Exam 8: Representation in Infancy

DeLoache and colleagues repeatedly exposed a group of 12- to 18-month-old infants to a DVD that was designed to teach infants words for common objects. In another group, parents were instructed to teach their infants the same words. The infants in the latter group learned more words than the infants in the former group, showing

Which of the following is not a paradigm that is commonly used to measure infants' memory?

Which of the following is not a feature of procedural memory?

In what way(s) is categorization useful?

Why could forgetting be evolutionarily useful?

What is the earliest form of infant play and when does it emerge?

How does repetition affect memory?

How can habituation be used to study memory in infancy?

Bigelow, Maclean, and Proctor (2004) measured 1-year-old infants' play with and without their mother. They coded for four play levels: exploratory, inappropriate relational, appropriate relational, functional. Describe their results based on the data in the table. The numbers refer to mean percentage of time infants engaged in each type of play in the alone and mother conditions. What do these results suggest about the role of parents for children's play? How does this fit with Vygotsky's idea of a zone of proximal development?

To remember one's sister's first birthday is an example of