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OAE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EXAM
NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLE TE 250
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Question 1: What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
CORRECT ANSWER : sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete
operational, formal operational
Question 2: What was Piaget's theory?
CORRECT ANSWER : cognitive development
Piaget's sensorimotor stage -birth to 2 years -Learn through senses, motor activities, and feedback they receive through senses by their bodies and environment
Question 3: Piaget's sensorimotor stage
CORRECT ANSWER : -birth to 2 years
-Learn through senses, motor activities, and feedback they receive through senses by their bodies and environment
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Question 4: Give an example of an action that would occur in
the sensorimotor stage
CORRECT ANSWER: Kid sees objects, reaches for it, tries to
grasp it Kid kicks their leg, they see it move, they try to grab their leg Kid learns to throw object from their crib that their parents will pick it back up
Question 5: What are the first three substages of the
sensorimotor stage?CORRECT ANSWER : Birth- 1 month: comprehending the environment from inborn reflexes ex. sucking/looking 2nd substage: Primary Circular Reactions. 1-4 months: coordinate physical sensations with schemas. ex. things to suck on/get pleasure
3rd substage: Secondary Circular Reactions @ 4-8 months the
kids repeat rewarding actions but they focus on effecting the environment rather than themselves. ex. sucks on objects other than thumb
Question 6: What are the last 3 substages of the sensorimotor
stage?
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CORRECT ANSWER : Coordination of Reactions: 8-12 months.kids explore surroundings and imitate observed behavior. object permanence. associate objects with their properties
Tertiary Circular Reactions: 12-18months. Trial and error ex.
different sounds to get parents attention
Early Representational Thought: 18-24 months. Children
represent objects and events with symbols and understand the world not just by actions but through mental operations
Question 7: What is object permanence? (Piaget)
CORRECT ANSWER : the understanding that objects continue
to exist even when they cannot be observed
Question 8: What is the average age when children begin to
understand object permanence?
CORRECT ANSWER : 8-9 months
Question 9: What actions shows that children understand object
permanence?
CORRECT ANSWER : Searching for an object after it is hidden
or enjoying hide and seek/peek a boo
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Question 10: What is a schema?
CORRECT ANSWER : a concept or framework that organizes
and interprets information a mental construct of a category or class of things ex. file folder of the mind
Question 11: What is assimilation?
CORRECT ANSWER : interpreting our new experiences in
terms of our existing schemas can fit new info in an old schema
Question 12: What is accommodation?
CORRECT ANSWER : When new info cannot go into an old
schema you can modify the schema or create a new one
Question 13: What does Piaget say about assimilation and
accommodation?