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71. Dawn a week old. Ellis six years of age. Fritzi : 1252970
71. Dawn is a week old. Ellis is six years of age. Fritzi is nine years of age. Girard is fifteen years of age. In the context of the stages of development suggested by Piaget, which of the following pairs is CORRECTLY matched?
A. Dawn – sensorimotor
B. Ellis – concrete operational
C. Fritzi – formal operational
D. Girard – post-operational
72. During the sensorimotor period:
A. children begin to understand reversibility.
B. understanding is based mainly on basic sensory and motor abilities.
C. mental operations are tied to actual objects in the real world.
D. individuals can consider hypothetical outcomes and make logical deductions.
73. According to Piaget, when an infant recognizes that objects continue to exist even when they are no longer in sight, the infant has understood the principle of:
A. object permanence.
B. conservation.
C. formal operations.
D. reversibility.
74. To stop baby Rudy fussing for a sharp knife on the kitchen table, Rudy’s mother put it in her apron pocket. “Out of sight, out of mind,” she said, and it worked. Rudy’s mother has capitalized on his lack of the concept of:
A. conservation.
B. egocentrism.
C. object permanence.
D. reversibility.
75. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the degree of cognitive sophistication among children in Piaget’s preoperational stage of development?
A. They do not understand that objects exist even when they are not visible.
B. They can describe people, events, and feelings.
C. They master the principle of conservation.
D. They are capable of abstract, hypothetical thought.
76. A child demonstrates that she understands the idea of object permanence and egocentrism, but fails to understand the concept of conservation. In the context of the Piagetian stages, she is most likely in the _____ stage.
A. preoperational
B. concrete operational
C. sensorimotor
D. formal operational
77. According to Piaget, mastery of the principle of conservation marks the beginning of the _____ stage of development.
A. sensorimotor
B. concrete operational
C. formal operational
D. preoperational
78. Mrs. Weston asks Colin if he wants his sandwich in one piece, or cut into two pieces. Colin asks her to keep it in one piece, because he isn’t hungry enough to eat two pieces. In the context of Piaget’s theory, Colin’s answer suggests that he does not:
A. understand the concept of object permanence.
B. know how to add.
C. understand the concept of conservation.
D. have an egocentric view.
79. Jay complains to his father that he wants more juice. His father takes the juice Jay has in his glass and pours it into a taller but narrower glass. Jay is now content that he has more juice. Jay has failed to grasp the concept of:
A. object permanence.
B. egocentrism.
C. hypo deductive reasoning.
D. conservation.
80. Edward is eight years of age and is currently in the second grade. In the context of the theory propagated by Piaget, Edward is in the _____ stage of cognitive development.
A. sensorimotor
B. preoperational
C. concrete operational
D. formal operational
