Great Leap Forward in human cognitive development
  • 1. Who coined the term 'Great Leap Forward' in human cognitive development?
A) Noam Chomsky
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Jean Piaget
D) B.F. Skinner
  • 2. Which cognitive ability is typically developed in the formal operational stage?
A) Basic problem-solving skills
B) Abstract reasoning
C) Simple knowledge acquisition
D) Basic language comprehension
  • 3. What is the term used to describe the process of accommodating new information into existing cognitive structures?
A) Adaptation
B) Assimilation
C) Accommodation
D) Maladaptation
  • 4. According to Piaget, what is the term used to describe a mental process that changes with age and experience?
A) Theorem
B) Hypothesis
C) Equation
D) Schema
  • 5. The zone of proximal development is a term commonly associated with the work of which theorist?
A) Lawrence Kohlberg
B) Erik Erikson
C) Lev Vygotsky
D) Abraham Maslow
  • 6. What is the term used to describe the ability to understand that objects exist even when they cannot be seen or touched?
A) Conservation
B) Object permanence
C) Centration
D) Reversibility
  • 7. Which stage of cognitive development is characterized by the ability to think logically and understand concrete concepts?
A) Formal operational
B) Sensorimotor
C) Preoperational
D) Concrete operational
  • 8. Which theorist proposed the theory of stages of moral development?
A) Erik Erikson
B) Jean Piaget
C) Abraham Maslow
D) Lawrence Kohlberg
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