Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy

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When one uses polite language in formal conversations and personal,informal language in intimate conversations,one is demonstrating the knowledge of _____,or the appropriate use of language in different contexts.

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"Want ice cream," "Fall down," and "Mommy give cookie" are all examples of:

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Identify the linguist who proposed that humans are biologically prewired to learn language.He or she proposed that infants are born into the world with a language acquisition device that enables the child to detect certain features and rules of language.

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Kyoko is 13 months old and can understand about 50 words but can say only about 10 words.This demonstrates how Kyoko's _____ vocabulary is more developed than her _____ vocabulary.

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

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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.

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Research by Renée Baillargeon and her colleagues documents that infants as young as three to four months expect objects to be _____ in the sense that other objects cannot move through them and _____ in the sense that objects continue to exist when they are hidden.

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Josh is three months old.In which of Jean Piaget's substages of sensorimotor development is Josh?

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According to Piaget,physical activities such as sucking,grasping,and walking are examples of:

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Significant changes during the _____ substage involve the coordination of schemes and intentionality.

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Which is the process by which information gets into memory?

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Jean Piaget believed that children's thinking in one stage is _____ that in another stage.

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Identify the widely used assessment method of infant development that has five scales-cognitive,language,motor,socioemotional,and adaptive.

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The sound system of a language is called:

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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.

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_____ is an area in the left frontal lobe of the brain that is involved in speech production.

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When two individuals focus on the same object or event,the process is called:

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Which of the following is NOT one of the five rules of language?

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

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A recent study revealed that habituation assessed at three or six 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?

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