Question : 51. Tavis in Piaget’s concrete operations stage of development. Accordingly, Tavis : 1202016

51. Tavis is in Piaget’s concrete operations stage of development. Accordingly, Tavis has recently learned to 
A. understand, create, and use symbols that represent things that are not present.
B. take in new information about objects by using existing schemas.
C. understand conservation, add, subtract, and measure.
D. engage in hypothetical thinking and abstract reasoning.

52. Recent studies suggest that many people have never developed beyond the stage of concrete operational thought. Which of the following statements lends support to this hypothesis? 
A. Many college students feel unprepared to select a career.
B. Many day-to-day tasks require only concrete operational skill levels.
C. Many adults are unable to solve problems requiring abstract reasoning skills.
D. There is a wide variation in the age at which people can solve conservation problems.

53. According to Piaget, a concrete operational child would most likely respond to the question “What would the world be like if the sun didn’t shine?” by saying 
A. “What’s the sun?”
B. “Don’t be silly. The sun shines every day.”
C. “Sun gone bye-bye.”
D. “It would be cold and there would be a problem growing food.”

54. Harry is asked to imagine what the world would be like if humans had never invented the wheel. According to Piaget, if Harry is able to think abstractly about this problem, Harry is in the _____ stage of cognitive development. 
A. sensorimotor
B. concrete operational
C. preoperational
D. formal operational

55. Piaget’s formal operational stage of cognitive development is marked by the first appearance of the ability to 
A. conserve number and amount.
B. engage in abstract, hypothetical thinking.
C. form mental representations.
D. perform logical operations.

56. Danny described, logically and in detail, an imaginary community on Mars—including how people would survive without oxygen and what new laws would be needed. According to Piaget, Danny is in the _____ stage of cognitive development. 
A. sensorimotor
B. preoperational
C. concrete operational
D. formal operational

57. Jackson Pollock, an American artist, is famous for pouring paint on large canvases. Yumi, a psychology student, takes a look at one of Pollock’s paintings and says, “I think this painting represents Pollock’s distorted and confused view of the world.” Yumi is most likely in Piaget’s _____ period of development. 
A. sensorimotor
B. preoperational
C. concrete operational
D. formal operational

58. All of the following research findings suggest that Piaget’s theory needs some modification except that 
A. preoperational children can succeed at conservation tasks if they are trained properly.
B. the level of a child’s thinking may change on a daily basis.
C. children in the concrete operations stage can sort objects in a logical fashion.
D. three-year-olds are not egocentric in all situations.

59. Julie is three years old and, according to Piaget, in the preoperational stage of cognitive development. Which of the following actual research findings would have surprised Piaget? 
A. Julie can do conservation tasks if trained appropriately.
B. Julie can use symbols.
C. Julie can play pretend.
D. Julie can find an object hidden under a cover.

60. Federico and Nate are debating on how to best study the cognitive activities of children. Federico subscribes to Piaget’s approach, which focuses on sudden qualitative advances. Nate disagrees, contending that the information-processing approach is superior, because it focuses on 
A. gradual qualitative changes.
B. sudden quantitative advances.
C. sudden qualitative changes.
D. gradual quantitative advances.