Exam 5: Perception, Action, and Learning in Infancy

Research by Baillargeon in which infants looked longer at a screen that rotated 180 degrees than at a screen that rotated up and stopped at the top of a box used the paradigm in the test of whether the infants were able to mentally represent the box.

When young infants (younger than 2 months old) look at complex shapes or pictures, they tend to look at:

Describe the role of intention in observational learning, and describe an example case in which an infant's attention to intention had an impact on what was learned.

Which of the following forms of learning is probably the simplest?

An infant coming to appreciate that a flat surface is suitable for walking is an example of the discovery of:

Habituation to a stimulus and increased response to a novel stimulus indicate all of the following behaviors EXCEPT:

An infant's perception of a subjective contour indicates that she can:

Research using shallow and steep inclines has NOT demonstrated that:

Describe what impact infants' ability to reach, sit upright, and crawl has on their learning about the world. Discuss how the development of these motor skills makes infants more active participants in their own development of perception and understanding of objects.

The developmental maturity of infants' cones contributes to their:

The dynamic-systems approach argues that every milestone in the transition from newborns' inability to lift their head to toddlers' ability to walk independently involves:

The series of studies conducted using the visual cliff has provided useful information about the association between experience and judgment. Describe these studies, including the general methodology and the conclusions.

A 6-month-old infant is trying very hard to reach a colorful rattle that is on the floor in front of her. The infant's mother mistakenly drops a blanket over the rattle, concealing it from the infant. The infant reacts by looking away from the covered rattle and picking up another nearby toy. How would Piaget attribute the infant's reaction?

The preferential-looking technique is founded on the expectation that infants:

A study examining infants' response to a breast pad worn by their own mother versus one worn by another woman demonstrated that 2-week-old infants:

The decrease in response to repeated presentation of the same stimulus is referred to as:

Pictorial cues are also referred to as _ depth cues.

Research by Meltzoff and colleagues indicates that very young children are able to learn from what kind of models?

Statistical learning involves:

Newborns prefer which of the following tastes?