DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGYChildhood And
CHILDHOOD
ANDAdolescence
ADOLESENCE 9th Edition By Shaffer
9TH EDITION BY–SHAFFER
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CHAPTER 6—COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: PIAGET’S THEORY AND
VYGOTSKY’S SOCIOCULTURAL VIEWPOINT
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ____ refers to the activity of knowing and acquiring knowledge.
a. Horizontal decalage
b. Organization
c. Scaffolding
d. Cognition
,ANS: D DIF: moderate REF: Introductory Section
MSC: Conceptual
2. Which of these is NOT a main type of cognition?
a. Learning
b. Telepathy
c. Perceiving
d. Remembering
ANS: B DIF: easy REF: Introductory Section
MSC: Conceptual
3. ____ refers to children’s changes in mental abilities over their lifetime.
a. Longitudinal decalage
b. Neo-nativistic centration
c. Phylogenetic development
d. Cognitive development
ANS: D DIF: moderate REF: Introductory Section
MSC: Conceptual
, 4. Theorist Jean Piaget’s academic background was focused in these two subjects:
a. statistics and experimental design.
b. animal husbandry and crop science.
c. epistemology and zoology.
d. chemistry and astronomy.
ANS: C DIF: moderate REF: Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
MSC: Factual
5. Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that is concerned with the
a. origins of knowledge.
b. rules of logical thinking.
c. moral principles of proper conduct.
d. relationship of religious belief and behavior.
ANS: A DIF: moderate REF: Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
MSC: Conceptual
, 6. Genetic epistemology, Piaget’s academic specialty, could be defined as the study of the
a. child’s social relations with others such as peers.
b. inheritance of mental deficiency/disability.
c. inheritance of behavioral habits.
d. development of knowledge.
ANS: D DIF: moderate REF: Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
MSC: Conceptual
7. Piaget’s clinical method for research resembles
a. a literature review.
b. the correlational method.
c. experimentation.
d. interviewing.
ANS: D DIF: easy REF: Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
MSC: Conceptual
8. Professor Pompous talks to children about how they solve puzzles. The course of questioning is
modified, depending on the child’s earlier answers. Pompous’s approach resembles Piaget’s
____ method.
a. representational insight
b. proximally decentrated