Exam 6: The First Two Years: Cognitive Development

At approximately what age will a child begin to utter his or her first two-word sentences?

Baby Hugh enjoys playing with his dad's keys, but when his dad takes them away, Hugh does not search for them. Piaget would say that this is because Hugh does not understand _____.

Infants can recognize that some situations _____ different opportunities than other situations do.

An example of stage-three sensorimotor behavior is _____.

Between 18 and 24 months, when toddlers begin to put words together, they reveal their understanding of _____ rules.

The first two-word sentence appears between 18 and 24 months of age.

Britta has begun repeating syllables such as "da-da-da-da" and "me-me-me-me-me." Britta is in the _____ stage of language development.

Which theorist said that children learn language as a result of reinforcements given by parents and caregivers?

Geraldo loves to climb, and there are many opportunities for him to do so around his home: on the bookshelf in the living room, the decorative rocks in the front yard, and the ladder for the slide at the park. Each of these opportunities is _____ for climbing.

Piaget's theory has been criticized for being based on too large of a sample.

Describe the five stages of spoken language development from 12 to 24 months of age.

The fact that 3-month-olds do not spontaneously remember a kicking strategy that they learned two weeks earlier suggests that _____.

Habituation research has revealed that babies are more advanced than Piaget believed.

Tony is 8 months old, and he settles down quickly and listens raptly while his mom sings "The Itsy Bitsy Spider." What factor accounts for Tony's interest in this nursery rhyme?

Research on infants' long-term memory has shown that infants can remember if the researchers _____.