Theories of Cognitive Development
Cognitive Development Quiz
Test your knowledge on the fascinating theories of cognitive development with this engaging quiz! Dive into the stages defined by Piaget, explore the Socio-Cultural perspective by Vygotsky, and discover how children evolve in their thinking processes.
- Multiple choice questions
- Focused on major developmental theories
- Suitable for educators and psychology enthusiasts
According to Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development, at what stage would children be able to complete the Conservation Task successfully?
The Concrete Operational Stage
The Formal Operational Stage
The Preoperational Stage
The Sensorimotor Stage
True or False: Everything that goes into the sensory memory will be encoded
True
False
At the Preoperational Stage (ages 2-7), children will tend to only focus on things in THEIR perspective, it's only about themselves and what only they can think and see. This is an example of...?
Centration
Animism
Conservation
Egocentrism
One of the weaknesses of Piaget's stages of cognitive development theory is that...?
It overestimates the cognitive competence in infants
When a researcher tries to replicate them, they always find consistent results
Stage model doesn’t account for variability
Overvalues influences of sociocultural forces
The Socio-Cultural Perspective was proposed by...?
Piaget
Gardner
Sternberg
Vygotsky
A new employee at a job doesn't know where to start when it was time for them to clean the store, and thus, made very little progress in cleaning the place. However, her manager came in and was able to provide structure by suggesting to start with wiping down the tables. This is an example of...?
Zone of Proximal Development
Scaffolding
Private Speech
Information Processing
Consider the definition and fill in the blank: __________ is providing instruction that matches the learner's needs exactly - neither too much instruction nor too little
Private speech
Zone of proximal development
Scaffolding
Information processing
A child working on a test says to herself, "start with the easy questions that I know I'll get right". What does this represent?
Scaffolding
Private speech
Zone of proximal development
Information processing
What's one of the major differences between Information Processing Theory (IPT) and Piaget's Theory?
Development is more on a continuum in IPT, rather than just being in different stages like Piaget's theory
Development is more on a continuum in Piaget's theory, rather than just being in different stages like IPT
IPT tries to argue that certain domains of knowledge are learned early on for survival, but Piaget's theory is based on the fact that development is achieved in a set amount of stages
Piaget's theory tries to argue that certain domains of knowledge are learned early on for survival, but IPT is based on the fact that development is achieved in a set amount of stages
The 3 important core domains in Core Knowledge Theory (CKT) are...?
Understanding Objects & Their Properties, Understanding the Self, and Understanding People
Understanding the Self, Understanding Living Things, and Understanding People
Understanding Objects & Their Properties, Understanding Living Things, and Understanding People
Understanding Objects & Their Properties, Understanding Living Things, and Understanding the Self
Children often create informal theories of physics, psychology, and biology. These are the...?
Information Processing Theories
Naïve Theories
Core Knowledge Theories
Piaget's Theories
The "impossible event' experiment was essentially trying to figure out if infants can grasp the idea of...?
Conservation Tasks
Movement
Physics
Object Permanence
When it comes to understanding objects & their properties, infants are...?
Combining categories and creating subcategories, based on increased knowledge and on information from parents
able to understand and distinguish between animate vs. Inanimate objects
Are to use naïve psychology to predict how people will act — tapping into the idea of ‘intentionality’ where they can identify one’s goals due to their actions
Able to recognize that their own views can be different from somebody else’s views
Overtime, children will need little time to process novel stimuli & identify objects with little effort; this will let them know to either ignore the object or do something with it. This represents...?
The Preoperational stage in Piaget's theory
Increased automatic processing
Increased speed of processing
Naïve theories
At what age will children develop desires (i.e. "I wanna...")
10 years old
12 months
2 years old
4 years old
When it comes to understanding people, at around age 4, children will...?
Have a very crude idea of Intentionality
Develop a new appreciation for the centrality of thoughts & beliefs — they recognize that their own views can be different from somebody else’s views
Use motion to identify animate objects
Create informal or naïve theories
Difference between Core Knowledge Theory (CKT) and Piaget's Theory?
Piaget's theory is based on basic mechanisms of thinking are at work whereas CKT focuses on innate abilities to easily acquire knowledge in such specialized domains of evolutionary importance
CKT is based on basic mechanisms of thinking are at work whereas Piaget's theory focuses on innate abilities to easily acquire knowledge in such specialized domains of evolutionary importance
CKT is based on the idea that development is more on a continuum, whereas Piaget's theory is just basic mechanisms of thinking are at work
Piaget's theory is based on the idea that development is more on a continuum, whereas CKT is just basic mechanisms of thinking are at work
When it comes to developing naïve theories of biology, children know that the insides of inanimate objects are different from the insides of animate objects. This is representative of understanding...?
Animate objects
Internal Parts
Inheritance
Growth
At ________ years old, children will develop thoughts and beliefs (ex: "I think....")
1
2
3
4
Assimilation & accommodation are usually in balance, when the balance is upset (too many different things are happening), children will reorganize their theories to restore equilibrium. This process (according to Piaget) is called...?
Schemas
Equilibrium
The Impossible Event
Equilibration
A teacher will provide a lot of help when a student is first learning to differentiate between 'A' and 'B', but provides less help as the child learns the difference. This is an example of...?
Scaffolding
Inner Speech
Zone of proximal development
Interpersonal relationships
During the preschool years, children form __________: a naïve understanding of connections between thought, beliefs, & behaviour (how people act)
A theory of evolution
A theory of mind
A theory of people
A theory of desires
Remembering things like birthdays and important events represents...?
Annual memory
Sensory memory
Working memory
Episodic memory
Between the ages 7-11, children can determine that even though the water is poured into a taller glass, the volume is the same as the water in the other glass. This is known as...?
Object permanence
Conservation task
Impossible events
Both A and C
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