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1
Assimilation occurs when children adjust to new information.
A)True
B)False
2
Equilibrium is a mechanism Piaget proposed to explain how children shift from one state to the next.
A)True
B)False
3
Recent research on infant cognitive development suggests that infants' perceptual abilities happen later than Piaget first believed.
A)True
B)False
4
Operations are reversible mental actions, such as mentally adding and subtracting numbers.
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 through inner speech or private speech.
A)True
B)False





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