Question 1

How do parents influence their children's language development?

Accepted Answer

There are multiple ways parents teach ch

Question 2

What technique used to study infant categorization involves a researcher recording an infant's patterns of touching when shown objects?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dishabituation 
B)  Sequential touching 
C)  Intermodal perception 
D)  Preferential looking 
A)  Dishabituation 
B)  Sequential touching 
C)  Intermodal perception 
D)  Preferential looking

Question 3

Which sensorimotor substage involves patterns of repetition with objects and is more oriented to the infant's environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Substage 3: Secondary Circular Reactions 
B)  Substage 2: Primary Circular Reactions 
C)  Substage 5: Tertiary Circular Reactions 
D)  Substage 6: Mental Representations 
A)  Substage 3: Secondary Circular Reactions 
B)  Substage 2: Primary Circular Reactions 
C)  Substage 5: Tertiary Circular Reactions 
D)  Substage 6: Mental Representations

Question 4

Dr. Cary is interested in studying an infant's ability to categorize. What technique should she choose in order to gather the information she needs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dr. Cary should use social referencing to gather information on categorization. 
B)  Dr. Cary should interview the infants' parents on their ability to categorize. 
C)  Dr. Cary should give infants an infant IQ test. 
D)  Dr. Cary should conduct a study using habituation in infants. 
A)  Dr. Cary should use social referencing to gather information on categorization. 
B)  Dr. Cary should interview the infants' parents on their ability to categorize. 
C)  Dr. Cary should give infants an infant IQ test. 
D)  Dr. Cary should conduct a study using habituation in infants.

Question 5

How do researchers typically study infant attention?

Accepted Answer

A)  They use assimilation and accommodation procedures. 
B)  They use preferential looking procedures and habituation procedures. 
C)  They use social referencing procedures. 
D)  They use direct and indirect response procedures. 
A)  They use assimilation and accommodation procedures. 
B)  They use preferential looking procedures and habituation procedures. 
C)  They use social referencing procedures. 
D)  They use direct and indirect response procedures.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a characteristic of infant-directed speech?

Accepted Answer

A)  The use of shorter words and sentences. 
B)  The use of nonsense sounds mimicking the baby's sounds. 
C)  Higher and more varied pitch. 
D)  The use of repetitions, speaking at a slower rate, and longer pauses. 
A)  The use of shorter words and sentences. 
B)  The use of nonsense sounds mimicking the baby's sounds. 
C)  Higher and more varied pitch. 
D)  The use of repetitions, speaking at a slower rate, and longer pauses.

Question 7

What is Wernicke's area responsible for?

Accepted Answer

Language comprehensi

Question 8

What type of babbling do infants use when they babble with well-formed syllables that sound like language?

Accepted Answer

Canonical

Question 9

John is a child who visited his grandma's house when he was a toddler. He went on a typical summer weekend with his parents. Casey is a child who visited her grandma's house when she was a toddler. She got to pick out a puppy from a litter her grandma's dog had. Which of the children will remember the visit to grandma's house?

Accepted Answer

A)  John, because the visit was to his grandma's house and he was with his parents. 
B)  Casey, because she was familiar and comfortable at her grandma's house and she was very excited to be getting a puppy so there was emotional engagement in the visit. 
C)  John, because the visit was to a familiar place. 
D)  John and Casey will be equally likely to remember the visit. 
A)  John, because the visit was to his grandma's house and he was with his parents. 
B)  Casey, because she was familiar and comfortable at her grandma's house and she was very excited to be getting a puppy so there was emotional engagement in the visit. 
C)  John, because the visit was to a familiar place. 
D)  John and Casey will be equally likely to remember the visit.

Question 10

Which of the following statements is consistent with the core knowledge perspective?

Accepted Answer

A)  Infants learn best through experience with more skilled individuals. 
B)  Infant learning begins with reflexive behaviors. 
C)  Infants are born with several innate knowledge systems that enable early rapid learning. 
D)  At birth, infants are capable of mental representation. 
A)  Infants learn best through experience with more skilled individuals. 
B)  Infant learning begins with reflexive behaviors. 
C)  Infants are born with several innate knowledge systems that enable early rapid learning. 
D)  At birth, infants are capable of mental representation.

Question 11

What does Piaget refer to infants as during the fifth sensorimotor substage called tertiary circular reactions, and why?

Accepted Answer

Piaget described infants as "little scie

Question 12

Individuals spend the majority of time in a state of cognitive equilibrium and only experience disequilibrium when they are learning something new.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Working memory is responsible for all of the following actions except:

Accepted Answer

A)  storing information. 
B)  manipulating information. 
C)  encoding information. 
D)  retrieving information. 
A)  storing information. 
B)  manipulating information. 
C)  encoding information. 
D)  retrieving information.

Question 14

In the information processing system, the first step in getting information into the mind is:

Accepted Answer

A)  working memory. 
B)  sensory memory. 
C)  long-term memory. 
D)  short-term memory. 
A)  working memory. 
B)  sensory memory. 
C)  long-term memory. 
D)  short-term memory.

Question 15

How does disequilibrium lead to cognitive growth?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disequilibrium has nothing to do with cognitive growth; instead, it is involved in synaptic pruning. 
B)  Disequilibrium causes individuals to experience an increase in REM sleep, thereby increasing their cognitive abilities. 
C)  Disequilibrium causes an eruption in synaptic growth in the brain, thereby enhancing cognitive growth. 
D)  Individuals experience a mismatch between existing schemas and reality, which is confusing, so they are motivated to modify their cognitive schemas to match reality. 
A)  Disequilibrium has nothing to do with cognitive growth; instead, it is involved in synaptic pruning. 
B)  Disequilibrium causes individuals to experience an increase in REM sleep, thereby increasing their cognitive abilities. 
C)  Disequilibrium causes an eruption in synaptic growth in the brain, thereby enhancing cognitive growth. 
D)  Individuals experience a mismatch between existing schemas and reality, which is confusing, so they are motivated to modify their cognitive schemas to match reality.

Question 16

Why do researchers believe that infants are primed to learn language from birth?

Accepted Answer

Infants naturally notice the complex pat

Question 17

Grouping different stimuli from a common class is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  categorization. 
B)  organization. 
C)  serialization. 
D)  identification. 
A)  categorization. 
B)  organization. 
C)  serialization. 
D)  identification.

Question 18

Jonah is a 6-month-old baby who says ma-ma-ma-ma all the time. What can we conclude about Jonah's language ability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jonah is an early developing infant and is saying ma-ma-ma-ma in reference to his mother. 
B)  Jonah is babbling and the sounds he makes are consistent with his native language only. 
C)  Jonah is babbling and making sounds like any other infant in the world without actually referring to his mother. 
D)  Jonah is demonstrating a holophrase for the word mama. 
A)  Jonah is an early developing infant and is saying ma-ma-ma-ma in reference to his mother. 
B)  Jonah is babbling and the sounds he makes are consistent with his native language only. 
C)  Jonah is babbling and making sounds like any other infant in the world without actually referring to his mother. 
D)  Jonah is demonstrating a holophrase for the word mama.

Question 19

What concept corresponds with goal-directed behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  Object permanence 
B)  Dishabituation 
C)  Accommodation 
D)  Primary circular reaction 
A)  Object permanence 
B)  Dishabituation 
C)  Accommodation 
D)  Primary circular reaction

Question 20

According to the core knowledge perspective, infants are thought to have early knowledge of numbers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

How do parents influence their children's language development?

What technique used to study infant categorization involves a researcher recording an infant's patterns of touching when shown objects?

Which sensorimotor substage involves patterns of repetition with objects and is more oriented to the infant's environment?

Dr. Cary is interested in studying an infant's ability to categorize. What technique should she choose in order to gather the information she needs?

How do researchers typically study infant attention?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of infant-directed speech?

What is Wernicke's area responsible for?

What type of babbling do infants use when they babble with well-formed syllables that sound like language?

Which of the following statements is consistent with the core knowledge perspective?

What does Piaget refer to infants as during the fifth sensorimotor substage called tertiary circular reactions, and why?

Individuals spend the majority of time in a state of cognitive equilibrium and only experience disequilibrium when they are learning something new.

Working memory is responsible for all of the following actions except:

In the information processing system, the first step in getting information into the mind is:

How does disequilibrium lead to cognitive growth?

Why do researchers believe that infants are primed to learn language from birth?

Grouping different stimuli from a common class is called:

Jonah is a 6-month-old baby who says ma-ma-ma-ma all the time. What can we conclude about Jonah's language ability?

What concept corresponds with goal-directed behavior?

According to the core knowledge perspective, infants are thought to have early knowledge of numbers.

Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories

Biological and Environmental Foundations

The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn

Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

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Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

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Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

How do parents influence their children's language development?

What technique used to study infant categorization involves a researcher recording an infant's patterns of touching when shown objects?

Which sensorimotor substage involves patterns of repetition with objects and is more oriented to the infant's environment?

Dr. Cary is interested in studying an infant's ability to categorize. What technique should she choose in order to gather the information she needs?

How do researchers typically study infant attention?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of infant-directed speech?

What is Wernicke's area responsible for?

What type of babbling do infants use when they babble with well-formed syllables that sound like language?

Which of the following statements is consistent with the core knowledge perspective?

What does Piaget refer to infants as during the fifth sensorimotor substage called tertiary circular reactions, and why?

Individuals spend the majority of time in a state of cognitive equilibrium and only experience disequilibrium when they are learning something new.

Working memory is responsible for all of the following actions except:

In the information processing system, the first step in getting information into the mind is:

How does disequilibrium lead to cognitive growth?

Why do researchers believe that infants are primed to learn language from birth?

Grouping different stimuli from a common class is called:

Jonah is a 6-month-old baby who says ma-ma-ma-ma all the time. What can we conclude about Jonah's language ability?

What concept corresponds with goal-directed behavior?

According to the core knowledge perspective, infants are thought to have early knowledge of numbers.

Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories

Biological and Environmental Foundations

The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn

Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood and the End of Life

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