Exam 5: Infancy: Cognitive Development

Infants tend to repeat stimulating actions that first occurred by chance. In the context of Piaget's stages of development, this is an example of a _________that focuses on an infant's own body rather than on the external environment. ​

According to Piaget, the _________stage is the first stage of cognitive development. ​

According to research by Mayor & Plunkett in 2010, _____ gradually pull back to their proper references as a child's vocabulary and ability to classify objects develop.

Discuss the various structures of the brain that are involved in language development.

The mean length of utterance is the average number of _____ that communicators use in their sentences.

The motor scale in the Bayley Scales of Infant Development assesses _____.

Which of the following is a criticism of Piaget's theory on cognitive development?

Julia was working on her laptop one day and her 18-month-old daughter was sitting on her lap. A week later, when she was working on her laptop again, her daughter reached out from her lap and started pressing the keys of the laptop. In this scenario, Julia's daughter is displaying:

The fourth substage of the sensorimotor stage lasts from _____ months of age.

Infants coo when they are _____.

Latifa knows that kittens are animals. Her mother tells her that puppies are also animals. Latifa then modifies her existing scheme of animals to include puppies. This is an example of _____.

A child is shown two objects for 20 seconds. After this, one of the objects is replaced and the infant spends more time looking at the new object. Which of the following processes does this represent?

Discuss the Bayley scales.

Syntax refers to the rules in a language for placing words in order to form sentences.

Tertiary circular reactions are first witnessed during the _____ stage of cognitive development.

Why are infants tested? Name a few scales used for testing infants.

According to Imuta's research in 2013, infant memory can be improved if infants _____ before their memory is tested.

Secondary circular reactions focus on an infant's own body rather than on the external environment.

Which of the following is a symptom of Broca's aphasia?

According to research by Imuta et al. in 2013, infant memory can be improved if infants receive a reminder before their memory is tested.