Practice Piaget

1. Thirteen-year-old Irene has no trouble defeating her 11-year-old brother at a detective game that requires following clues in order to deduce the perpetrator of a crime. How might Piaget explain Irene's superiority at the game? A) Being older, Irene has had more years of schooling. B) Girls develop intellectually at a faster rate than boys. C) Being an adolescent, Irene is beginning to develop abstract reasoning skills. D) Girls typically have more experience than boys at playing games. 2. A) B) C) According to Piaget, egocentrism is to conservation as the ________ stage is to the ________ stage. preoperational; sensorimotor D) concrete operational; formal operational concrete operational; preoperational E) preoperational; concrete operational sensorimotor; preoperational 3. During which of Piaget's stages does a person develop an awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived? A) sensorimotor B) preoperational C) concrete operational D) formal operational 4. Mrs. McLain cut Allison's pizza into eight pieces and Anna's into six pieces. Anna cried because she felt she wasn't getting as much pizza as Allison. Piaget would say that Anna doesn't understand the principle of: A) object permanence. B) conservation. C) assimilation. D) egocentrism. E) accommodation. 5. According to Piaget, the ability to think logically about events first develops during the ________ stage. A) sensorimotor B) formal operational C) concrete operational D) preoperational 6. When John's mother hides his favorite toy under a blanket, he acts as though it no longer exists and makes no attempt to retrieve it.John Mc. is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage. A) sensorimotor B) formal operational C) concrete operational D) preoperational 7. According to Piaget, the ability to think about abstract problems is indicative of the stage of: A) preoperational thought. B) concrete operations. C) formal operations. D) fluid intelligence. 8. I am 3 years old, can use language, and have trouble taking another person's perspective. I am in Piaget's ________ stage of cognitive development. A) sensorimotor B) preoperational C) concrete operational D) formal operational 9. I am 14 months old and fearful of strangers. I am in Piaget's ________ stage of cognitive development. A) sensorimotor B) preoperational C) concrete operational D) formal operational 10. Four-year-old Jamail has a younger sister. When asked if he has a sister, he is likely to answer ________; when asked if his sister has a brother, Jamail is likely to answer ________. A) yes; yes B) no; no C) yes; no D) no; yes 11. Five-year-old Tammy mistakenly believes that her short, wide glass contains less soda than her brother's tall, narrow glass. Actually, both glasses contain the same amount of soda. This illustrates that Tammy lacks the concept of: A) conservation. B) egocentrism. C) assimilation. D) object permanence. E) accommodation. 12. According to Piaget, a child can represent things with words and images but cannot reason with logic during the ________ stage. A) concrete operational B) sensorimotor C) formal operational D) preoperational 13. Lilianne is beginning to develop a fear of strangers and will reach for her mother when she sees someone who is unfamiliar. It is likely that Lilianne has just: A) mastered the principle of conservation. C) developed a sense of object permanence. B) overcome the limitation of egocentrism. D) lost her sense of secure attachment. Page 2 Answer Key 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. C E A B C A C B A C A D C Page 3