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

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

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

A commitment to a teleological explanation means believing that all living things exist for a purpose.

Which best exemplifies the core knowledge hypothesis?

What is the correct sequence (from first to last)of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

Describe how the processes of assimilation and accommodation might come into play during a child's thought process on a visit to a zoo.

Which is the best example of habituation?

Piagetians believe that an average child would first demonstrate the onset of intentional behavior when he or she is approximately

Eighteen-month old Quentin's large vocabulary appears to be due to his ability to recall and repeat any word that he just heard. This indicates that Quentin has an excellent ____ memory.

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

Which is not a Piagetian-based implication for teaching?

In the children's television show Pee Wee's Playhouse , the floor, globe, and chair could talk, move, and had their own personalities. The fact that many young children view such objects as being "alive" is consistent with the Piagetian concept of

When three-month-old Rosita says "ahhhhhhhh," she is

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

Piaget saw equilibration as a balance between

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

Which statement concerning Piaget's theory is true?

Three-year-old Hamid knows what the words "cat" and "dog" mean. One day his babysitter comes in with a box of kittens and a hamster and says, "Isn't he furry?" Since Hamid does not know the words "hamster" and "furry," he will most likely

_______________ conditioning occurs when a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response originally produced by a different stimulus.

According to Piaget, when a scheme is modified based on some experience, ____ has occurred.