Question 1

_____ a strategy used to increase children's acquisition of language by identifying the names of objects.

Accepted Answer

A) Rephrasing 
B) Labeling 
C) Expanding 
D) Restating 
A) Rephrasing 
B) Labeling 
C) Expanding 
D) Restating

Question 2

On a test involving attention,infant Jillian was described as a "short looker." This suggests that Jillian

Accepted Answer

A) will demonstrate higher executive functioning during the preschool years. 
B) will lag behind her peers in language development. 
C) is not securely attached to her caregivers. 
D) will remain physically behind her peers but ahead in emotional sensitivity. 
A) will demonstrate higher executive functioning during the preschool years. 
B) will lag behind her peers in language development. 
C) is not securely attached to her caregivers. 
D) will remain physically behind her peers but ahead in emotional sensitivity.

Question 3

What is object permanence?

Accepted Answer

Object permanence is the understanding t

Question 4

Children of parents who were professionals had ____ vocabularies at age 36 months compared to children whose parents were on welfare.

Accepted Answer

A) larger 
B) smaller 
C) equal 
D) none of these 
A) larger 
B) smaller 
C) equal 
D) none of these

Question 5

Which of the following is a critique of the core knowledge approach?

Accepted Answer

A) Infants come into the world with knowledge systems for space,number sense,object permanence,and language. 
B) Infants come into the world with "soft biases to perceive and attend to different aspects of the environment,and to learn about the world in particular ways." 
C) Infants have an innate sense of the world when they are born that is independent of environmental experiences. 
D) The core domains provide a foundation from which infants manifest their genetically hardwired manner of understanding the world and develop more mature cognitive functioning and learning. 
A) Infants come into the world with knowledge systems for space,number sense,object permanence,and language. 
B) Infants come into the world with "soft biases to perceive and attend to different aspects of the environment,and to learn about the world in particular ways." 
C) Infants have an innate sense of the world when they are born that is independent of environmental experiences. 
D) The core domains provide a foundation from which infants manifest their genetically hardwired manner of understanding the world and develop more mature cognitive functioning and learning.

Question 6

What is perceptual categorization?

Accepted Answer

Using habituation experiments,some resea

Question 7

Samantha,a two-week-old infant,sucks instinctively when her lips are touched or stroked.She achieves this by

Accepted Answer

A) moving beyond self-preoccupation. 
B) coordinating schemes for vision and touch with intentionality. 
C) coordinating sensation and action through reflexive behavior. 
D) experimenting with new behavior. 
A) moving beyond self-preoccupation. 
B) coordinating schemes for vision and touch with intentionality. 
C) coordinating sensation and action through reflexive behavior. 
D) experimenting with new behavior.

Question 8

What does the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence focus on?

Accepted Answer

A) Caregiver interactions with the infant 
B) Infant's ability to process information 
C) Social interaction with the infant's siblings 
D) Fine and gross motor skills 
A) Caregiver interactions with the infant 
B) Infant's ability to process information 
C) Social interaction with the infant's siblings 
D) Fine and gross motor skills

Question 9

What is the relationship between language and phonology?

Accepted Answer

Language is a form of communication-whet

Question 10

What is infantile amnesia? Explain any one causal factor of infantile amnesia.

Accepted Answer

Most adults can remember little if anyth

Question 11

Which of the following is TRUE with regard to Piaget's theory of infant development?

Accepted Answer

A) Piaget's theory represents a biologically based understanding of cognition in infants and toddlers. 
B) Piaget's theory strengthens the view that one's genetic material is the primary determinant of one's cognitive abilities. 
C) Piaget's theory posits the view that biology and experience sculpt cognitive development in children. 
D) Piaget's theory takes a purely ecological approach to understand cognitive development in infants and children. 
A) Piaget's theory represents a biologically based understanding of cognition in infants and toddlers. 
B) Piaget's theory strengthens the view that one's genetic material is the primary determinant of one's cognitive abilities. 
C) Piaget's theory posits the view that biology and experience sculpt cognitive development in children. 
D) Piaget's theory takes a purely ecological approach to understand cognitive development in infants and children.

Question 12

One reason older children and adults have difficulty recalling events from their infancy and early childhood years is that during these early years,the

Accepted Answer

A) primary somatosensory cortex is undeveloped. 
B) occipital lobe of the brain is in the process of developing. 
C) sensory and motor association areas are immature. 
D) prefrontal lobes of the brain are immature. 
A) primary somatosensory cortex is undeveloped. 
B) occipital lobe of the brain is in the process of developing. 
C) sensory and motor association areas are immature. 
D) prefrontal lobes of the brain are immature.

Question 13

Infants who classify birds as animals and airplanes as vehicles even though the objects are perceptually similar are engaging in _____ categorization.

Accepted Answer

A) conceptual 
B) perceptual 
C) surface-level 
D) superficial 
A) conceptual 
B) perceptual 
C) surface-level 
D) superficial

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT considered an information processing domain?

Accepted Answer

A) Attention 
B) Processing speed 
C) Object permanence 
D) Memory 
A) Attention 
B) Processing speed 
C) Object permanence 
D) Memory

Question 15

Which of the following would come under the domain of implicit memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Ability to drive a car 
B) Ability to recite a poem 
C) Ability to name the president 
D) Ability to recall complex formulas 
A) Ability to drive a car 
B) Ability to recite a poem 
C) Ability to name the president 
D) Ability to recall complex formulas

Question 16

In Piaget's theory,mental schemes first develop in

Accepted Answer

A) infancy. 
B) childhood. 
C) adolescence. 
D) adulthood. 
A) infancy. 
B) childhood. 
C) adolescence. 
D) adulthood.

Question 17

What are Piaget's six substages of sensorimotor development?

Accepted Answer

Piaget's six substag

Question 18

Language spoken in a higher pitch than normal,with simple words and sentences to communicate meaningfully and clearly,is known as _____ speech.

Accepted Answer

A) elaborative 
B) abstract 
C) telegraphic 
D) child-directed 
A) elaborative 
B) abstract 
C) telegraphic 
D) child-directed

Question 19

Infants' attention to objects is strongly governed by the _____ and habituation.

Accepted Answer

A) obscurity of the object 
B) frequency of interactions with the object 
C) familiarity with the object 
D) novelty of the object 
A) obscurity of the object 
B) frequency of interactions with the object 
C) familiarity with the object 
D) novelty of the object

Question 20

Which of the following situations testifies that the infant has developed a sense of object permanence?

Accepted Answer

A) If the infant assumes that an object that is out of sight does not exist. 
B) If the infant shows no reaction when an interesting object is taken away. 
C) If the infant searches for an interesting object when it disappears. 
D) If the infant tries to grab an interesting object with his whole hand. 
A) If the infant assumes that an object that is out of sight does not exist. 
B) If the infant shows no reaction when an interesting object is taken away. 
C) If the infant searches for an interesting object when it disappears. 
D) If the infant tries to grab an interesting object with his whole hand.

_____ a strategy used to increase children's acquisition of language by identifying the names of objects.

On a test involving attention,infant Jillian was described as a "short looker." This suggests that Jillian

What is object permanence?

Children of parents who were professionals had ____ vocabularies at age 36 months compared to children whose parents were on welfare.

Which of the following is a critique of the core knowledge approach?

What is perceptual categorization?

Samantha,a two-week-old infant,sucks instinctively when her lips are touched or stroked.She achieves this by

What does the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence focus on?

What is the relationship between language and phonology?

What is infantile amnesia? Explain any one causal factor of infantile amnesia.

Which of the following is TRUE with regard to Piaget's theory of infant development?

One reason older children and adults have difficulty recalling events from their infancy and early childhood years is that during these early years,the

Infants who classify birds as animals and airplanes as vehicles even though the objects are perceptually similar are engaging in _____ categorization.

Which of the following is NOT considered an information processing domain?

Which of the following would come under the domain of implicit memory?

In Piaget's theory,mental schemes first develop in

What are Piaget's six substages of sensorimotor development?

Language spoken in a higher pitch than normal,with simple words and sentences to communicate meaningfully and clearly,is known as _____ speech.

Infants' attention to objects is strongly governed by the _____ and habituation.

Which of the following situations testifies that the infant has developed a sense of object permanence?

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

_____ a strategy used to increase children's acquisition of language by identifying the names of objects.

On a test involving attention,infant Jillian was described as a "short looker." This suggests that Jillian

What is object permanence?

Children of parents who were professionals had ____ vocabularies at age 36 months compared to children whose parents were on welfare.

Which of the following is a critique of the core knowledge approach?

What is perceptual categorization?

Samantha,a two-week-old infant,sucks instinctively when her lips are touched or stroked.She achieves this by

What does the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence focus on?

What is the relationship between language and phonology?

What is infantile amnesia? Explain any one causal factor of infantile amnesia.

Which of the following is TRUE with regard to Piaget's theory of infant development?

One reason older children and adults have difficulty recalling events from their infancy and early childhood years is that during these early years,the

Infants who classify birds as animals and airplanes as vehicles even though the objects are perceptually similar are engaging in _____ categorization.

Which of the following is NOT considered an information processing domain?

Which of the following would come under the domain of implicit memory?

In Piaget's theory,mental schemes first develop in

What are Piaget's six substages of sensorimotor development?

Language spoken in a higher pitch than normal,with simple words and sentences to communicate meaningfully and clearly,is known as _____ speech.

Infants' attention to objects is strongly governed by the _____ and habituation.

Which of the following situations testifies that the infant has developed a sense of object permanence?

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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