Key People Quiz

Match the statement to the relevant name.


1				Used fictional words to test children's understanding of language rules


2				Language and thought, initially independent, eventually merge


3				Preoperational thought moves from primitive to sophisticated use of symbols


4				Uses information-processing approach to analyze children's inability to conserve


5				Revolutionized teaching by allowing children freedom and spontaneity


6				Found that both adults and children considered an object that could move as "more alive" than one that could not


7				Studied young children's egocentrism by devising the three mountains task


8				Studies issues around children's narrative (story-telling) skills


9				Documented that children as young as two can learn problem-solving strategies


10				Demonstrated that young children know the difference between adjectives and proper nouns

Answer choices for questions 1 through 10

A)	Rochel Gelman
B)	Maria Montessori
C)	Lev Vygotsky
D)	Jean Piaget
E)	Zhe Chen and Robert Siegler
F)	Barbel Inhelder
G)	Diane Poulin-Dubois and Giselle Heroux
H)	Carole Peterson
I)	Jean Berko
J)	Geoffrey Hull and Susan Graham