Exam 4: The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood

Which best demonstrates intersubjectivity?

Which best exemplifies the core knowledge hypothesis?

Tendai's mother has just poured two glasses of orange juice, one for Tendai and one for his sister. After they are poured, Tendai becomes very upset that he got less juice than his sister. Their mother points out that while Tendai's glass is shorter, it is also wider, and thus both children have the same amount. Tendai continues to protest, arguing that his juice is shorter, so he has less juice. Piaget would explain Tendai's behaviour as being the result of

Phonological memory is defined as the ability to recall a visual image after the passage of time.

Piaget argued that the first reactions by newborns were

Four-year-old Siya appears to be talking to himself as he is building a tower of blocks. Describe Vygotsky's take on this behaviour (for example, Is this normal behaviour? Is this a helpful behaviour? Will this behaviour go away?).

Which statement best exemplifies the concept of essentialism?

Between early and later childhood, schemes tend to have more ____ properties.

How would a parent use guided participation to improve the maths skills of her child?

Object permanence involves understanding that something exists even when it is out of our sensory awareness.

The processes in which children acquire new words at such a speed that they cannot be considering all meanings for the new word is called

Miriam is visiting her dad's office on a take-your-child-to-work day. Just after they arrive, an executive bursts into the room and screams at Miriam's father about a poorly written report he submitted. All the time that he is being berated, Miriam's dad keeps smiling. Once the executive has left, Miriam turns to her dad and says, 'You really must like it when your boss shouts at you.' Miriam's lack of understanding that one's internal state may not match an external state is best explained by the concept of

If you believed in the concept of the zone of proximal development, what advice should you give to a child who is attempting to learn how to throw a ball?

Improvements in infant memory that occur around six months after birth may be the result of development in the ____ area of the brain.

Shamima does a pretty good job of completing spelling problems but does much better if she is given direction by her teacher. The difference between what Shamima can do alone and with assistance is best defined in terms of her

Which best describes a linguistic babble?

Newborns appear to have the ability to hear the entire range of phonemes for every language on earth.

During underextension, a word is used too broadly.

Preschoolers who watch the television show Dora the Explorer have been shown to ____ in kindergarten than children who have not watched the show.

When asked to describe why storm clouds travel so slowly in the sky, Sadie gives several interesting answers. Which of her answers provides the best example of animism?