Question

question 8
2.5 pts
according to jean piaget, in what stage do children begin to use abstract thinking processes?
○ sensorimotor
○ formal operational
○ concrete operational
○ preoperational
18 - month - old gordon learned the schema for apples. when gordon sees tomatoes at the grocery store, he says, \look mommy, apples!\ his mother tells him that the food he sees at the store is a tomato, not an apple. he now has separate schemata for tomatoes and apples. this exemplifies ________.
○ assimilation
○ seriation
○ accommodation
○ reversibility

Explanation:

Question 8

• Piaget's formal operational stage (ages 11+) is when abstract thinking begins.
• Before this, stages (sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational) lack full abstract thought.

Question 9

• Accommodation: modifying existing schemas (like apples) to fit new info (tomatoes as different).
• Assimilation would force tomato into apple schema; here, schema changes (accommodation).

Answer:

Question 8: formal operational
Question 9: accommodation