Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Research on infantile amnesia suggests that adults typically cannot remember events that happened during the first few years of life because __________.

A __________ is a means of building schemes in which infants try to repeat chance motor behaviors again and again.

Baby Olivia dropped her rattle.Later,she let go of her teething ring and watched with interest.When Olivia dropped objects,she was __________ them to her sensorimotor dropping scheme.

Infant intelligence tests are somewhat better at making long-term predictions for __________ babies.

Make-believe,like other complex mental activities,is __________.

Young children often __________ deliberately because they have difficulty recalling or have not acquired a suitable word.

Two-year-old Devin probably __________.

In Piaget's theory,__________ are the building blocks of sensorimotor intelligence.

At all ages,__________ develops ahead of __________.

Early intervention programs __________.

Retention of visual events __________.

Herb and Nyla value make-believe as a developmentally beneficial activity.They would like to promote their 18-month-old daughter's play.You can tell them that toddlers' make-believe is more elaborate when __________.

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 __________.

In the second year,attraction to __________ declines and __________ increases.

Social interactionists __________.

Chomsky believed that children __________.

Professor Hellinger believes that babies are born with a set of innate knowledge systems.Professor Hellinger's beliefs are consistent with the __________ perspective.

Baby Andrew accidentally kicked his mobile,producing music.Andrew then repeatedly kicked his leg to repeat the effect,gradually forming a new kicking scheme.Andrew was in which of Piaget's sensorimotor substages?

Derrick speaks to his son using short sentences with high-pitched,exaggerated expression and clear gestures to support verbal meaning.Derrick uses __________.

When children are not changing much cognitively,they __________ more than they __________.