Question 1

What does it mean to say that "many of the cognitive capabilities of infants depend upon memory"?

Accepted Answer

Memory is essential for cognitive develo

Question 2

What is object permanence and how is it tested?

Accepted Answer

Object permanence is the ability of a ch

Question 3

Max is 10 months old. He is able to push one toy aside to reach another toy that he wants to play with. He is also able to imitate the gestures and sounds his parents make when they play with him. What is Max's behaviour an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  object permanence 
B)  secondary circular reactions 
C)  coordination of secondary schemas 
D)  invention of new means through mental combinations 
A)  object permanence 
B)  secondary circular reactions 
C)  coordination of secondary schemas 
D)  invention of new means through mental combinations

Question 4

Harry is an average 12-month-old male child. How many words can Harry understand?

Accepted Answer

A)  13 
B)  25 
C)  57 
D)  84 
A)  13 
B)  25 
C)  57 
D)  84

Question 5

What is typically predicted by higher visual recognition scores in infancy?

Accepted Answer

A)  creativity in later childhood 
B)  better memory in later childhood 
C)  higher IQ scores later in childhood 
D)  an increased likelihood of artistic ability 
A)  creativity in later childhood 
B)  better memory in later childhood 
C)  higher IQ scores later in childhood 
D)  an increased likelihood of artistic ability

Question 6

Children only speak words and phrases they have heard before.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

At what age is an infant's first word typically spoken?

Accepted Answer

A)  usually by 10 months of age 
B)  usually between 11 and 13 months of age 
C)  usually after 18 months 
D)  usually around 24 months of age 
A)  usually by 10 months of age 
B)  usually between 11 and 13 months of age 
C)  usually after 18 months 
D)  usually around 24 months of age

Question 8

What does Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory suggest about children and object permanence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children develop an understanding of object permanence all at once. 
B)  Children develop the skills that lead to object permanence by 3 months of age. 
C)  Children come to understand object permanence even without prior experience. 
D)  The development of object permanence is negatively impacted by early nutritional and relational deprivation. 
A)  Children develop an understanding of object permanence all at once. 
B)  Children develop the skills that lead to object permanence by 3 months of age. 
C)  Children come to understand object permanence even without prior experience. 
D)  The development of object permanence is negatively impacted by early nutritional and relational deprivation.

Question 9

What is demonstrated by the textbook's case history of Genie?

Accepted Answer

A)  evidence for the sequencing of cooing and babbling 
B)  the effects of teaching ASL to young children 
C)  support for the hypothesis that there are sensitive periods for learning language 
D)  proof that language acquisition is genetically determined 
A)  evidence for the sequencing of cooing and babbling 
B)  the effects of teaching ASL to young children 
C)  support for the hypothesis that there are sensitive periods for learning language 
D)  proof that language acquisition is genetically determined

Question 10

Dylan picks up an object he has never seen before. He immediately puts it in his mouth. What stage of cognitive development is Dylan demonstrating?

Accepted Answer

A)  the sensorimotor stage 
B)  the preoperational stage 
C)  the concrete operational stage 
D)  the formal operational stage 
A)  the sensorimotor stage 
B)  the preoperational stage 
C)  the concrete operational stage 
D)  the formal operational stage

Question 11

Research findings discussed in the text demonstrate that infants are unable to remember events that occurred to them from day to day.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Dishabituation is exemplified when an infant does which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  pays attention to a new toy 
B)  repeats a phrase 
C)  learns to speak 
D)  loses interest in a game of peekaboo 
A)  pays attention to a new toy 
B)  repeats a phrase 
C)  learns to speak 
D)  loses interest in a game of peekaboo

Question 13

Imitation after a time delay occurs as early as 6 months of age.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

As Michael plays in his crib, his parents overhear him making repetitive sounds such as "babababa" and "dadadada." What term describes this repeating of syllables?

Accepted Answer

A)  cooing 
B)  echolalia 
C)  babbling 
D)  intonation 
A)  cooing 
B)  echolalia 
C)  babbling 
D)  intonation

Question 15

Carla is an expectant mother and is reading about newborns' imitation reflex. Which explanation of an imitation reflex is she most likely to encounter?

Accepted Answer

A)  It negatively impacts infant-caregiver bonding. 
B)  It helps the newborn to enforce neural pathways. 
C)  It may be due to "mirror neurons" in the human brain. 
D)  It enables the newborn to suckle. 
A)  It negatively impacts infant-caregiver bonding. 
B)  It helps the newborn to enforce neural pathways. 
C)  It may be due to "mirror neurons" in the human brain. 
D)  It enables the newborn to suckle.

Question 16

In which substage of sensorimotor development is goal-directed behaviour first witnessed?

Accepted Answer

A)  the simple reflexes substage 
B)  the primary circular reactions substage 
C)  the secondary circular reactions substage 
D)  the tertiary circular reactions substage 
A)  the simple reflexes substage 
B)  the primary circular reactions substage 
C)  the secondary circular reactions substage 
D)  the tertiary circular reactions substage

Question 17

Children who are bilingual experience cognitive benefits including enhanced attention control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Reading to a child can help foster his or her language development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Newborns at only 0.7 to 71 hours old have been found to imitate adults when the adults have done which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  open their mouths or stick out their tongues 
B)  repeatedly open and close their eyes 
C)  repeatedly open and "fist up" their hands in front of the newborns 
D)  purse their lips 
A)  open their mouths or stick out their tongues 
B)  repeatedly open and close their eyes 
C)  repeatedly open and "fist up" their hands in front of the newborns 
D)  purse their lips

Question 20

Research studies have shown that infants can imitate an adult who opens her mouth and sticks out her tongue. What is the earliest age this imitative behaviour been observed in infants?

Accepted Answer

A)  less than 1 hour old 
B)  at age 2 days 
C)  at age 3 days 
D)  at age 1 week 
A)  less than 1 hour old 
B)  at age 2 days 
C)  at age 3 days 
D)  at age 1 week

What does it mean to say that "many of the cognitive capabilities of infants depend upon memory"?

What is object permanence and how is it tested?

Max is 10 months old. He is able to push one toy aside to reach another toy that he wants to play with. He is also able to imitate the gestures and sounds his parents make when they play with him. What is Max's behaviour an example of?

Harry is an average 12-month-old male child. How many words can Harry understand?

What is typically predicted by higher visual recognition scores in infancy?

Children only speak words and phrases they have heard before.

At what age is an infant's first word typically spoken?

What does Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory suggest about children and object permanence?

What is demonstrated by the textbook's case history of Genie?

Dylan picks up an object he has never seen before. He immediately puts it in his mouth. What stage of cognitive development is Dylan demonstrating?

Research findings discussed in the text demonstrate that infants are unable to remember events that occurred to them from day to day.

Dishabituation is exemplified when an infant does which of the following?

Imitation after a time delay occurs as early as 6 months of age.

As Michael plays in his crib, his parents overhear him making repetitive sounds such as "babababa" and "dadadada." What term describes this repeating of syllables?

Carla is an expectant mother and is reading about newborns' imitation reflex. Which explanation of an imitation reflex is she most likely to encounter?

In which substage of sensorimotor development is goal-directed behaviour first witnessed?

Children who are bilingual experience cognitive benefits including enhanced attention control.

Reading to a child can help foster his or her language development.

Newborns at only 0.7 to 71 hours old have been found to imitate adults when the adults have done which of the following?

Research studies have shown that infants can imitate an adult who opens her mouth and sticks out her tongue. What is the earliest age this imitative behaviour been observed in infants?

History, Theories, and Methods

Heredity Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World

Infancy: Physical Development

Infancy: Social and Emotional Development

Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Emotional Development

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Exam 5: Infancy: Cognitive Development

What does it mean to say that "many of the cognitive capabilities of infants depend upon memory"?

What is object permanence and how is it tested?

Max is 10 months old. He is able to push one toy aside to reach another toy that he wants to play with. He is also able to imitate the gestures and sounds his parents make when they play with him. What is Max's behaviour an example of?

Harry is an average 12-month-old male child. How many words can Harry understand?

What is typically predicted by higher visual recognition scores in infancy?

Children only speak words and phrases they have heard before.

At what age is an infant's first word typically spoken?

What does Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory suggest about children and object permanence?

What is demonstrated by the textbook's case history of Genie?

Dylan picks up an object he has never seen before. He immediately puts it in his mouth. What stage of cognitive development is Dylan demonstrating?

Research findings discussed in the text demonstrate that infants are unable to remember events that occurred to them from day to day.

Dishabituation is exemplified when an infant does which of the following?

Imitation after a time delay occurs as early as 6 months of age.

As Michael plays in his crib, his parents overhear him making repetitive sounds such as "babababa" and "dadadada." What term describes this repeating of syllables?

Carla is an expectant mother and is reading about newborns' imitation reflex. Which explanation of an imitation reflex is she most likely to encounter?

In which substage of sensorimotor development is goal-directed behaviour first witnessed?

Children who are bilingual experience cognitive benefits including enhanced attention control.

Reading to a child can help foster his or her language development.

Newborns at only 0.7 to 71 hours old have been found to imitate adults when the adults have done which of the following?

Research studies have shown that infants can imitate an adult who opens her mouth and sticks out her tongue. What is the earliest age this imitative behaviour been observed in infants?

History, Theories, and Methods

Heredity Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World

Infancy: Physical Development

Infancy: Social and Emotional Development

Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Lifes Final Chapter

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