Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

________________ is a form of communication made up of short sentences with high-pitched,exaggerated expression,clear pronunciation,distinct pauses between speech segments,and repetition of new words in a variety of contexts.

Around 2 months,babies begin to make vowel-like noises called

In Piaget's theory,when children are in a state of disequilibrium,

Information-processing research indicates that by 3 months,infants can remember events for as long as 3 months and categorize stimuli.These findings challenge Piaget's assumption that

Sixteen-month-old Maecy is able to repeat behaviors with variation.Maecy is demonstrating the __________ circular reaction.

__________ involves building schemes through direct interaction with the environment.

During __________,children use their current schemes to interpret the external world,whereas in __________,children create new schemes or adjust old ones after noticing that their current ways of thinking do not capture the environment completely.

Research using the HOME checklist reveals that the extent to which parents __________ is especially important in facilitating toddlers' intelligence test performance.

Baby Kate now relates dropping and throwing to her developing understanding of nearness and farness.In Piaget's theory,this achievement is an example of

Research demonstrates that early make-believe play is

In Piaget's theory,_________ are the building blocks of sensorimotor intelligence.

Dr.Ewing measured individual differences in a large sample of individuals using intelligence testing.If performances at each age level formed a normal distribution,the results were probably ______-shaped.

The goal of mental testing is to

Miranda says "more apple." This two-word utterance is an example of

In Piaget's theory,when children are in a state of cognitive equilibrium,

Baby Greer says "babababababa." This is an example of

Infants' earliest categories are

According to Vygotsky,children master activities through

Which of the following parent-child activities strongly predicts academic success during the school years?

Child care in the United States is