Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

What do infants' motor schemas transform into as they develop?

Wernicke's area controls the ability to use language for expression.

Maddie watches her mother hide her favorite toy behind the couch. When she gets down from her high chair after lunch, she crawls over to the couch and gets her toy. What type of memory is Maddie using?

The ability to focus and switch attention is influenced by ______.

At which age to infants start paying attention to vowel sounds?

Pediatricians accurately determine infants' development relative to other infants their age through ______.

According to Piaget, at what age does an infant develop object permanence?

The most often used standardized measure of infant intelligence is the Bayley Scales of Infant Development III.

Increases in imitative capacity are observed with development up to what age?

Which effect has research shown poverty to have on infants and children?

At which age to infants start paying attention to consonant sounds?

Carter is an infant who enjoys playing patty-cake with his mother. Carter does not do the hand motions to patty-cake all the time, but when his mother sits down in front of him and puts her hands together, he starts doing the hand motions. In which type of memory is Carter's knowledge of the hand motions to patty-cake stored?

A core assumption of working memory is the idea of ______.

A statement that describes an infant's ability to categorize objects is that infants ______.

What is the difference between underextension and overextension?

The age at which a vocabulary spurt typically occurs is between ______.

Which term means the repetition of an action and its response?

Explain how the effects of socioeconomic status on development varies.

Infants tend to categorize with less inclusive levels before they categorize at more inclusive levels.

Explain the significance of sequential touching.