Exam 5: Infancy: Cognitive and Language Development

In which stage of development does a child learn object permanence?

In contrast with Piaget's theories is the view that "the foundations of any subject may be taught to anybody at any age in some form." This idea is attributed to:

Proponents of the view that thought shapes language believe that:

Baby Hilary is 2 months old and her cousin Baby Marcus is 10 months old. Their uncle plays "hide the ball under the blanket" with Hilary and Marcus. Marcus tries to look for the ball under the blanket but Hilary does not. This is because Marcus has learned:

Body language:

Maggie uses phrases such as, "Allgone macaroni," "More book," and "No bed." Based on this information, you would guess Maggie's age to be:

The stress, pitch, and volume of vocalizations by which we communicate expressive meaning are called:

Research has shown that when depressed mothers have difficulty caring for, nurturing, and stimulating their infants, the effect on the infants is that they will be:

Meisha is 6 months old. She has begun making the following utterance: "ma ma ma ma." This is an example of:

When a young child uses her own words to effectively convey meaning, feeling, or mood, she is using:

The average child at 13 months of age can understand about ___________ words.

The belief that humans are "prewired" by their brain circuitry for language use corresponds to which theory of language acquisition?

Decrement of attention refers to:

Millie is watching television with her parents. They watch her favorite cartoon. When the evening news comes on she looks away and amuses herself with a doll. One of the news stories shows a clip of an upcoming animated children's movie. Millie looks up from her play and watches the movie clip. When Millie watches the clip it is an example of:

According to Chomsky, the world's languages differ in the words they use or __________ structure, but are similar in their basic composition or ___________ structure.

The Swiss developmental psychologist who contributed a great deal to our understanding of how children think, reason, and solve problems is:

While her mother is holding her, baby Dianna smiles and coos. Her mother responds by saying in a high-pitched voice, "Hey little smiley. Are you happy? Are you happy? That's my good girl." This is an example of:

According to Bruner, when children represent the world through a picture or image it is called:

Grouping perceptions into categories on the basis of certain similarities is called:

The use of short, precise words in two- or three-word combinations that demonstrate a rudimentary understanding of grammar is known as: