UNIT 6 PAIGET COGNITIVE THORY

Question 1

What category does Paige theory fall under?

A. Social
B. Psychosocial
C. Cognitive
D. Developmental

Answer 1

C. Cognitive

To Piaget, cognitive development was a progressive reorganization of mental processes as a result of biological maturation and environmental experience.

Question 2

Sensorimotor, what age does this theory falls in?

A. birth - 2 years old
B. 2 years - 7 years old
C. 7- 11 years old
D. 11 - 15 years old

Answer 2

A. birth - 2 years old

*Simple learning- behavior imitation
*Problem solving through trial ad error

Question 3

Preoperational , what age range does the theory fall in

A. 24 years old
B. 12 years old
C. 35 years old
D. 6 years old

Answer 3

D. 6 years old
2-7 YEARS OLD
*EGOCENTRIC

*Able to make simple associations : thought is concrete and tangible

*Transductive reasoning: women with big bellies are pregnant

Question 4

Concrete operations, what age range does this theory fall in?

A. 10 years old
B. 8 months
C. 25 years old
D. 2 years old

Answer 4

A. 10 years old
7-11 YEARS OLD
 Thoughts becoming logical and coherent; able to classify and sort
 Problem solving is concrete and systematic

Question 5

Formal operations, What age is this theory associated with>

A. 14 years old
B. 8 months
C. 10 years old
D. 26 years old

Answer 5

A. 14 years old
11-15 YEARS OLD
 Adaptable and flexible
 Able to think in abstract terms, form hypotheses