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1

Assimilation occurs when children adjust to new information.
A)True
B)False
2

It is the similar way of understanding the world that makes one stage more advanced than another in Piaget's stages of cognitive development.
A)True
B)False
3

Object permanence is one of the infant's most important accomplishments.
A)True
B)False
4

Recent research on infant cognitive development suggests that infants' perceptual abilities happen later than Piaget first believed.
A)True
B)False
5

An example of animism is a child saying, "The sidewalk made me fall down."
A)True
B)False
6

In the concrete operational thought stage, a child can engage in reversible mental action on real concrete objects, like different shapes of clay.
A)True
B)False
7

In the formal operational thought stage, hypothetical-deductive reasoning is the means for problem-solving.
A)True
B)False
8

One way Piaget's theory has been applied to education is to consider the child's knowledge and level of thinking.
A)True
B)False
9

The lower limit zone of proximal development (ZPD) represents tasks a child can accomplish with the assistance of a more skilled person.
A)True
B)False
10

Vygotsky believed that young children use language for self-regulation such as inner speech or private speech.
A)True
B)False





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