Module 2: Cognitive and Motor Development

Question 1

Regarding the four domains of human development, which of the following is true?
a. The motor domain is the only domain to affect all others.
b. All domains affect all others.
c. The cognitive domain is the only domain to have a significant impact on all others.
d. The physical domain is the only domain to have a significant impact on all others.

Answer 1

All domains affect all others.

Question 2

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development has how many major stages?
a. Four
b. Eight
c. Ten
d. It is not a stage-based theory of development

Answer 2

It is not a stage-based theory of development

Question 3

According to Piaget, which stage of cognitive development generally occurs between
the ages of 8 and 11 years?
a. Formal operational
b. Sensorimotor
c. Concrete operational
d. Preoperational

Answer 3

Concrete operational

Question 4

According to Piaget, what is true of the stages of cognitive development?
a. They are completed by everyone by the age of 16.
b. They follow the same sequence regardless of the level attained.
c. They can be skipped to reach the highest order of thinking.
d. They become less complex as the child becomes older.

Answer 4

They follow the same sequence regardless of the level attained.

Question 5

According to Piaget, in which process do children attempt to interpret new experiences
based on their present interpretation of the world?
a. Assimilation
b. Accommodation
c. Affiliation
d. Adaptation

Answer 5

Assimilation

Question 6

Piaget’s first stage of cognitive development is which of the following?
a. Preoperational
b. Concrete operational
c. Formal operational
d. Sensorimotor

Answer 6

Sensorimotor

Question 7

Which of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development has substages of primary circular
reactions, tertiary circular reactions, and secondary schemata?
a. Formal operational
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operational
d. Sensorimotor

Answer 7

Sensorimotor

Question 8

The preoperational stage of development occurs in which age range?
a. Birth to 4 months
b. 4 to 8 months
c. 2 to 5 years
d. 6 to 11 years

Answer 8

2 to 5 years

Question 9

What is the most important characteristic of the preoperational stage of development?
a. Language development
b. Exploration
c. The ability to mentally modify, organize, or reverse thought processes
d. The ability to consider ideas not based on reality

Answer 9

Language development

Question 10

Approximately when does the formal operational stage begin?
a. 7 years of age
b. 5 years of age
c. 2 years of age
d. 11 years of age

Answer 10

11 years of age

Question 11

What is the major accomplishment of the formal operational stage?
a. Language development
b. Exploration
c. The ability to mentally modify, organize, or reverse thought processes
d. The ability to consider ideas not based on reality

Answer 11

The ability to consider ideas not based on reality

Question 12

The concrete operational stage of cognitive development is which of Piaget’s stages?
a. The second
b. The third
c. The fourth
d. The last

Answer 12

The third

Question 13

Preoperational stage development consists of identifiable substages, including which of
the following?
a. Tertiary circular reactions
b. Secondary schemata
c. Transductive reasoning
d. Tertiary circular reactions and secondary schemata

Answer 13

Transductive reasoning

Question 14

According to Piaget, what is the most serious “deficiency” of preoperational thought?
a. Egocentrism
b. Pretend friends
c. Imitation of parents and television characters
d. Extreme emotions

Answer 14

Egocentrism

Question 15

Which of the following is true regarding the ability to realize that certain properties of a
substance remain unchanged when the appearance is superficially changed?
a. It is known as conservation
b. It first occurs in the formal stage of development
c. It first occurs in the preoperational stage of development
d. It is known as conservation and first occurs in the preoperational stage of
development

Answer 15

It is known as conservation and first occurs in the preoperational stage of
development

Question 16

n the older years of an adult, what happens to response time?
a. Slows
b. Accelerates
c. Shows no predictable trend with age
d. Shows no appreciable change from younger adulhood

Answer 16

Slows

Question 17

A child’s ability to recognize that an object has not ceased to exist simply because it has
disappeared is known as __________.
a. Horizontal decalage
b. Object permanence
c. Conservation of an object
d. Accommodation

Answer 17

Object permanence

Question 18

Knowing that an object has not increased in weight when the spatial orientation (or
shape) has changed is known as __________.
a. Horizontal decalage
b. Object permanence
c. Conservation of weight
d. Accommodation

Answer 18

Conservation of weight

Question 19

According to Piaget, an individual may have a highly developed level of functioning for one cognitive skill but a much lower level for another cognitive skill. How does he refer
to this phenomenon?
a. Object permanence
b. Conservation
c. Horizontal decalage
d. Accommodation

Answer 19

Horizontal decalage

Question 20

Which of the following is true regarding the findings of the Seattle Longitudinal Study
pertaining to intellectual decline?
a. On average, plateauing in intellectual performance occurred during the mid 50s
b. By the age of 60 years, most subjects showed a significant decline in all aspects of
intellectual performance
c. Subjects showed a global decline in intelligence by their 90s
d. None of the answers are correct

Answer 20

On average, plateauing in intellectual performance occurred during the mid 50s

Question 21

Postformal operations, according to Berger and the textbook, may involve which of the
following?
a. More rigid, straight forward, logical thought
b. A greater tendency to wonder intellectually
c. Seeing answers to problems as less relative and more absolute
d. More flexible, logical and complex forms of thought

Answer 21

More flexible, logical and complex forms of thought

Question 22

study of expert and novice 10-year-old soccer players is conducted over 6 weeks. Findings reveal that at the end of the season, game performance improved. If this study is similar to one by French and Thomas (1987) about basketball gameplay, what would
be the primary contributor to improvement?
a. The physical growth of the players
b. The players’ ability to make more appropriate cognitive decisions during the game
c. The soccer skill execution
d. The coaching strategies employed

Answer 22

The players’ ability to make more appropriate cognitive decisions during the game

Question 23

theory of cognitive development
3 A’s

Answer 23

adaptation
assimilation
accommodation