Exam 10: Human Development I: Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development

When a parent wants a young child to look at something on the floor,the phenomenon called joint visual attention says that the parent should __________.

Piaget proposed that we have two processes for organizing and interpreting information: formal operations and concrete operations.

Which of the following statements is the most accurate with regard to life expectancy?

Object __________ is a cognitive skill that refers to the fact that an object continues to exist when it is no longer perceived (seen,heard,etc).

Developmental psychologists study the physical,cognitive,and social changes that we expect occur over the course of the lifetime.

The tendency to use common nouns in a very broad fashion,sometimes applying them incorrectly,is called __________.

Stroking the sole of a baby's foot will cause his big toe to extend up while the other toes stretch down and fan out.This is known as the __________ reflex.

A child's ability to distinguish between their own versus others' mental states is called theory of __________.

By about ___ year(s)of age,children begin developing the ability to talk about occurrences from earlier that day or the previous day,demonstrating the basic skills of episodic memory.

Morphemes and phonemes are the basic structural units found in every language.

Young Raina is just a few months old,and her parents delight in seeing her reaction to new sights and sounds.Her mother,Lianna,bought her a new toy that hangs from the handle of her car seat and sparkles brightly.When Raina first sees this new toy,she smiles,coos,and stares at it intently.After just a few minutes,however,Lianna is surprised to see that Raina is looking away,and appears almost bored with this new toy.Developmental psychologists refer reduced responding to a familiar stimulus as __________.

When young Ari was born,his father was absolutely amazed by the fact that his head was proportionally so much larger than the rest of his body.In talking with his wife,a developmental psychologist,about his reaction,she laughed and said,"Oh that's so normal! Children tend to grow from top to bottom,in a pattern called the __________ rule."

The rules that govern how words may be arranged to form phrases and sentences is called __________.

The rules that govern how phonemes are properly combined to form morphemes are referred to as __________.

Most experts agree that there is a combination of factors - both biological and social - that contribute to a child's ability to acquire language skills.The language-acquisition __________ is the social environment into which a baby is born,and if that environment stresses and encourages language skills,the child has a better chance of mastering those skills.

Martha was born in this month in 1991,which makes her developmental age 18 years.

"Raindrops keep falling on my head.And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed,nothing seems to fit!" These lyrics to a popular song describe a very uncomfortable sleeping arrangement! There are several ways this problem can be solved.If the singer chooses to go out in the morning and buy a bigger bed,this would be similar to the Piagetian concept of __________.

Which theorist led the case for the influence of social interactions on cognitive development?

Which of the following errors often made by children learning to use language is the more common type of mistake?

__________ memory refers to remembering to perform a specific action or task.