Piaget Has Described Four Stages of Cognitive Development

question 13

Multiple Choice

Piaget has described four stages of cognitive development. Which one of the following is an accurate statement about Piaget's view of these stages?

• A) With each successive stage, schemata become more simplified.
• B) It is possible for children to skip from the pre operational state to the formal operational stage, but only a small minority of children actually do so.
• C) Children have difficulty solving problems until they reach formal operations.
• D) Each stage involves forms of thought qualitatively different from those of other stages.

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Definitions:

Modality-General

Pertains to processes or properties that are not specific to one particular mode of sensation or perception but apply across different sensory modalities.

State-Dependent Learning

The phenomenon whereby information learned in one physiological or psychological state is more easily recalled when in the same state.

Mood-Dependent Memory

The phenomenon where an individual's current mood or affective state can affect the recall of memories that are congruent with that mood.

Short-Term Memory Loss

A condition where an individual has difficulty retaining recent information, often lasting from a few seconds to a minute.