GAT Subject Education MCQs

Piaget proposed stages of cognitive development from infancy to adolescence.
Each stage reflects distinctive ways of thinking.

Infants gradually understand that objects continue to exist when unseen.
This achievement belongs to the sensorimotor period.

Preoperational children use language and symbols increasingly.
However, their thinking remains intuitive and often egocentric.

Concrete operational learners understand that quantity can remain constant despite appearance changes.
They reason logically about tangible situations.

Formal operational thinking supports abstract concepts and systematic hypothesis testing.
It typically begins in adolescence.

Assimilation interprets a new experience through an existing cognitive structure.
The learner uses what is already known.

Accommodation changes a scheme when an experience does not fit.
It supports cognitive adaptation and growth.

Vygotsky emphasized socially supported learning.
The zone describes tasks achievable with guidance but not yet independently.

The ZPD identifies emerging capability supported by a more knowledgeable person.
Instruction is most productive within this range.

Language first functions socially and later guides inner thought.
Private speech helps children plan and control behavior.

Mastery learning expects students to reach a defined level before progression.
Corrective instruction and reassessment support success.

Pavlov demonstrated learning through association between stimuli.
A neutral stimulus can acquire the ability to produce a response.