Exam 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Kyle and Amy want their baby to walk early, so they take the baby's favorite toy and place it where the child cannot reach it from a crawling position. Kyle and Amy believe that this will motivate the baby to stand upright to retrieve the toy and will thus result in him walking sooner. Their belief is most consistent with the _____ systems view of development.

When Tucker first started tying his shoe he had to think about it and move slowly. Now that he is older and has practiced tying his shoe many times, he does it without any thought. His memory for this activity has moved from _____ to _____.

Infants nearly triple their birth weight by the age of:

The view that perception and actions are coupled together, thus infants perceive something in the environment that motivates them to create patterns of behavior for exploration.

In the "sticky mittens" research project, it was found that:

Sarah shows her baby a colorful block several times. The baby looks carefully at the block at first, but then turns her attention to a different toy after seeing the block a few times. The baby is showing:

"Want ice cream," "Fall down," and "Mommy give cookie" are all examples of:

Jean Mandler argues that early categorizations are best described as _____ categorization. That is, the categorizations are based on similar features of objects such as size, color, and movement, as well as parts of objects, such as legs for animals.

Nine-month-old Hector is pointing at his sippy cup. Which aspect of language is Hector utilizing?

Briefly explain the cephalocaudal and proximodistal patterns of development. Provide an example of how each are evidenced in a baby.

Infants who spent most of their time sleeping during the night as opposed to during the day:

Noam Chomsky believed that at birth children have a _____, comprised of the biological mechansims needed to detect features and rules of language, including phonology, syntax, and semantics.

Which statement is FALSE regarding infants' sense of touch and pain?

Sharon's favorite stuffed animal has been sitting by her right side for the last hour. She has picked it up and put it back in the same place several times. Her mother, trying to get Sharon to move, got her attention by placing the toy across the floor. She notices that Sharon keeps reaching on her right side, expecting the toy to be there. This is an example of a(n):

The _____ pattern of growth is the sequence in which growth starts at the center of the body and moves toward the extremities.

At about what age do infants perceive that occluded objects are whole?