NEW PMH CERTIFICATION EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TESTED AND
APPROVED NEWLY MODIFIED
Formal operational -- ANSWER--Adolescents think about thinking.
They use mental operations to consider unseen hypotheses and solve
abstract problems.
Social issues and identity become more important.
Preoperational -- ANSWER--Children use symbolism (language,
images) to represent various aspects of their environment. Some logic,
but limited.
Challenging to see other viewpoints.
Sensorimotor -- ANSWER--During infancy, behaviour is sensory
(touching) and motor (grasping). Infants do not think conceptually but
instead use their sensory and motor capacities to gain a basic
understanding of their environment and construct sensorimotor
coordinations.
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,Concrete operational -- ANSWER--Children acquire mental
operations and apply them to solve concrete problems they face. They
think logically about things
Age- Formal operational -- ANSWER--11 years-adult
Age- Sensiromotor stage -- ANSWER--0-2 years
Age-Preoperational -- ANSWER--2-7 years
Object permanence -- ANSWER--Objects continue to exist outside of
visual range
Egocentric -- ANSWER--See the world from their own viewpoint
(Preoperational stage)
Stages of development -- ANSWER--sensorimotor, preoperational,
concrete operational, formal operational
Piaget -- ANSWER--Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies
of cognitive development in children (1896-1980)
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, Egocentric -- ANSWER--See the world from their own viewpoint
(Preoperational stage)
Stages of development -- ANSWER--sensorimotor, preoperational,
concrete operational, formal operational
Piaget -- ANSWER--Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies
of cognitive development in children (1896-1980)
Age- Concrete operational -- ANSWER--7- 11 years.
Formal operational -- ANSWER--Adolescents think about thinking.
They use mental operations to consider unseen hypotheses and solve
abstract problems.
Social issues and identity become more important.
Preoperational -- ANSWER--Children use symbolism (language,
images) to represent various aspects of their environment. Some logic,
but limited.
Challenging to see other viewpoints.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TESTED AND
APPROVED NEWLY MODIFIED
Formal operational -- ANSWER--Adolescents think about thinking.
They use mental operations to consider unseen hypotheses and solve
abstract problems.
Social issues and identity become more important.
Preoperational -- ANSWER--Children use symbolism (language,
images) to represent various aspects of their environment. Some logic,
but limited.
Challenging to see other viewpoints.
Sensorimotor -- ANSWER--During infancy, behaviour is sensory
(touching) and motor (grasping). Infants do not think conceptually but
instead use their sensory and motor capacities to gain a basic
understanding of their environment and construct sensorimotor
coordinations.
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,Concrete operational -- ANSWER--Children acquire mental
operations and apply them to solve concrete problems they face. They
think logically about things
Age- Formal operational -- ANSWER--11 years-adult
Age- Sensiromotor stage -- ANSWER--0-2 years
Age-Preoperational -- ANSWER--2-7 years
Object permanence -- ANSWER--Objects continue to exist outside of
visual range
Egocentric -- ANSWER--See the world from their own viewpoint
(Preoperational stage)
Stages of development -- ANSWER--sensorimotor, preoperational,
concrete operational, formal operational
Piaget -- ANSWER--Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies
of cognitive development in children (1896-1980)
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, Egocentric -- ANSWER--See the world from their own viewpoint
(Preoperational stage)
Stages of development -- ANSWER--sensorimotor, preoperational,
concrete operational, formal operational
Piaget -- ANSWER--Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies
of cognitive development in children (1896-1980)
Age- Concrete operational -- ANSWER--7- 11 years.
Formal operational -- ANSWER--Adolescents think about thinking.
They use mental operations to consider unseen hypotheses and solve
abstract problems.
Social issues and identity become more important.
Preoperational -- ANSWER--Children use symbolism (language,
images) to represent various aspects of their environment. Some logic,
but limited.
Challenging to see other viewpoints.
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