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Edexcel GCSE Psychology Topic 1 Development overview quiz quiz

12questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. In which Piaget stage does a child develop object permanence?

  2. What is conservation, which a child gains in the concrete operational stage?

  3. What does accommodation mean in Piaget's theory?

  4. In the three mountains task, what did younger children typically choose?

  5. Which study is the named counter-evidence suggesting Piaget underestimated children?

  6. According to Dweck, a person with a growth mindset believes that ability is:

  7. According to Dweck, what kind of praise best encourages a growth mindset?

  8. What did Willingham mean by saying memory is the residue of thought?

  9. Which best describes the modern view of nature and nurture in development?

  10. In heteronomous morality, how do younger children judge how naughty an act is?

  11. What happens during synaptic pruning in early brain development?

  12. Which is the correct order of Piaget's four stages?