Question 1

Wynn's (1996) study on whether infants could enumerate actions that are marked as countable items by the temporal quality of action showed that:

Accepted Answer

A) Infants do not have a sense of number and that this enumeration system is specific 
B) Infants do not have a sense of number and that this enumeration system is general 
C) Infants have a sense of number and that this enumeration system is general 
D) Infants have a sense of number and that this enumeration system is specific 
E) Infants can count actions but not objects 
A) Infants do not have a sense of number and that this enumeration system is specific 
B) Infants do not have a sense of number and that this enumeration system is general 
C) Infants have a sense of number and that this enumeration system is general 
D) Infants have a sense of number and that this enumeration system is specific 
E) Infants can count actions but not objects

Question 2

In the test presentations developed by Robert Cooper (1984) infants saw one of three different relations which were either: (I) the reversed relation; (II) a relation representing equal quantity; (III) a novel representation of the same relation as at habituation; (IV) ratio and percentage; or (V) proportion and fraction.

Accepted Answer

A) I, II, III 
B) I, II, V 
C) II, III, IV 
D) I,III, IV 
E) II, III, V 
A) I, II, III 
B) I, II, V 
C) II, III, IV 
D) I,III, IV 
E) II, III, V

Question 3

Simon et al.'s (1995) alternative explanation for Wynn's (1992) results is that:

Accepted Answer

A) Infants are frightened when they see an impossible event 
B) The impossible conditions in the experiment are unrelated to the rules of the physical world 
C) The source of children's surprise is the violation of specific numeral principles 
D) Infants paid more attention to the swap in identities 
E) The impossible conditions in the experiment violated the rules of the physical world 
A) Infants are frightened when they see an impossible event 
B) The impossible conditions in the experiment are unrelated to the rules of the physical world 
C) The source of children's surprise is the violation of specific numeral principles 
D) Infants paid more attention to the swap in identities 
E) The impossible conditions in the experiment violated the rules of the physical world

Question 4

Which statement below is untrue about Xu and Spelke's (2000) study?

Accepted Answer

A) There was no significant difference in looking time between the displays 
B) The aim was to test whether infants have the ability to represent approximate numerosities 
C) The results suggest that infants at 6 months of age have a sense of numerosity 
D) 8 dots and 16 dots were used as stimuli in this study 
E) A habituation procedure was employed 
A) There was no significant difference in looking time between the displays 
B) The aim was to test whether infants have the ability to represent approximate numerosities 
C) The results suggest that infants at 6 months of age have a sense of numerosity 
D) 8 dots and 16 dots were used as stimuli in this study 
E) A habituation procedure was employed

Question 5

Which of the following principles by Gelman and Gallistel (1978) distinguishes between counting and labeling?

Accepted Answer

A) Cardinal principle 
B) Order irrelevance 
C) Abstraction 
D) Stable order 
E) One on one principle 
A) Cardinal principle 
B) Order irrelevance 
C) Abstraction 
D) Stable order 
E) One on one principle

Wynn's (1996) study on whether infants could enumerate actions that are marked as countable items by the temporal quality of action showed that:

Simon et al.'s (1995) alternative explanation for Wynn's (1992) results is that:

Which statement below is untrue about Xu and Spelke's (2000) study?

Which of the following principles by Gelman and Gallistel (1978) distinguishes between counting and labeling?

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Exam 8: Numerical Development

Wynn's (1996) study on whether infants could enumerate actions that are marked as countable items by the temporal quality of action showed that:

Simon et al.'s (1995) alternative explanation for Wynn's (1992) results is that:

Which statement below is untrue about Xu and Spelke's (2000) study?

Which of the following principles by Gelman and Gallistel (1978) distinguishes between counting and labeling?

Themes and Perspectives in Developmental Psychology

Methodological Approaches

The Development of Thinking

Does Piagets Theory Stand up to Examination

What Children Understand About the Mind

Developmental Disorders

Autism

Developing an Ability to Draw

Developing an Ability to See the World

The Role of Heredity and Environment in Intelligence

Language Development

Developing an Ability to Communicate

Parenting and the Development of Love and Attachment

Moral Development

Development of Antisocial Behavior

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