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MULTIPLE CHOICE
When children are not changing much cognitively, they more than they .
A) accommodate; organize
B) organize; assimilate
C) assimilate; accommodate
D) organize; adapt
Answer: C
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Skill Level: Understand
Objective: 5.1 According to Piaget, how do schemes change over the course of
development? Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Difficulty Level: Moderate
During times of rapid cognitive change, children
A) are in a state of disequilibrium
B) assimilate more than they accommodate
C) are likely to construct inefficient schemes
D) balance assimilation and accommodation
Answer: A
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Page Ref: 150
Skill Level: Understand
Objective: 5.1 According to Piaget, how do schemes change over the course of
development? Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Difficulty Level: Moderate
In Piaget’s theory, each time the back-and-forth movement between equilibrium and
disequilibrium occurs, .
A) children temporarily regress to a previous stage
B) less effective schemes are produced
C) children adapt more than they organize
D) more effective schemes are produced
Answer: D
Page Ref: 150
Skill Level: Understand
Objective: 5.1 According to Piaget, how do schemes change over the course of
development? Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Difficulty Level: Moderate
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Piaget’s stage is the most complex period of development.
A) sensorimotor
B) preoperational
C) concrete operational
D) formal operational
Answer: A
Page Ref: 150
Skill Level: Remember
Objective: 5.1 According to Piaget, how do schemes change over the course of
development? Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Difficulty Level: Easy
Apart from direct contact with the environment, schemes also change through.
A) organization
B) circular motion
C) deferred imitation
D) heredity
Answer: A
Page Ref: 150
Skill Level: Understand
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Objective: 5.1 According to Piaget, how do schemes change over the course of
development? Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Piaget based the substages of sensorimotor development on .
A) interviews with parents and children
B) observations of a large sample of young children
C) observations of his own three children
D) field experiments with toddlers and preschoolers
Answer: C
Page Ref: 151
Skill Level: Remember
Objective: 5.1 According to Piaget, how do schemes change over the course of
development? Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Jean Piaget’s cognitive-developmental theory was influenced by his background in .
A) biology
B) psychology
C) physics
D) sociology
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
When children are not changing much cognitively, they more than they .
A) accommodate; organize
B) organize; assimilate
C) assimilate; accommodate
D) organize; adapt
Answer: C
Page Ref: 150
Skill Level: Understand
Objective: 5.1 According to Piaget, how do schemes change over the course of
development? Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Difficulty Level: Moderate
During times of rapid cognitive change, children
A) are in a state of disequilibrium
B) assimilate more than they accommodate
C) are likely to construct inefficient schemes
D) balance assimilation and accommodation
Answer: A
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Page Ref: 150
Skill Level: Understand
Objective: 5.1 According to Piaget, how do schemes change over the course of
development? Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Difficulty Level: Moderate
In Piaget’s theory, each time the back-and-forth movement between equilibrium and
disequilibrium occurs, .
A) children temporarily regress to a previous stage
B) less effective schemes are produced
C) children adapt more than they organize
D) more effective schemes are produced
Answer: D
Page Ref: 150
Skill Level: Understand
Objective: 5.1 According to Piaget, how do schemes change over the course of
development? Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Difficulty Level: Moderate
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Piaget’s stage is the most complex period of development.
A) sensorimotor
B) preoperational
C) concrete operational
D) formal operational
Answer: A
Page Ref: 150
Skill Level: Remember
Objective: 5.1 According to Piaget, how do schemes change over the course of
development? Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Difficulty Level: Easy
Apart from direct contact with the environment, schemes also change through.
A) organization
B) circular motion
C) deferred imitation
D) heredity
Answer: A
Page Ref: 150
Skill Level: Understand
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Objective: 5.1 According to Piaget, how do schemes change over the course of
development? Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Piaget based the substages of sensorimotor development on .
A) interviews with parents and children
B) observations of a large sample of young children
C) observations of his own three children
D) field experiments with toddlers and preschoolers
Answer: C
Page Ref: 151
Skill Level: Remember
Objective: 5.1 According to Piaget, how do schemes change over the course of
development? Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Jean Piaget’s cognitive-developmental theory was influenced by his background in .
A) biology
B) psychology
C) physics
D) sociology
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