Exam 5: Infancy: Cognitive Development

Paul is a six-month-old infant. He has a toy that makes a sound when pressed. He repeatedly presses the toy to hear the sound. This is an example of _____.

Which of the following is a difference between primary and secondary circular reactions?

Discuss the importance of observation and imitation in an infant's development.

The Bayley scales primarily measure _______.

Children learn many vocabulary words, especially nouns and verbs, by imitation.

In a continuing effort to find aspects of intelligence and cognition that might remain consistent from infancy through later childhood, a number of researchers have recently focused on _____.

The presence of deferred imitation suggests that children have _________.

Desmond is playing with his seven-month-old son. He places a large bowl in front of his son and hides his cell phone under the bowl. His son manages to retrieve the cell phone and laughs in delight. He repeats this over a few days. One day, he keeps the bowl in front of his son but holds the cell phone behind his back. Although his son sees him hide the phone behind his back, he still lifts up the bowl to look for the cell phone. Desmond's son is displaying _____.

Darin, an infant, makes babbling sounds but cannot say actual words. This is an example of _________.

Which of the following refers to patterns of rising and falling vocalizations that infants use to resemble the sounds of adult speech?

Cooing decreases when parents fail to respond positively to cooing.

Problems in the angular gyrus area of the brain can cause problems in _____.

Infants use their tongues most often when they _______.

Which of the following sentences is true about receptive vocabulary and expressive vocabulary?

Why are infants tested? Name a few scales used for testing infants.

In the context of the human brain, Broca's area is located near the section of the motor cortex that controls the muscles of the _____.

Mirror neurons are connected with gender differences in behavior, primarily.

Cooing and babbling do not represent objects or actions, but are rather ______.

Chanel is a six-month-old baby. Her mother shows her a teddy bear and she giggles. However, when her mother hides the teddy bear behind her back, Chanel makes no attempt to search for it. From the given information, it can be concluded that Chanel has not yet developed_____.

Discuss some of the ways in which language growth in young children can be enhanced by adults.