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31) David has just purchased a car and intensely interested : 1184144
31) David has just purchased a car and is intensely interested in it. When the car has engine trouble, he is able systematically to locate the problem. What cognitive stage of Piaget’s theory does this situation best illustrate?
A) Concrete operations
B) Formal operations
C) Preoperational thought
D) Sensorimotor
32) What is the hallmark of Piaget’s stage of formal operations?
A) Semiotic function
B) Hypothetical-deductive reasoning
C) Organized thinking of dependent elements
D) Reversible thinking
33) Janie was having some difficulty deciding how to organize her defense for the debate competition. She prepared several hypothetical arguments that her opponents might raise, and how she might reply. What cognitive stage of Piaget’s theory does this account best illustrate?
A) Concrete operations
B) Formal operations
C) Preoperational thought
D) Sensorimotor
34) Perry is able to solve hypothetical problems by mentally working through a set of possibilities. What characteristic of cognitive development does Perry illustrate?
A) Compensatory reasoning
B) Inductive thinking
C) Organized thinking
D) Reversible reasoning
35) When Mary returned from the high-school prom, she complained, “Everyone hated my dress!” What specific concept does this account best illustrate?
A) Adolescent egocentrism
B) Interpsychological action
C) Reversible thinking
D) Semiotic function
36) Which one of the following statements best reflects Piaget’s position on the question of speeding up cognitive development?
A) Acceleration is both inefficient and useless.
B) Acceleration is effective for only the brightest students.
C) Keeping cognitive development “on track” is a teacher’s role.
D) Speeding up cognitive development is a teacher’s role.
37) Current views about Piaget’s theory generally support the idea that
A) Piaget’s tasks appear to have been invalid for judging cognitive ability.
B) Piaget’s tasks appear to have generally been too easy for subjects.
C) Piaget tended to overestimate children’s abilities and underestimate their social differences.
D) Piaget tended to underestimate children’s abilities and overlook the social and cultural issues.
38) According to Robbie Case, cognitive development in one domain of thought
A) cannot be explained by assimilation and accommodation.
B) differs from one domain to another.
C) is similar from one domain to another.
D) transfers from one domain to another.
39) An increasingly influential view of cognitive development proposed by Vygotsky is based on
A) concrete experiences.
B) creation of complex schemas of thought.
C) culture and socioculture theory.
D) mastery of scientific thinking.
40) According to Vygotsky, a child’s cultural development is
A) co-constructed learning and shared experiences.
B) created by emphasis on private speech.
C) internalized by self-thinking.
D) intrapsychologically determined.
