Exam 5: Cognitive Development During the First Three Years

Infant Godfrey had been staring at a picture of a face,but having grown tired of that,he resumed sucking on his pacifier.Soon after,a new picture was presented and he stopped his sucking altogether.Researchers would say that Godfrey is exhibiting

Susie learned to sit on the floor and cry until she is given a piece of candy.This is an example of

MacKenzie is an 18-month-old girl.Her family has a white poodle for a pet,and MacKenzie has learned that the poodle is a puppy.She refuses to call any other dog "puppy." In what is MacKenzie engaging?

Which of the following children would be MOST likely to be assessed with the Bayley III Scales of Infant and Toddler Development?

Tests that compare a baby's performance on a series of tasks with norms established by a large group of test-takers are called

At about 3 months of age,infants

Infants first communicate their emotions by

Learning theory implies that

According to Piaget,pictorial competence is an aspect of

Helena watches as her baby brother tries to get his jumbo teddy bear into one of his miniature race cars.Her brother's actions are indicative of

When Martin and his dad sit down to read at the end of the day,Martin's dad encourages him to think deeply about the story,and to make predictions and inferences.Martin's dad uses the ______ style.

According to research cited in the text,when do babies become able to distinguish different speech sounds,such as their mother speaking two languages?

Steven is 8 months old and has begun to produce repetitive strings of vowel and consonant sounds,such as "pa-pa-pa-pa." According to the text,this stage of prespeech language development is called

A communication system based on words and grammar is called

During violation-of-expectations experiments,when an infant registers surprise at an "impossible" event,this suggests that the infant has developed

When Piaget's daughter,Lucienne,figured out how to remove a watch chain from a box by widening the opening,and opened and closed her mouth to signify this,she had reached what substage?

Many aspects of cognition are believed to be under the control of or located in which area of the brain?

The process by which a toddler demonstrates rapid vocabulary development is called

Meredith watches her mother pour water out of a glass into the sink.The next day,at the beach,Meredith pours water from a cup into a pail.Meredith is engaging in

An important predictor of a baby's language comprehension is the mother's