Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Nine-month-old Jillian can understand when her mother says let's play paddy cake, but she cannot say, "Okay let's play!" Jillian's __________ language is evident, although her expressive language lags behind.

If your alarm goes off in the morning and you do not have a schema for morning routine, what might you do next?

Parents who respond to their infant's attempts at language by cooing and smiling back to them are reinforcing their language learning, according to _________ theory of language?

Why aren't you able to remember your life as an infant?

What is the rate of vocabulary development like for the child under age 2?

What kinds of sentences do children produce between 18 and 24 months of age?

"Up Daddy," is an example of_________ speech.

What did G. J. Whitehurst's research on reading to toddlers demonstrate?

How does culture affect the early stages of language development, such as cooing and babbling?

According to Piaget, what is the first stage of cognitive development, which can be divided into four substages?

The infant who cries when her mother goes into another room, believing she is gone forever, may be demonstrating her lack of which concept, according to Piaget?

In telegraphic speech, what is missing?

Babies as young as a few days old show a preference for which of the following?

What is infant directed speech?

Piaget's first stage of development, in which infants use information from their senses and motor actions to learn about the world, is called the ______ .

An infant is born on automatic pilot, using reflexes or built-in schemes. What substage is she in at birth?

The best known and most widely used test for infant intelligence is the_________ .

What are children who live in bilingual homes likely to be able to do?

By what age do children begin to use telegraphic speech and have a vocabulary of 100-200 words?

Permanent changes in behavior that result from experience are known as __________ .