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CASC Exam 2 – Questions And Complete Solutions (A+)What are the four stages Piaget has theorized? Right Ans - sensorimotor,
preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
Is Piaget's Stages continuous or discontinuous? Right Ans - discontinuous
(qualitative change)
In Piaget's theory he states that knowledge is the product of..........? Right
Ans - direct motor behavior (action = knowledge)
What is important about Piaget's stage called sensorimotor? Right Ans - -
the development of object permanence
-little or no capacity for symbolic representation
- goal-directed behavior
- object permanence comes about
- carry out miniature experiments to observe the consequence
What is important about Piaget's stage called preoperational? Right Ans - -
creativity and language flourish
- symbolic function
- lack of conservation
-egocentric thought
What is important about Piaget's stage called concrete operational thought?
Right Ans - -active and appropriate use of logic
- development of conservation
- reversibility
- understand relationships between time and space
What is important about Piaget's stage called formal operational? Right
Ans - - ability to think abstractly
- more argumentative behavior
- can be indecisive
- greater idealism leads them to be impatient with imperfections of
institutions
, What is assimilation? Right Ans - cognitive process that manages how we
take in a new information and incorporate that new information into out
existing knowledge.
ex) child calls all four-legged animals "dog"
What is accomodation? Right Ans - change in existing ways of thinking that
occur in responds to encounters with new stimuli
ex) child begins to distinguish between cats and dogs
What is conservation? Right Ans - knowledge that quantity is unrelated to
physical appearance
What is egocentric thought? Right Ans - cannot take into account others
viewpoints
What are the cons of Piaget's theory? Right Ans - - children are more
capable at an earlier age than Piaget theorized
- universality of stages has been disputed
- development is not as discontinuous as Piaget suggested
- disputer over motor development driving cognitive development
What is Vygotsky's theory? Right Ans - that social interactions are what
shape cognitive development
(nature of social interactions is determined by culture)
Is Vygotsky's theory continuous or discontinuous? Right Ans - continuous
and gradual
According to Vygotsky's theory, children learn through which two ways?
Right Ans - through guided participation and working with mentors
What is the zone of proximal development? Right Ans - level at which a
child can almost perform a task independently, but can do so with the
assistance of someone more competent
What is scaffolding? Right Ans - support for learning and problem solving
that encourages independence and growth
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