What was Piaget’s primary interest in human organisms?
a) how knowledge developed
b) how language developed
c) how emotions developed
d) how interpersonal relations developed
According Piaget the basic unit with which the cognitive structure is built up is
a) schema
b) accommodation
c) equilibrium
d) assimilation
Explanation: The term schema was first introduced in 1923 by developmental psychologist Jean Piaget. Piaget proposed a stage theory of cognitive development that utilized schemas as one of its key components. Piaget defined schemas as basic units of knowledge that related to all aspects of the world. He suggested that different schemas are mentally applied in appropriate situations to help people both comprehend and interpret information. To Piaget, cognitive development hinges on an individual acquiring more schemas and increasing the nuance and complexity of existing schemas.
The first stage of development is the…..stage.
a) adaptation
b) assimilation
c) accommodation
d) sensory motor
Period starting from birth to two years in cognitive development is called…
a) Pre operational stage
b) Concrete operational stage
c) Sensory motor stage
d) none of These
In which stage infant knows the world through their movements and sensations.
a) Pre operational stage
b) Concrete operational stage
c) Sensory motor stage
d) none of These
Children learn about the world through which of the following action/s?
a) sucking
b) grasping
c) looking, listening
d) all of these
