Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy

Which of the following statements about joint attention is NOT true?

_____ is an area in the left temporal lobe of the brain that is involved in the comprehension of speech.

When Monica was born,she showed the typical grasping reflex by closing her fingers around anything that brushed against her palm.After a few weeks,she showed this grasping behavior even when nothing touched her palm.Monica developed a _____ or a scheme based on a reflex that became completely separated from its eliciting stimulus.

The rules of _____ describe the way meaningful units can be combined in words.

Identify the correct sequence of vocalization in infants.

If Jane says to Harry,"Wilfred gave a gift to Marsha," Harry knows who gave the gift and who received it because he understands the _____ of the sentence.

In which substage of sensorimotor development do infants start repeating actions that bring interesting or pleasurable results?

Identify the theorist who developed a measure to test infant cognitive development designed to distinguish normal babies from abnormal ones.The current version of this theorist's test combines the infant's performance in four domains into an overall score called the developmental quotient.

Consider the sentence: "The boy the ball with a hit bat." Which of the following rule systems of language does the sentence violate?

_____ refers to the meaning of words and sentences.

In the current version of the Gesell test and Bayley Scales of Infant Development,the subscores obtained from the four and five different categories of Gesell test and Bayley Scales of Infant Development respectively are combined into an overall score that determines the infants':

Shelby babbles using the sounds "ba,ba,ba" or "ch,ch,ch." These basic units of sound that our language is composed of are known as _____.

Heather is shown a teddy bear.The teddy bear is then hidden from her,and she searches for it.This shows that Heather has developed a sense of _____.

Antonio swings his arms while lying in his crib.One of his arms accidentally hits the mobile hanging above him.This causes the mobile to move.Antonio continues to swing his arms but is unable to strike the mobile again.This is an example of a:

Identify the theorist who developed a scale to assess infant behavior and predict later development.The current version,which is Bayley-III,has five scales: cognitive,language,motor,socioemotional,and adaptive.

When Abraham describes to his friend what he did in his last summer vacation,he relies on his _____ memory.

Baby Elise has developed a sucking scheme.She knows that to get food she must suck on her mother's breast.Now,her mother has begun to introduce solid foods with a spoon.Elise immediately sucks on the spoon.This is an example of _____.

A recent study revealed that habituation assessed at 3 or 6 months of age was linked to verbal skills and intelligence assessed at 32 months of age.How can parents use the concepts of habituation and dishabituation to better interact with their babies and maybe boost their verbal skills and intelligence in the process?

Which is the process by which information gets into memory?

June knows the names of all the states that comprise the United States.The names of the states are a part of June's _____ memory.