Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy

Jean Piaget's concept of grouping isolated behaviors into a higher-order system is called _____.

According to the Bayley mental scale,by _____ of age,the infant should be able to inhibit behavior when commanded to do so,imitate words the examiner says,and respond to simple requests.

_____ involves the way words are combined to form acceptable phrases and sentences.

Identify the theorist who developed a cognitive development theory that suggests that development is universal and occurs in a fixed stage-like sequence.He or she proposed that infants are in the stage of "sensorimotor development."

Rebecca says "Milk spill" to which her grandfather replies "Yes,the milk spilled on the floor." This is an example of:

According to Piaget,solving a puzzle is an example of a:

The focusing of mental resources on select information is called _____.

The sound system of a language is called _____.

Define receptive vocabulary and spoken vocabulary.What is the relationship between the two?

Eleven-month-old Jenny uses her toy golf club to bring another toy within reach.According to Piaget's theory of infant development,Jenny is in the _____ substage of the sensorimotor stage.

Long before infants speak recognizable words,they produce a number of vocalizations.Describe some of these vocalizations in the order that they appear in infants.

An example of the basic unit of sound in the English language is the sound the letter "m" makes.This sound is called a _____.

Schemes refer to:

According to Piaget,a _____ is an internal sensory image or word that represents an event.

According to Jean Piaget,identify the actions or mental representations that organize knowledge.

Juno is riding a bike.Riding a bike requires Juno to use her memories of skills and routine procedures that are performed automatically; this type of memory is referred to as _____ memory.

Sixteen-month-old Akel plays endlessly with a ball,rolling it,throwing it,using it to knock over other toys,standing on it,and trying to ride on it.Which of Jean Piaget's substages of the sensorimotor stage is represented by Akel's behavior?

According to the Bayley mental scale,a _____ infant should be able to vocalize pleasure and displeasure,persistently search for objects that are just out of immediate reach,and approach a mirror that is placed in front of the infant by the examiner.

Which substage of sensorimotor development is characterized by coordination of vision and touch-hand-eye coordination?

How is the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence different from the Gesell test and the Bayley Scales of Infant Development?