Question 1

_____ in Piaget's theory is the grouping of isolated behaviors and thoughts into a higher-order system.

Accepted Answer

A) Clustering 
B) Screening 
C) Organization 
D) Natural selection 
A) Clustering 
B) Screening 
C) Organization 
D) Natural selection

Question 2

Research by Renée Baillargeon found that infants as young as 3 to 4 months expect objects to be _____.

Accepted Answer

A) substantial 
B) temporary 
C) intangible 
D) transient 
A) substantial 
B) temporary 
C) intangible 
D) transient

Question 3

What is labeling?

Accepted Answer

Labeling is identifying the names of obj

Question 4

An overall score that combines the subscores in the four domains of Gesell assessment of infants is known as the _____.

Accepted Answer

A) deviation quotient 
B) developmental quotient 
C) clinical quotient 
D) intelligence quotient 
A) deviation quotient 
B) developmental quotient 
C) clinical quotient 
D) intelligence quotient

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of an A-not-B error?

Accepted Answer

A) Dora had a fall while climbing a chair and complained to her mother that the chair is "bad" and began hitting it. 
B) Dennis cannot comprehend that a ball made out of his clay modelling set can also be used to make a box or a tower. 
C) Devon's mother taught him to say "Dad" and he now uses the term to refer to any male he comes across irrespective of age or familiarity. 
D) Daniel always looks below the bed when he cannot find his toy because that was the first place where his father had hidden his toy. 
A) Dora had a fall while climbing a chair and complained to her mother that the chair is "bad" and began hitting it. 
B) Dennis cannot comprehend that a ball made out of his clay modelling set can also be used to make a box or a tower. 
C) Devon's mother taught him to say "Dad" and he now uses the term to refer to any male he comes across irrespective of age or familiarity. 
D) Daniel always looks below the bed when he cannot find his toy because that was the first place where his father had hidden his toy.

Question 6

In Piaget's theory,_____ are actions or mental representations that organize knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) schemes 
B) engrams 
C) modes 
D) morphemes 
A) schemes 
B) engrams 
C) modes 
D) morphemes

Question 7

For Piaget,an internal search for equilibrium is most likely to result in:

Accepted Answer

A) the child retaining old and dysfunctional schemes permanently. 
B) the child displaying delays in learning language and social behavior. 
C) the child failing to develop new schemes after a point. 
D) the child experiencing renewed motivation to change and adapt. 
A) the child retaining old and dysfunctional schemes permanently. 
B) the child displaying delays in learning language and social behavior. 
C) the child failing to develop new schemes after a point. 
D) the child experiencing renewed motivation to change and adapt.

Question 8

On Dora's first birthday,one her aunts brought a set of lego basic bricks that she absolutely loves.Dora spends hours building,breaking,and rebuilding towers from the blocks and smiles widely whenever she discovers something new she can do with them.Dora's preoccupation with manipulating the building blocks in different ways reflects a function of the sensorimotor substage of _____.

Accepted Answer

A) secondary circular reactions 
B) tertiary circular reactions,novelty,and curiosity 
C) first habits and primary circular reactions 
D) simple reflexes 
A) secondary circular reactions 
B) tertiary circular reactions,novelty,and curiosity 
C) first habits and primary circular reactions 
D) simple reflexes

Question 9

An interactionist view emphasizes that both _____ and experience contribute to language development.

Accepted Answer

A) culture 
B) parenting style 
C) ecological context 
D) biology 
A) culture 
B) parenting style 
C) ecological context 
D) biology

Question 10

_____ is a term devised by Noam Chomsky that describes a biological endowment that enables the child to detect the features and rules of language,including phonology,syntax,and semantics.

Accepted Answer

A) Language acquisition device 
B) Linguistic relativity tendency 
C) Infinite generativity potential 
D) Genetic imprinting potential 
A) Language acquisition device 
B) Linguistic relativity tendency 
C) Infinite generativity potential 
D) Genetic imprinting potential

Question 11

Patricia Kuhl's research has demonstrated that from birth up to about 6 months of age,infants are "citizens of the world".In the context of Kuhl's research,what does this expression convey?

Accepted Answer

A) Infants recognize when sounds change most of the time irrespective of the language being spoken. 
B) Infants are exclusively sensitive to the language their parents speak between birth and six months of age. 
C) Long before infants speak recognizable words,they produce a number of vocalizations in order to specifically imitate the language their parents speak. 
D) Infants respond quickly to polite speech in their native language between birth and six months of age. 
A) Infants recognize when sounds change most of the time irrespective of the language being spoken. 
B) Infants are exclusively sensitive to the language their parents speak between birth and six months of age. 
C) Long before infants speak recognizable words,they produce a number of vocalizations in order to specifically imitate the language their parents speak. 
D) Infants respond quickly to polite speech in their native language between birth and six months of age.

Question 12

Which of the following actions is desirable for parents to encourage language development in children?

Accepted Answer

A) Parents should help infants and toddlers by supplying them with words and thoughts they cannot communicate. 
B) Parents should speak to infants and toddlers in abstract and high-level ways. 
C) Parents should understand that different children acquire language at different speeds. 
D) Parents should actively discourage any idiosyncrasies the child shows while communicating. 
A) Parents should help infants and toddlers by supplying them with words and thoughts they cannot communicate. 
B) Parents should speak to infants and toddlers in abstract and high-level ways. 
C) Parents should understand that different children acquire language at different speeds. 
D) Parents should actively discourage any idiosyncrasies the child shows while communicating.

Question 13

Infants' attention to objects is strongly governed by the _____ and habituation.

Accepted Answer

A) obscurity of the object 
B) frequency of interactions with the object 
C) familiarity with the object 
D) novelty of the object 
A) obscurity of the object 
B) frequency of interactions with the object 
C) familiarity with the object 
D) novelty of the object

Question 14

Distinguish habituation from dishabituation.What is the significance of these concepts in the context of cognitive development in infants?

Accepted Answer

Closely linked with attention are the pr

Question 15

Which of the following statements reflects the views of Noam Chomsky on language?

Accepted Answer

A) The LAD is a physical part of the brain and not a theoretical construct. 
B) Children do not have an innate ability to detect the sounds of language. 
C) Children are born with an innate device to learn language. 
D) Language acquisition in humans is an environmentally conditioned process that starts at birth. 
A) The LAD is a physical part of the brain and not a theoretical construct. 
B) Children do not have an innate ability to detect the sounds of language. 
C) Children are born with an innate device to learn language. 
D) Language acquisition in humans is an environmentally conditioned process that starts at birth.

Question 16

_____ allows infants to learn about and remember characteristics of a stimulus as it becomes familiar.

Accepted Answer

A) Investigative process 
B) Orienting attention 
C) Sustained attention 
D) Divided attention 
A) Investigative process 
B) Orienting attention 
C) Sustained attention 
D) Divided attention

Question 17

From about 6 to 12 months of age,_____ make the emergence of explicit memory possible.

Accepted Answer

A) the maturation of the hippocampus and the surrounding cerebral cortex 
B) the maturation of the olfactory bulb and the ventral areas of the frontal lobe 
C) the maturation of the pons and the surrounding areas of the brainstem 
D) the maturation of the medulla oblongata and the surrounding areas of the brainstem 
A) the maturation of the hippocampus and the surrounding cerebral cortex 
B) the maturation of the olfactory bulb and the ventral areas of the frontal lobe 
C) the maturation of the pons and the surrounding areas of the brainstem 
D) the maturation of the medulla oblongata and the surrounding areas of the brainstem

Question 18

Rachel looks at their neighbour walking their dog and exclaims "not monkey" in a loud and urgent tone.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) two-word utterances. 
B) word of mouth. 
C) babbling. 
D) pragmatics. 
A) two-word utterances. 
B) word of mouth. 
C) babbling. 
D) pragmatics.

Question 19

Which of the following states that infants are born with domain-specific innate knowledge systems?

Accepted Answer

A) The epigenetic approach 
B) The constructivist approach 
C) The generalized knowledge approach 
D) The core knowledge approach 
A) The epigenetic approach 
B) The constructivist approach 
C) The generalized knowledge approach 
D) The core knowledge approach

Question 20

Describe the nature and function of pragmatics with an example.

Accepted Answer

A final set of language rules involves p

_____ in Piaget's theory is the grouping of isolated behaviors and thoughts into a higher-order system.

Research by Renée Baillargeon found that infants as young as 3 to 4 months expect objects to be _____.

What is labeling?

An overall score that combines the subscores in the four domains of Gesell assessment of infants is known as the _____.

Which of the following is an example of an A-not-B error?

In Piaget's theory,_____ are actions or mental representations that organize knowledge.

For Piaget,an internal search for equilibrium is most likely to result in:

An interactionist view emphasizes that both _____ and experience contribute to language development.

_____ is a term devised by Noam Chomsky that describes a biological endowment that enables the child to detect the features and rules of language,including phonology,syntax,and semantics.

Patricia Kuhl's research has demonstrated that from birth up to about 6 months of age,infants are "citizens of the world".In the context of Kuhl's research,what does this expression convey?

Which of the following actions is desirable for parents to encourage language development in children?

Infants' attention to objects is strongly governed by the _____ and habituation.

Distinguish habituation from dishabituation.What is the significance of these concepts in the context of cognitive development in infants?

Which of the following statements reflects the views of Noam Chomsky on language?

_____ allows infants to learn about and remember characteristics of a stimulus as it becomes familiar.

From about 6 to 12 months of age,_____ make the emergence of explicit memory possible.

Rachel looks at their neighbour walking their dog and exclaims "not monkey" in a loud and urgent tone.This is an example of:

Which of the following states that infants are born with domain-specific innate knowledge systems?

Describe the nature and function of pragmatics with an example.

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development

Birth

Physical Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical Development in Early Childhood

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

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Exam 6: Cognitive Development in Infancy

_____ in Piaget's theory is the grouping of isolated behaviors and thoughts into a higher-order system.

Research by Renée Baillargeon found that infants as young as 3 to 4 months expect objects to be _____.

What is labeling?

An overall score that combines the subscores in the four domains of Gesell assessment of infants is known as the _____.

Which of the following is an example of an A-not-B error?

In Piaget's theory,_____ are actions or mental representations that organize knowledge.

For Piaget,an internal search for equilibrium is most likely to result in:

An interactionist view emphasizes that both _____ and experience contribute to language development.

_____ is a term devised by Noam Chomsky that describes a biological endowment that enables the child to detect the features and rules of language,including phonology,syntax,and semantics.

Patricia Kuhl's research has demonstrated that from birth up to about 6 months of age,infants are "citizens of the world".In the context of Kuhl's research,what does this expression convey?

Which of the following actions is desirable for parents to encourage language development in children?

Infants' attention to objects is strongly governed by the _____ and habituation.

Distinguish habituation from dishabituation.What is the significance of these concepts in the context of cognitive development in infants?

Which of the following statements reflects the views of Noam Chomsky on language?

_____ allows infants to learn about and remember characteristics of a stimulus as it becomes familiar.

From about 6 to 12 months of age,_____ make the emergence of explicit memory possible.

Rachel looks at their neighbour walking their dog and exclaims "not monkey" in a loud and urgent tone.This is an example of:

Which of the following states that infants are born with domain-specific innate knowledge systems?

Describe the nature and function of pragmatics with an example.

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development

Birth

Physical Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical Development in Early Childhood

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

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