Elliot is racing toy cars down the driveway when one runs into the road. He gets upset and cries until his father gets the car and hands it back to him. Sarah, who has just tripped and fallen down, is crying nearby. Elliot tries to comfort Sarah by saying “it’s ok! I got my car back!” Which of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development is Elliot most likely in? Select one: i. Preoperational Stage  ii. Formal Operational Stage  iii. Concrete Operational Stage iv. Sensorimotor Stage

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2a)Elliot is racing toy cars down the driveway when one runs into the road. He gets upset and cries until his father gets the car and hands it back to him. Sarah, who has just tripped and fallen down, is crying nearby. Elliot tries to comfort Sarah by saying “it’s ok! I got my car back!” Which of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development is Elliot most likely in?

Select one:

i.

Preoperational Stage 

ii.

Formal Operational Stage 

iii.

Concrete Operational Stage

iv.

Sensorimotor Stage 

2b)Katrin is building a block tower, but it keeps falling down. Her father, who is sitting with her, says “look at the different size blocks. There are big ones, and small ones. Which blocks do you think should go on the bottom to make the tower stronger?” Katrin tests the different sizes and finds that putting the big blocks on the bottom makes the tower sturdier. Katrin's father's behaviour is an example of ________. It is considered a key component of _________.

Select one:

i.

Behavioural strategies; sociocultural theories

ii.

Behavioural strategies; dynamic-systems theories

iii.

Social scaffolding; sociocultural theories

iv.

Social scaffolding; dynamic-systems theories

2c)Information processing theories propose that infants can complete increasingly complex tasks as a result of neural maturation and increases in memory capacity. These explanations best reflect which enduring theme:

Select one:

i.

Mechanisms of change

ii.

Discontinuous development

iii.

Sociocultural factors

iv.

The active child

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