`Piaget's Life
Vocab Whiz
Think Like a Child
Getting Older
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100

What country is Jean Piaget from?

what is Switzerland?

100

The term for how your brain organizes information, building a mental structure and creating understanding. (i.e, mental filing cabinet)

What is a SCHEMA/SCHEMAS? 

100

You are playing with a child with a action figure and hide it under a blanket. The child now thinks the object is completely gone. 

What is the SENSORIMOTOR stage? 

100

A child pours orange juice into their cup but pour too much. They realize they can pour it back into the carton. 

What is the CONCRETE OPERATIONAL stage?

100

A child learns a new animal and immediately says, "It's a dog!" even though it's clearly a raccoon.

What is assimilation?

200

What is Piaget's birthday?

What is August 9, 1896?

200
Term for development or growth from infancy to adulthood. Mental and physical growth. 

What is MATURATION?

200

A child explores the world by putting objects in their mouth, and touching every object they see. 

What is SENSORIMOTOR STAGE? 

200

A child can determine the weight and size of different objects and sort them in categories. 

What is the CONCRETE OPERATIONAL stage?

200

After calling a raccoon a "dog," the child finally realizes it's different and creates a new idea in their mind for "raccoon."

What is accommodation?

400

Where did Piaget Study?

What is the University of Neuchatel?

400

Mental acts being done without doing them physically? 

What are OPERATIONS? 

400

A preschooler sees a crescent moon and says, "Look! The moon is following our car because it likes us."


What is PREOPERATIONAL stage?
400

A child cuts a pie into 8 slices, but notices that 4 pieces are slightly larger than the other pieces. 

What is the CONCRETE OPERATIONAL stage? 

400

A toddler keeps combining actions—like looking, reaching, and grabbing—until they form a smooth, coordinated skill.

What is organization?

600

What was Piaget fascinated by?

What is how children think?

600

The term for children believing that NON LIVING objects have thoughts and feelings? 

What is ANIMISM? 

600

A child goes to visit a doctor and notices a stethoscope. The child makes a connection and now associates the stethoscope with a doctor. 

What is the PREOPERATIONAL stage?

600

A child can now solve step-by-step algebra problem and can determine a solution based on unknown and known values. 

What is the FORMAL OPERATIONAL stage?

600

A child gets confused when their old idea doesn’t work anymore, then works hard to figure out a new way of understanding it.

What is equilibration?

800

What did Piaget spend his life studying?

What is how thinking develops from infancy to adulthood?

800

The Process of integrating new information into pre-existing schemas? 

What is ASSIMILATION? 

800

A child sees a peer struggling and is not able to empathize or understand others have different perspectives. 

What is the PREOPERATIONAL stage?

800

A child is given a hypothetical and begins to think about different aspects of the situation in abstract ways. 

What is the FORMAL OPERATIONAL stage?

800

A kid tries to understand a new toy by fitting it into what they already know, then adjusting their thinking when that doesn’t work.

What is adaptation?