Exam 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Tammy talks to her baby niece in high-pitched tones, using simple, repetitive words. Tammy is using _________________ to communicate with her niece.

Receptive language describes language an infant can understand but can't produce.

When an infant receives breast milk as her only form of nutrition, this type of feeding is known as:

Accommodation and assimilation underlie the development and refinement of mental structures Piaget referred to as:

Alejandro is 7 months old. His family thinks it is so cute when he says things like "ma, ba, pa, and da." When Alejandro makes these sounds, he is:

Vaccine mandates have successfully eliminated a variety of childhood illnesses, including:

Developmentalists who emphasize the role of socialization in language development work from a(n) ___________ approach.

Gross motor skills are essential for infants to:

After the first 6 months postbirth, the human growth rate begins to:

________is the process by which response to a stimulus is reduced.

Infants who have been crawling for a longer period of time are ______ likely to cross the visual cliff.

Noam Chomsky introduced the term _________________ to describe a theoretical structure that prewire infants and children to learn the language of our culture.

Toddlers use short phrases that convey meaning but lack some parts of speech required to form a complete sentence, also known as:

____________ separate(s) a carrying species from a nesting species.

Jana is 6 months old. She receives breast milk and other forms of solid food to meet her nutritional requirements. The type of feeding Jana is receiving is referred to as ________________ breastfeeding.

When Adrian's parents leave for the movies, she runs up to them and asks, "daddy go?" Adrian is using:

Jacqi is 6 months old. When she experiences the visual cliff, she is most likely to:

Susie is 6 months old; she likes to pick up her rattle and shake it. According to Piaget, Susie is in the _____________ of sensorimotor development: ________________.

According to developmental science research, African American infants ___________ earlier than Caucasian infants.

Jessa and Ben just had a baby boy. They observed that his head was the first thing to start growing, followed by his lower body. They are observing the ______________ growth pattern.