Exam 5: Infancy: Cognitive Development

According to Piaget, children's cognitive processes develop:​

In its simplest sense, the Bayley scales measure:​

Which of the following is an accurate statement about neonates?​

According to studies in 2013 by Kibbe & Leslie and Lowe, the development of object permanence is tied into the development of infants' _____.

Which of the following substages of the sensorimotor stage involves infants showing goal-directed behavior?​

Cooing and babbling are considered _________ vocalizations.

Sometimes very young infants can demonstrate imitation due to the activation of _____.

Mirror neurons are apparently connected with observational learning and, perhaps, with gender differences in empathy.

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

_____ is the imitation of an action that may have occurred hours, days, or even weeks earlier.

Which of the following is a difference between surface structure and deep structure of language?​

Which of the following is a criticism of Piaget's theory?​

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. In changing her scheme to incorporate the new information, Latifa is using _____.

Which of the following is an example of a simple reflex?​

Coordination of secondary schemes in an infant lasts from _____ months of age.

When infants babble, they tend to produce:​

Mirror neurons in humans are connected with emotions.

Infants coo when they are _____.

According to a study in the year 2004 by Courage et al., in a continuing effort to find aspects of intelligence and cognition that might remain consistent from infancy through later childhood, a number of researchers have recently focused on _____.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about object permanence?​