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

When asked to count the four soda bottles placed in from of him, three-year-old Eli says, "1, 3, 4, there are 4!"  When asked to count the bottles a second time, he says, "2, 5, 7, 4, there are 4!" Eli's counting skills demonstrate that he is capable of demonstrating the ____ principle of counting.

The unique sounds that can be joined to create words are called phonemes.

How would a parent utilize guided participation to improve the math skills of her child?

Why do children in Asian countries like China or Japan tend to recall less from their early years than children from North American countries?

The ____ principle of counting states that there must be only one number name for each item counted.

Discuss any three methods by which young children acquire the meaning of words.

The best predictor of a large vocabulary in a young child is

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

According to Piaget, which normally developing child would most likely have just begun to engage in preoperational thinking?

Research with "possible" and "impossible" events has led to the conclusion that infants

When a child applies rules to words that are exceptions, the error is referred to as a(n)_______________.

The unique sounds that are combined to create spoken words are called

Seven-month-old LeBron appears to possess a sense of "naive physics." Which of LeBron's actions would indicate that he does possess this sense?

Preoperational children often think in a manner consistent with the idea that appearance is reality.

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

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

A(n)_______________ is an early infant vowel-like sound.

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

Theory on the emergence of autobiographical memory suggests that in order to improve the autobiographical memory skills of his or her child, a parent would most likely

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