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

Preoperational thinker Naledi is looking out of the window on the third floor of an apartment building. Her mother then asks her, 'What do you think someone on the street looking up would see?' Given the egocentric nature of her thought, Naledi's most likely response would be

During accommodation, a new experience is incorporated into an existing scheme without modification.

Buhle is a normally developing 18-month-old. According to Piaget, Buhle is most likely in the ____ period of cognitive development.

The core knowledge hypothesis is very compatible with notions of naïve physics and naïve biology.

Eleven-month-old Marie loves biscuits. One day she sees her mother putting biscuits into cups for a party. As she is watching, her mom puts one biscuit into the first two cups, two biscuits into the next two cups, and three biscuits into the last two cups. If Marie is a normally developing 10-month-old who likes biscuits, she would most likely reach for

A child using the one-to-one principle to count would always begin counting starting with the number one.

The defining characteristic of centration is ____ thought.

Thirteen-month-old Samuel has begun to raise the pitch of his voice at the end of a babble. If Samuel is being raised by English-speaking parents, his behaviour may reflect the precursor of his ability to

Which child does Piaget's theory have the most difficulty explaining?

Which is the best example of habituation?

Tumi is asked to count the toes on his left foot and report the total. Tumi says, '1, 4, 5, 2, 3. There are three!' Tumi is demonstrating the ____ principle of counting.

Which is a key cue used by infants when attempting to identify whether a sound represents a word?

An expressive style vocabulary consists of many names for people, objects, and actions.

When three-month-old Rethabile says 'ahhhhhhhh', she is

Provide an example of how egocentrism, animism, centration, and appearance as reality might affect the actions or thoughts of a child.

Siya has a scheme for drawing with a crayon that had to be changed in order to learn how to paint a picture with a brush. This adaptation is an example of

Neli has a scheme for throwing netballs that she can apply successfully to throwing small rocks or other types of balls. This successful application would best be described as

Define and provide an example of overextension, underextension, a referential style, an expressive linguistic style, and telegraphic speech.

How many of the following beliefs would be part of the 'naïve biology' of a typical preschooler: understanding that things grow, understanding realising that children often resemble parents, understanding that some illness can be inherited, understanding that the insides of animals are different than the insides of inanimate objects?

While attempting to correctly answer this question, you notice that you are mentally commenting to yourself about its level of difficulty. Vygotsky would refer to these internal mental remarks as