Piaget’s Theory of Intellectual Development

17.According to Piaget, people’s need for order, structure, and predictability is called:

a.development.

b.learning.

c.maturation.

d.equilibrium.

18.Of the following, the best definition of a scheme is:

a.the knowledge, procedures, and relationships that we use to understand the world.

b.the orderly durable changes in a learner resulting from learning, experience, and maturation.

c.a state of conceptual balance and order.

d.the process of modifying environmental experience to fit present understanding.

19.The process of changing existing schemes in response to new experiences is called:

a.assimilation.

b.accommodation.

c.equilibration.

d.maturation.

20.The ability to mentally trace a line of reasoning back to its beginning is referred to as:

a.systematic reasoning.

b.reversibility.

c.centration.

d.transformation.

21.The process of using logical thought to reach a conclusion is referred to as:

a.systematic reasoning.

b.reversibility.

c.centration.

d.transformation.

22.A form of adaptation in which an experience in the environment is modified to fit an existing scheme is called:

a.organization.

b.accommodation.

c.assimilation.

d.maturation.

23.The stage in which children are unable to remember physical objects that are no longer visible is called the:

a.sensorimotor stage.

b.preoperational stage.

c.concrete operational stage.

d.formal operational stage.

24.The biological changes we see in individuals as a result of the interaction of their genetic makeup with the environment is called:

a.learning.

b.maturation.

c.development.

d.experience.

25.The inability to interpret an event from another person’s point of view is called:

a.irreversibility.

b.centration.

c.egocentrism.

d.assimilation.

26.The tendency to focus on one perceptual aspect of an event to the exclusion of all others is called:

a.centration.

b.egocentrism.

c.irreversibility.

d.transformation.