Question 1

What is joint attention? Give an example of how joint attention plays an important role in many aspects of infant development.

Accepted Answer

Joint attention is seen when individuals

Question 2

Richard is a five-month-old baby.His parents frequently sit by his side to cuddle him or to speak to him in loud and affectionate tones.Richard seems to enjoy this attention very much and makes cooing sounds in response to his parents' warm interactions with him.Richard's act of cooing to obtain parental attention is a function of the _____ substage given by Piaget.

Accepted Answer

A) secondary circular reactions 
B) simple reflexes 
C) internalization of schemes 
D) first habits and primary circular reactions 
A) secondary circular reactions 
B) simple reflexes 
C) internalization of schemes 
D) first habits and primary circular reactions

Question 3

In the context of testing and assessment of infant development,the most important early contributor was

Accepted Answer

A) A.S.Kaufman. 
B) Patricia Kuhl. 
C) Nancy Bayley. 
D) Arnold Gesell. 
A) A.S.Kaufman. 
B) Patricia Kuhl. 
C) Nancy Bayley. 
D) Arnold Gesell.

Question 4

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 5

_____ is defined as the use of content words without grammatical markers such as articles,auxiliary verbs,and other connectives.

Accepted Answer

A) Gesture 
B) Elaborative speech 
C) Receptive speech 
D) Telegraphic speech 
A) Gesture 
B) Elaborative speech 
C) Receptive speech 
D) Telegraphic speech

Question 6

The focusing of mental resources on select information that improves cognitive processing on many tasks is defined as

Accepted Answer

A) sensation. 
B) attention. 
C) perception. 
D) transduction. 
A) sensation. 
B) attention. 
C) perception. 
D) transduction.

Question 7

According to your text,a "short looker" is an infant

Accepted Answer

A) who is below average in height. 
B) whose processing speed is highly efficient. 
C) whose attention span is shorter than other infants. 
D) who is likely to have cognitive problems during the preschool years. 
A) who is below average in height. 
B) whose processing speed is highly efficient. 
C) whose attention span is shorter than other infants. 
D) who is likely to have cognitive problems during the preschool years.

Question 8

How is Gesell's measurement of infant development used? Name the four categories of behavior in the current version of the Gesell test.

Accepted Answer

Arnold Gesell developed a measure that h

Question 9

The strings of consonant-vowel combinations produced by babies in the middle of the first year is called

Accepted Answer

A) crying. 
B) labeling. 
C) cooing. 
D) babbling. 
A) crying. 
B) labeling. 
C) cooing. 
D) babbling.

Question 10

Dr.Wisenberg is studying the connections among the brain,cognition,and development.His speciality lies in the field of

Accepted Answer

A) psychoanalysis. 
B) behavioral genetics. 
C) developmental cognitive neuroscience. 
D) evolutionary psychology. 
A) psychoanalysis. 
B) behavioral genetics. 
C) developmental cognitive neuroscience. 
D) evolutionary psychology.

Question 11

Which of the following is the ability to produce an endless number of meaningful sentences using a fixed set of words and rules?

Accepted Answer

A) Parsing 
B) Chunking 
C) Universal language acquisition 
D) Infinite generativity 
A) Parsing 
B) Chunking 
C) Universal language acquisition 
D) Infinite generativity

Question 12

The _____ is correlated with measures of intelligence in older children.

Accepted Answer

A) Apgar Scale 
B) Gesell Test 
C) Fagan Test 
D) Bayley Scale 
A) Apgar Scale 
B) Gesell Test 
C) Fagan Test 
D) Bayley Scale

Question 13

Recent research has suggested that joint attention skills at 12 months of age are related to

Accepted Answer

A) better fine motor skills at 3 years of age. 
B) better self-regulation skills at 3 years of age. 
C) reduced memory capacity at 3 years of age. 
D) decreases in perceptual processing at 3 years of age. 
A) better fine motor skills at 3 years of age. 
B) better self-regulation skills at 3 years of age. 
C) reduced memory capacity at 3 years of age. 
D) decreases in perceptual processing at 3 years of age.

Question 14

The gurgling sound made in the back of the throat by babies,usually to express pleasure during interaction with the caregiver,is known as

Accepted Answer

A) cooing. 
B) crying. 
C) babbling. 
D) murmuring. 
A) cooing. 
B) crying. 
C) babbling. 
D) murmuring.

Question 15

According to a recent longitudinal study,intelligence in infancy

Accepted Answer

A) varies considerably from 12 months to 4 years. 
B) remains fairly stable from 12 months to 4 years. 
C) is strongly correlated to IQ scores in adulthood. 
D) is too difficult to measure due to infant's lack of language skills. 
A) varies considerably from 12 months to 4 years. 
B) remains fairly stable from 12 months to 4 years. 
C) is strongly correlated to IQ scores in adulthood. 
D) is too difficult to measure due to infant's lack of language skills.

Question 16

Which of the following mistakes is common in infants who are in the coordination of secondary circular reactions substage?

Accepted Answer

A) Type I error 
B) A-not-B error 
C) Equilibration 
D) Type II error 
A) Type I error 
B) A-not-B error 
C) Equilibration 
D) Type II error

Question 17

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 18

In Piaget's theory,_____ is defined as the tendency of children to adjust their schemes to take new information and experiences into account.

Accepted Answer

A) assimilation 
B) accommodation 
C) evolution 
D) externalization 
A) assimilation 
B) accommodation 
C) evolution 
D) externalization

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

_____ is defined as the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen,heard,or touched.

Accepted Answer

A) Concept formation 
B) Object orientation 
C) Deferred imitation 
D) Object permanence 
A) Concept formation 
B) Object orientation 
C) Deferred imitation 
D) Object permanence

What is joint attention? Give an example of how joint attention plays an important role in many aspects of infant development.

In the context of testing and assessment of infant development,the most important early contributor was

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

_____ is defined as the use of content words without grammatical markers such as articles,auxiliary verbs,and other connectives.

The focusing of mental resources on select information that improves cognitive processing on many tasks is defined as

According to your text,a "short looker" is an infant

How is Gesell's measurement of infant development used? Name the four categories of behavior in the current version of the Gesell test.

The strings of consonant-vowel combinations produced by babies in the middle of the first year is called

Dr.Wisenberg is studying the connections among the brain,cognition,and development.His speciality lies in the field of

Which of the following is the ability to produce an endless number of meaningful sentences using a fixed set of words and rules?

The _____ is correlated with measures of intelligence in older children.

Recent research has suggested that joint attention skills at 12 months of age are related to

The gurgling sound made in the back of the throat by babies,usually to express pleasure during interaction with the caregiver,is known as

According to a recent longitudinal study,intelligence in infancy

Which of the following mistakes is common in infants who are in the coordination of secondary circular reactions substage?

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

In Piaget's theory,_____ is defined as the tendency of children to adjust their schemes to take new information and experiences into account.

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

_____ is defined as the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen,heard,or touched.

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 in Late Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle in Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle in Late Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

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Exam 6: Cognitive Development in Infancy

What is joint attention? Give an example of how joint attention plays an important role in many aspects of infant development.

In the context of testing and assessment of infant development,the most important early contributor was

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

_____ is defined as the use of content words without grammatical markers such as articles,auxiliary verbs,and other connectives.

The focusing of mental resources on select information that improves cognitive processing on many tasks is defined as

According to your text,a "short looker" is an infant

How is Gesell's measurement of infant development used? Name the four categories of behavior in the current version of the Gesell test.

The strings of consonant-vowel combinations produced by babies in the middle of the first year is called

Dr.Wisenberg is studying the connections among the brain,cognition,and development.His speciality lies in the field of

Which of the following is the ability to produce an endless number of meaningful sentences using a fixed set of words and rules?

The _____ is correlated with measures of intelligence in older children.

Recent research has suggested that joint attention skills at 12 months of age are related to

The gurgling sound made in the back of the throat by babies,usually to express pleasure during interaction with the caregiver,is known as

According to a recent longitudinal study,intelligence in infancy

Which of the following mistakes is common in infants who are in the coordination of secondary circular reactions substage?

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

In Piaget's theory,_____ is defined as the tendency of children to adjust their schemes to take new information and experiences into account.

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

_____ is defined as the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen,heard,or touched.

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 in Late Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle in Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle in Late Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

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