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

Which statement by a young child would indicate that she is using an expressive style?

Rather than saying the kitten fell in the bathtub, young Sandile says, 'Kitty wet', which leaves Sandile's mother to wonder about the nature of the liquid on or coming out of the cat. This linguistic limitation is known as

Bandile walks up to his nine-month-old son and says (very slowly and with major fluctuations in his voice's pitch and loudness), 'Ohhhhhhhhh, are you Daddy's little baaaaaaaby?' Bandile is illustrating

According to Piaget, which statement is true regarding the stages of thinking?

The sensorimotor period of thinking lasts from about age two to age six years old.

To overcome a state of disequilibrium, a child must

Piaget saw equilibration as a balance between

Memory research suggests that

The conservation of liquid task directly assesses a child's level of

Bongani is trying to implement a scaffolding style into his teaching of tennis to Sadie, who is having difficulty, and to Stella, who is doing very well. To do this, Bongani must

When dealing with young infants, why is infant-directed speech preferred over normal adult speech?

Piaget used the term ____ to describe the process by which new experiences are easily incorporated into existing schemes.

A grammatical morpheme is a word or word ending that makes a sentence grammatically

The quality of an autobiographical memory can be influenced by culture.

When two-year-old Boipelo is visiting his grandpa's farm, he sees his first chicken. His grandpa points to the funny red growth on the chicken's head and says, 'It is called a comb.' What will Boipelo's most likely reaction be the next time he sees a chicken?

Piaget is often criticised for overestimating the impact of sociocultural factors on cognitive development.

Which is the best example of a question designed to assess autobiographical memory?

Which number illustrates the fact that in English, numbers do not all follow a regular naming pattern, thus making learning to count more difficult in English than in some other number systems?

What can be done to improve the credibility of the testimony of a child?

When Dikeledi bumps into a table, she says to it, 'You bumped into me because you're mean.' Dikeledi is exhibiting