PECT PREK4 MODULE 1
NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
VERIFIED
What age do you develop the ability to Conserve? - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>2-6
years
conserve - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>realizing that amounts are the same
regardless of their appearance.
At what age are children in the Preoperational stage? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>Between 2-6 years
Piaget's Preoperational stage of cognitive development - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>-
symbolic representation especially during pretend/make-believe play
-not yet capable of performing mental "operations".
-intuitive thinking (rather than following logical steps)
-Egocentric
Egocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Being unable to literally adopt another's
point-of-view.
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>When we can fit something new into an
existing schema.
Accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>When something new can be
assimilated into an existing schema; either modify the schema or form a new
schema.
Stages of adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Assimilation, Accommodation, and
equilibrium
Why do babies and children form schemas? - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>It is how they
learn about themselves and the world through interactions with their bodies and
the environment.
Conservation - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>The cognitive ability to understand that
objects or substances retain their properties of #'s or amount even when their
appearance, shape, or configuration changes.
What are the substages of Piaget's sensorimotor stage? - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>1.
Inborn reflexes
At what age are children in the sensory-motor stage? - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>birth
to 2 years
What do children in the sensorimotor stage learn? - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>-They
learn through environmental input they receive through their sense, motor
actions they engage in, and through feedback they receive from their bodies and
the environment about their actions.
-Learn through repeated experiences.
What is a sign that a child has developed object permanence? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>If they search for the object after it is moved or hidden.
schema - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Mental constructs or concepts that represent
elements of the environment in categories or classes of things.
object permanence - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>The idea that things continue to
exist even when they are out of sight.
What are the characteristics of the concrete operational stage? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>-Ability to think logically
-Trouble understanding abstract concepts or hypothetical situations
-Apply logical sequence and cause and effect to things they can see, feel, and
manipulate.
-Can conserve
-Develop proficiency in inductive logic
-Reversibility
reversibility - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>The ability to reverse an action or operation.
animism - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Assigning human qualities, feelings, and
actions to inanimate objects.
magical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Attributing cause and effect
relationships between own feelings, thoughts, and environmental events where
none exists.
What is preschoolers' thinking based upon? - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Based upon
their sensory perceptions.
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