Question 1

The violation-of expectation method is based on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) habituation/dishabituation procedures 
B) A-not-B tasks 
C) the externality effect 
D) visual cliff experiments 
A) habituation/dishabituation procedures 
B) A-not-B tasks 
C) the externality effect 
D) visual cliff experiments

Question 2

Habituation occurs when infants' looking time decreases significantly as a result of repeated presentation of a stimulus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following is an advantage for infants' ability to acquire language?

Accepted Answer

A) They begin life preferring their mother's voice over the voices of others. 
B) They begin life with a bias for listening to speech. 
C) They begin life with a bias for listening to music. 
D) They begin life with the ability to understand certain words. 
A) They begin life preferring their mother's voice over the voices of others. 
B) They begin life with a bias for listening to speech. 
C) They begin life with a bias for listening to music. 
D) They begin life with the ability to understand certain words.

Question 4

Research involving adults and infants listening to both Western and Javanese music found that ___

Accepted Answer

A) Infants preferred Javanese music over Western music. 
B) Infants distinguished between in-tune versus out-of-tune Javanese music better than adults. 
C) Adults and infants distinguished between in-tune versus out-of-tune Javanese music equally well. 
D) Adults distinguished between in-tune versus out-of-tune Javanese music better than infants. 
A) Infants preferred Javanese music over Western music. 
B) Infants distinguished between in-tune versus out-of-tune Javanese music better than adults. 
C) Adults and infants distinguished between in-tune versus out-of-tune Javanese music equally well. 
D) Adults distinguished between in-tune versus out-of-tune Javanese music better than infants.

Question 5

By what age can infants tell the difference between arrays containing different numbers of small quantities of items?

Accepted Answer

A) 2 weeks 
B) 2 months 
C) 6 months 
D) 12 months 
A) 2 weeks 
B) 2 months 
C) 6 months 
D) 12 months

Question 6

Infants have unimodal perception in that they use one sense at a time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The ability to determine quickly the number of items in a set without counting them is called

Accepted Answer

A) numereration. 
B) numerosity. 
C) ordinality. 
D) estimation. 
A) numereration. 
B) numerosity. 
C) ordinality. 
D) estimation.

Question 8

What are phonemes?

Accepted Answer

A) accents of different languages 
B) individual words 
C) individual sounds that make up words 
D) meanings of individual sounds 
A) accents of different languages 
B) individual words 
C) individual sounds that make up words 
D) meanings of individual sounds

Question 9

What do findings of studies with older infants pressing a level to make a train move show?

Accepted Answer

A) Older infants have lost some types of memory retention that they had as infants. 
B) The amount of information that infants retain sharply increases with age. 
C) The duration of infants' memories gradually but steadily increases with age. 
D) The length of infants' memories sharply increases with age. 
A) Older infants have lost some types of memory retention that they had as infants. 
B) The amount of information that infants retain sharply increases with age. 
C) The duration of infants' memories gradually but steadily increases with age. 
D) The length of infants' memories sharply increases with age.

The violation-of expectation method is based on which of the following?

Habituation occurs when infants' looking time decreases significantly as a result of repeated presentation of a stimulus.

Which of the following is an advantage for infants' ability to acquire language?

Research involving adults and infants listening to both Western and Javanese music found that ___

By what age can infants tell the difference between arrays containing different numbers of small quantities of items?

Infants have unimodal perception in that they use one sense at a time.

The ability to determine quickly the number of items in a set without counting them is called

What are phonemes?

What do findings of studies with older infants pressing a level to make a train move show?

Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development

Theories and Contexts of Development

Genetics, Prenatal Development, and the Neonate

Physical Development

The Symbolic Child: Piagets Theory and Beyond

Understanding Self and Others

Becoming Self-Directed Thinkers: Problem Solving and Memory

Language Development

Intelligence and School Achievement

Emotion, Temperament, and Personality Development

Attachment and Early Parent-Child Care

The Family and Other Contexts for Socialization

Competing and Cooperating With Peers

The Development of Sexuality and Gender Identity

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Exam 5: What Do Infants Know and When and How Do They Know It

The violation-of expectation method is based on which of the following?

Habituation occurs when infants' looking time decreases significantly as a result of repeated presentation of a stimulus.

Which of the following is an advantage for infants' ability to acquire language?

Research involving adults and infants listening to both Western and Javanese music found that ___

By what age can infants tell the difference between arrays containing different numbers of small quantities of items?

Infants have unimodal perception in that they use one sense at a time.

The ability to determine quickly the number of items in a set without counting them is called

What are phonemes?

What do findings of studies with older infants pressing a level to make a train move show?

Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development

Theories and Contexts of Development

Genetics, Prenatal Development, and the Neonate

Physical Development

The Symbolic Child: Piagets Theory and Beyond

Understanding Self and Others

Becoming Self-Directed Thinkers: Problem Solving and Memory

Language Development

Intelligence and School Achievement

Emotion, Temperament, and Personality Development

Attachment and Early Parent-Child Care

The Family and Other Contexts for Socialization

Competing and Cooperating With Peers

The Development of Sexuality and Gender Identity

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