According to Piaget, in which stage should children be able to conserve
- Pre-operational stage
- Sensory motor stage
- Concrete operational stage
- sleep stage
Which one of the following is a fixed array control condition?
- The child is asked about the size of the object before and after the shape was changed.
- The child is only asked once about the size of the object and this is after the transformation has taken place.
- The child just saw the objects after they had been changed and not before
- The child is sent to detention.
Whose findings was this study attempting to challenge?
- Freud
- Bandura
- Zimbardo
- Loftus
- Piaget
At what age did Piaget believe that children developed the ability to conserve?
- 18 months
- 5 years
- 7 years
- 10 years
Which one of the following was a finding of this study?
- Children found the one judgement task significantly easier than the standard conservation task
- Children found the one judgement task significantly harder than the standard conservation task and the fixed-array control.
- Older groups did not do consistently better than the younger groups.
- The children made more errors on the number task compared with the other two tasks.
Who were the participants of this study?
- Piaget's extended family.
- 252 boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 7.
- 252 girls between the ages of 5 and 7.
- 252 boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 8.5.
- Participants with Tourette syndrome
Which one of the following is a standard condition?
- The child is asked about the size of the object before and after the shape was changed.
- The child is only asked once about the size of the object and this is after the transformation has taken place.
- The child just saw the objects after they had been changed and not before.
- The child is asked to calculate a standard deviation without a calculator.
What was the aim of this study?
- To challenge Piaget's findings by using the same method as used by Piaget.
- To challenge Piaget's findings by altering the method used by Piaget.
- To challenge Piaget's findings by using more children than used by Piaget.
- To challenge Piaget's method by altering the types of children used by Piaget.
Which one of the following did Samuel and Bryant's study demonstrate?
- That Piaget was totally wrong
- Piaget overestimated the cognitive abilities of children.
- Piaget’s findings were a result of the limitations of child thought rather than the structure of his original tests.
- Piaget’s findings were a result of the structure of his original tests rather than the limitation of child thought.
Which one of the following is a one judgement condition?
- The child is asked about the size of the object before and after the shape was changed.
- The child is only asked once about the size of the object and this is after the transformation has taken place.
- The child just saw the objects after they had been changed and not before.
- The child is asked which is their favourite CBeebies show.