Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

A group of 2-year-olds watches through a window while a live adult hides an object in an adjoining room.Another group watches the same event on a video screen.Which of the following is likely to occur?

Mothers talk more to __________ than to __________.

In a series of studies using the violation-of-expectation method,Renée Baillargeon and her collaborators claimed to have found evidence for __________.

Social interactionists __________.

The earlier toddlers __________,the sooner they produce two-word utterances at the end of the second year.

In Substage 5 of the sensorimotor period,toddlers __________.

Studies of infantile amnesia suggest that __________ contributes to the end of infantile amnesia.

Izzy's vocabulary consists mainly of words that refer to objects.Izzy uses __________.

Baby Greer says "bababababa." This is an example of __________.

According to Noam Chomsky,all children have a __________ device that contains a universal grammar.

The video deficit effect __________.

Dr.Takenaki believes that an inherited foundation of linguistic knowledge enables swift language acquisition in early childhood.She also argues that infants' early orientation toward people initiates rapid development of psychological knowledge.Dr.Takenaki is probably a(n)__________ theorist.

An intelligence quotient (IQ)__________.

In the __________ view,researchers analyze each cognitive attainment to see how it results from a complex system of prior accomplishments and the child's current goal.

Alice calls untying her shoelaces "opening" her shoes.This is an example of __________.

__________ can be thought of as a "mental workspace" that we use to accomplish many activities in daily life.

Which of the following is a toddler most likely to say?

In cultures where play is viewed as solely a child's activity and sibling caregiving is common,make-believe is more frequent and complex with __________ than with __________.

Infant-directed speech and parent-child conversation __________.

A young child makes an underextension error when she applies a new word __________.