Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

The rooting reflex disappears by the time an infant is 4 months old.

Making explicit reference to specific stages and concepts, describe your own adolescent and young adult development from an Eriksonian perspective. Try to capture some of the developmental tensions and challenges during this period in your narrative.

Making explicit reference to at least two of Piaget's stages of cognitive development, suggest how Piaget's theory has shaped pre-K and K-12 education as it is generally practiced in the United States and Canada.

"Mommy home" is an example of a holophrase.

Jay complains to his father that he does not have enough juice. There is no more juice in the house, so his father takes the juice Jay has in his glass and pours it into a taller, narrower glass. Jay believes that he has more juice because he has not yet developed an understanding of:

Bonnie is 3 months old and her parents attend only inconsistently to her needs. Sometimes they are very attentive, feeding her promptly when she cries and comforting her when she seems upset. Other times, Bonnie cries for a long time before her parents attend to her. Based on Erikson's theory, it is likely that Bonnie will develop:

"All gone milk," says 2-year-old Wesley, placing the empty glass on the table. Wesley's remark exemplifies the language acquisition phenomenon called:

Based on the textbook's discussion of the heredity-environment debate, which phrase is MOST accurate in regards to human development?

According to the text, physical exercise in late adulthood encourages the birth of new neurons in areas responsible for learning and memory. In other words, exercise facilitates _____ in the _____.

Which sequence accurately reflects the order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development, from birth through adolescence?

Harry Harlow and his colleagues completed a number of studies in which baby macaque monkeys were raised with two artificial surrogate mothers. One of the mothers was made of wire, and the other was made of soft cloth. Either mother could provide food. Harlow found that when the infant monkeys were startled or frightened, they:

Infant-directed speech is observed throughout the world.

Infants speak their first words at about 6 months of age.

According to Erikson, the first stage of a child's psychosocial development is the _____ stage. 

From the late teens into the mid-20s, individuals are in a transitional phase that developmental psychologists call _____ adulthood.

Dale spends a lot of time using Facebook and Twitter. He is not alone; almost 95% of U.S. teens have an established social media identity.

Imagine a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is "entirely nature" and 10 is "entirely nurture." Based on the textbook's discussion, where would one place the trait of impulsivity on this scale?

Della is 2½ months old. She is most likely in the cooing stage of language development.

Eugene is 27 years old, and he feels very insecure about some of the personal and career choices he has made so far; and consequently he is reluctant at this point to undertake a serious, committed relationship with another person. Based on Erikson's theory, it is likely that Eugene will:

_____ is the weakest sense in newborns.