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Piaget's Key Concepts and Stages Quiz

1. What is the central idea behind Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

A. Social learning B. Stages of development C. Genetic predisposition

2. In which stage do children develop the ability to think logically?

A. Sensorimotor B. Preoperational C. Concrete operational

3. What is the term for a child's understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are not in sight?

A. Object permanence B. Conservation C. Egocentrism

4. Which stage is characterized by the development of logical thought and conservation?

A. Sensorimotor B. Concrete operational C. Formal operational

5. What is the term for the tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others?

A. Centration B. Reversibility C. Seriation

6. At what age range does the concrete operational stage typically occur?

A. Birth to 2 years B. 2 to 7 years C. 7 to 11 years

7. Which of Piaget's stages involves the development of symbolic thinking and pretend play?

A. Preoperational B. Concrete operational C. Formal operational

8. What is the term for the ability to understand that quantities remain the same despite changes in appearance?

A. Object permanence B. Conservation C. Reversibility

9. Which cognitive ability is associated with the formal operational stage?

A. Abstract reasoning B. Object permanence C. Conservation

10. What is the final stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

A. Sensorimotor B. Preoperational C. Formal operational