Exam 6: Cognitive Development in Infancy

Which of the following is an example of semantics?

The first time 10-month-old Daniel tried to use a cup and a straw, he tipped the whole cup up like a bottle and got very wet. His mother quickly intervened and put the cup in an upright position. Soon, Daniel learned that he may tip up the bottle, but cups and straws must remain in an upright position. Daniel's modification to his drinking schema is the result of a(n) __________.

When considering the progression of language development, we note that linguistic comprehension precedes production. What does this mean in relationship to how much your child can articulate, versus the level of understanding? Perhaps you've noted you can give a detailed direction, and your child understand but cannot articulate it. Give one example where you have observed this principle of comprehension preceding production.

Compare and contrast Piaget's approach and information-processing approaches to cognitive development.

Communication through sounds, facial expressions, gestures, imitation, and other nonlinguistic means is known as __________ communication.

One of the explanations for why infants appear to remember less is because __________ may play a key role in how memories are recalled early in life.

According to Piaget's theory, young infants do not understand that people and objects exist when they cannot be seen. This is known as __________.

The smallest language unit that has meaning is a __________.

Trying to recall a person's address is an example of __________ memory.

Twelve-month-old Mitchell loves to play with his kickball. One day his father came home with a new ball for him to enjoy. Mitchell jumped up and down and shouted gleefully, "Kickball!" His father said, "No, Mitchell, this is a soccer ball." Mitchell is __________ the soccer ball to his existing schema of kickball.

The information-processing approach to cognitive development examines three processes in terms of children's ability to process information: __________, __________, and __________.

Speech that leaves out words that are not critical to the message is known as __________.

Before an infant has understood the idea of __________, he will not search for an object that has been hidden right before his eyes.