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1. What are Piaget's stages of cognitive de- sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete opera-
velopment? tional, formal operational
2. What was Piaget's theory? cognitive development
3. Piaget's sensorimotor stage -birth to 2 years
-Learn through senses, motor activities, and
feedback they receive through senses by their
bodies and environment
4. Give an example of an action that would Kid sees objects, reaches for it, tries to grasp it
occur in the sensorimotor stage Kid kicks their leg, they see it move, they try to
grab their leg
Kid learns to throw object from their crib that
their parents will pick it back up
5. What are the first three substages of the Birth- 1 month: comprehending the environ-
sensorimotor stage? ment from inborn reflexes ex. sucking/looking
2nd substage: Primary Circular Reactions. 1-4
months: coordinate physical sensations with
schemas. ex. things to suck on/get pleasure
3rd substage: Secondary Circular Reactions @
4-8 months the kids repeat rewarding actions
but they focus on effecting the environment
rather than themselves. ex. sucks on objects
other than thumb
6. What are the last 3 substages of the sen- Coordination of Reactions: 8-12 months. kids
sorimotor stage? explore surroundings and imitate observed be-
havior. object permanence. associate objects
with their properties
Tertiary Circular Reactions: 12-18months. Trial
and error ex. different sounds to get parents
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Early Representational Thought: 18-24 months.
Children represent objects and events with
symbols and understand the world not just by
actions but through mental operations
7. What is object permanence? (Piaget) the understanding that objects continue to exist
even when they cannot be observed
8. What is the average age when chil- 8-9 months
dren begin to understand object perma-
nence?
9. What actions shows that children under- Searching for an object after it is hidden or
stand object permanence? enjoying hide and seek/peek a boo
10. What is a schema? a concept or framework that organizes and in-
terprets information
a mental construct of a category or class of
things
ex. file folder of the mind
11. What is assimilation? interpreting our new experiences in terms of
our existing schemas
can fit new info in an old schema
12. What is accommodation? When new info cannot go into an old schema
you can modify the schema or create a new one
13. What does Piaget say about assimilation It is the process of adaptation
and accommodation?
14. Give Piaget's examples of schemas Baby sees a man that looks like his grandfa-
ther so he whispers hi granddaddy. He doesn't
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address this person as his gpa he just noticed
that they look the same because he has a gpa
schema in his mind. He assimilates or puts this
man into this schema
Girl sees a dog and says moo, she says moo
because she is trying to assimilate a dog into
her brown 4 legged animal schema which she
has the sound moo for. If she was told this
animal say woof woof she would modify her
dog schema or make a new one.
15. What is conservation? Understanding that objects keep their number
or amount even if the appearance or configu-
ration is changed
16. At what age do children understand Age 5 according to piaget
conservation?
17. Piaget's Preoperational Stage Age 2-6
Cannot perform mental operations
Pretend play
use objects to represent other things
thinking is intuitive not logical
egocentric
18. Piaget's Concrete Operational Stage Age 6-7
Developing concrete operations
Thinking logically
Abstract thoughts are still hard
Can understand cause/effect
Can physically manipulate objects
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Understands conservation
Understands reversibility
19. Define reversibility the understanding that both physical actions
and mental operations can be reversed
20. Why do older kids understand the con- Logic and reversibility
servation of what experiment? "i saw you pour the same amount of water into
2 different containers
21. What is animism and magical thinking? Animism is assigning human traits to inanimate
objects
ex. sun hates me so it burned me
Magical thinking is attributing cause and ef-
fect between a child's feeling and the world of
events around them
ex. kid said i hate you to a friend. the friend had
a bad day so kid thinks it was their fault
22. According to an Austrian and German 1. Scribble (2-4)
art scholar, what are the 6 stages of art 2. Preschematic (4-6) visual schema, no dimen-
development? sions, size=importance
3. Schematic (7-9) Reflect actual proportions
and colors
4. Dawning realism (9-11) Representational
5. Pseudorealistc (11-13) Ability to reason
6. Period of Decision (14+) Adolescent identity
crisis
23. Who was Viktor Lowenfeld and did he He taught art to elementary students and blind
agree with the 6 stages of art develop- students. He said kids learned through physical
ment? sensations and emotional experiences
Yes he agreed with the stages
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1. What are Piaget's stages of cognitive de- sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete opera-
velopment? tional, formal operational
2. What was Piaget's theory? cognitive development
3. Piaget's sensorimotor stage -birth to 2 years
-Learn through senses, motor activities, and
feedback they receive through senses by their
bodies and environment
4. Give an example of an action that would Kid sees objects, reaches for it, tries to grasp it
occur in the sensorimotor stage Kid kicks their leg, they see it move, they try to
grab their leg
Kid learns to throw object from their crib that
their parents will pick it back up
5. What are the first three substages of the Birth- 1 month: comprehending the environ-
sensorimotor stage? ment from inborn reflexes ex. sucking/looking
2nd substage: Primary Circular Reactions. 1-4
months: coordinate physical sensations with
schemas. ex. things to suck on/get pleasure
3rd substage: Secondary Circular Reactions @
4-8 months the kids repeat rewarding actions
but they focus on effecting the environment
rather than themselves. ex. sucks on objects
other than thumb
6. What are the last 3 substages of the sen- Coordination of Reactions: 8-12 months. kids
sorimotor stage? explore surroundings and imitate observed be-
havior. object permanence. associate objects
with their properties
Tertiary Circular Reactions: 12-18months. Trial
and error ex. different sounds to get parents
, OAE: Early Childhood Education Exam
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attention
Early Representational Thought: 18-24 months.
Children represent objects and events with
symbols and understand the world not just by
actions but through mental operations
7. What is object permanence? (Piaget) the understanding that objects continue to exist
even when they cannot be observed
8. What is the average age when chil- 8-9 months
dren begin to understand object perma-
nence?
9. What actions shows that children under- Searching for an object after it is hidden or
stand object permanence? enjoying hide and seek/peek a boo
10. What is a schema? a concept or framework that organizes and in-
terprets information
a mental construct of a category or class of
things
ex. file folder of the mind
11. What is assimilation? interpreting our new experiences in terms of
our existing schemas
can fit new info in an old schema
12. What is accommodation? When new info cannot go into an old schema
you can modify the schema or create a new one
13. What does Piaget say about assimilation It is the process of adaptation
and accommodation?
14. Give Piaget's examples of schemas Baby sees a man that looks like his grandfa-
ther so he whispers hi granddaddy. He doesn't
, OAE: Early Childhood Education Exam
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address this person as his gpa he just noticed
that they look the same because he has a gpa
schema in his mind. He assimilates or puts this
man into this schema
Girl sees a dog and says moo, she says moo
because she is trying to assimilate a dog into
her brown 4 legged animal schema which she
has the sound moo for. If she was told this
animal say woof woof she would modify her
dog schema or make a new one.
15. What is conservation? Understanding that objects keep their number
or amount even if the appearance or configu-
ration is changed
16. At what age do children understand Age 5 according to piaget
conservation?
17. Piaget's Preoperational Stage Age 2-6
Cannot perform mental operations
Pretend play
use objects to represent other things
thinking is intuitive not logical
egocentric
18. Piaget's Concrete Operational Stage Age 6-7
Developing concrete operations
Thinking logically
Abstract thoughts are still hard
Can understand cause/effect
Can physically manipulate objects
, OAE: Early Childhood Education Exam
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Understands conservation
Understands reversibility
19. Define reversibility the understanding that both physical actions
and mental operations can be reversed
20. Why do older kids understand the con- Logic and reversibility
servation of what experiment? "i saw you pour the same amount of water into
2 different containers
21. What is animism and magical thinking? Animism is assigning human traits to inanimate
objects
ex. sun hates me so it burned me
Magical thinking is attributing cause and ef-
fect between a child's feeling and the world of
events around them
ex. kid said i hate you to a friend. the friend had
a bad day so kid thinks it was their fault
22. According to an Austrian and German 1. Scribble (2-4)
art scholar, what are the 6 stages of art 2. Preschematic (4-6) visual schema, no dimen-
development? sions, size=importance
3. Schematic (7-9) Reflect actual proportions
and colors
4. Dawning realism (9-11) Representational
5. Pseudorealistc (11-13) Ability to reason
6. Period of Decision (14+) Adolescent identity
crisis
23. Who was Viktor Lowenfeld and did he He taught art to elementary students and blind
agree with the 6 stages of art develop- students. He said kids learned through physical
ment? sensations and emotional experiences
Yes he agreed with the stages
