Exam 8: Cognitive Learning and Development

Mattie (2-years-old) struggled but continued to stack the blocks in a certain way. She is demonstrating:

Contingency is an important aspect of the child's learning about:

In regard to sensory experience infants:

Damika (12-months-old) watched as his infant-toddler teacher put two dolls in the box. The box had a hole in it so that he could pull out one doll at a time. We would expect him to:

Executive function involves:

Does infant and toddler cognition exist entirely on a sensory level? List three reasons for your answer.

What is the relationship between a young baby's ability to self-regulate and his ability to learn?

When Marisol picked up one rattle after another and shook them, listening to the noises that they made, but did not pick up the ball and shake it, she was using:

Because Hanna (an infant/toddler teacher) understood the concept of habituation she:

Concepts are:

How does early symbolic (or pretend) play illustrate a child's cognitive processes?

Marisol picked up one rattle after another and shook them, listening to the noises that they made. However, she didn't pick up the ball and shake it. She is demonstrating her ability to:

This book recommends that early care and learning programs be organized around:

Cognitive development describes the learning a person does to:

When a child learns about how objects and people continue to exist despite changes in settings or emotional tone he is learning about:

When an adult adjusts the amount of help given in response to a child's level of performance to support the child to achieve what he could not do alone it is called:

Core Knowledge suggests that infants learn through:

Infants pay attention to:

A term that means that a child gives up easily or creates a situation so that she will fail is learned:

Zoe picked up the toy cup and pretended to give her doll a drink. She was engaged in: