Exam 7: Conceptual Development

The ability to precisely and accurately code locations in the absence of straightforward landmarks is

Which factor is NOT an aspect of psychological understanding that emerges by the early part of the 2nd year?

Which research finding would be MOST consistent with a nativist perspective on children's development of the understanding of space?

False-belief problems examine children's understanding of the relation between

Preschoolers believe that the essence of a living thing

Describe the development of children's understanding of inheritance. Give examples of the differences between the beliefs of preschoolers and the beliefs of school-age children.

Which category do children usually learn first?

Emily, a 7-month-old infant, is sitting on the floor in a nearly empty room. On each side of her is a television screen. Every 10 seconds, an interesting picture appears on the screen on her left. The screen on her right remains blank. Emily is then rotated so that the screen that has been showing the interesting pictures is now on her right. Where will Emily look in anticipation of the interesting picture?

The Phillips and colleagues study that recorded infants' looking times when they were presented with actors holding stuffed toy kittens was examining infants' understanding of the connection between

The coding of spatial locations relative to one's own body, without regard to the surroundings, is known as

By the age of _____ years, the majority of children understand that human beings are animals that are similar in many ways to other animals.

When surgery has restored sight to people who were born either blind or with severely impaired vision, they are unable to use visual information to represent space as well as those who never experienced impaired vision. This finding lends support to the role that _____ plays in spatial abilities.

When 3-year-old children are presented with the categories of people, caterpillars, and chimpanzees, and asked which two are most similar, research indicates that they will MOST likely choose

The development of this spatial skill requires early visual experiences.

Which concept is NOT at the center of naïve psychology?

Which list places children's understandings in a typical developmental progression?

When children engage in activities where they enact miniature dramas with other children or adults, they are engaging in

The study that compared the spatial skills of aboriginal children growing up in the Australian desert with those of their White peers growing up in cities demonstrated the importance of

On false-belief problems, children who do not yet have a complete understanding of the relation between their own beliefs and others' beliefs

The view that living things have an essence inside them that makes them what they are is referred to as