #1

    The sensorimotor stage.
    Tick all the boxes with relevant characteristics of this stage.
    1. AMove from reflexes to reflecting
    2. BPrimary, (coordination of) secondary and teriary circular reactions
    3. CFirst mental representations
    4. DBasic understanding of object permanence, but not of object reversibility
    5. EBasic understanding of object reversibility
    6. FOnly an understanding of invariance of objects, but not of reversibility or object permanence
  6. 6Stage #2

    The pre-operational stage.
    Tick all the boxes with relevant characteristics of this stage.
    1. ASensitive to operant conditioning
    2. BFirst basic mental representations of the world
    3. CExpansion of mental representations, but difficulty in manipulation of these representations
    4. DApplying operations to concrete objects
    5. EMore elaborate mental schemas, such as clearly distinguishing certain animals
    6. FUnderstanding object permanence
  7. 7Stage #3

    The concrete operations stage.
    Tick all the boxes with relevant characteristics of this stage.
    1. AApplying operations to concrete objects
    2. BUnderstanding of conservation, compensation and reversibility
    3. CUnderstanding of compensation and reversibility, but not of conservation
    4. DPhysical presence of objects still needed most of the time
    5. EBeginning ability to reason with abstract concepts
    6. FExpansion of mental representations, but difficulty in manipulation of these representations
    7. GProblem solving
  8. 8Stage #4

    The formal operations stage.
    Tick the boxes with relevant characteristics to this stage.
    1. AApply logical operations to abstract, intangible ideas
    2. BDisassociation of truth from logic
    3. CStrategic planning and problem solving
    4. DPlanning with objects and full understanding of object permanence
    5. EHypothesis testing
    6. FUnderstanding and forming of complex socio-emotional relationships
    7. GRole of social agent or totur increasingly unnecessary
  9. 9The other perspectives

    Which of the following are fair/existing challenges to Piaget's theory?
    1. APiaget made use of empirical observations and unstructured interview
    2. B''Tasks need to make human sense'' (Donaldson)
    3. C''Tasks need to take culturally different approaches into account'' (McGarrigle)
    4. DPiaget's theory is based on rather philosophical constructs, which are unprovable
  10. 10To round up Piaget

    He proposed that cognitive development occured in an ordered sequence of four stages that all resembled qualitative differences in logical thought. Do you understand how growth and progression through these stages, according to Piaget, is driven by interactions between the child and te environment?

    Piaget stated that children develop cognitive schemas, for example a type of mental ''checklists'' used to assemble different elements and categorize them as a particular object or e.g. animal, and mental representations, such as the growing understanding of object permanence, the ability to practice pretend play and imitation and the beginnings of language (symbolic representation). Do you understand the difference/relationship between cognitive schemas and mental representations?

    And, finally, do you understand how Piaget's Theory formed a fundamental blueprint for beginning to understand cognitive development in humans, whereas, on the other hand, his testing methods as well as his exclusion of themes such as social influences and education, emotional and moral development from his Theory, raised the concern of several influential scientists who came after him?

    If all yes, then hit it!
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

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