Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy

According to Jean Piaget,the two processes involved in adaptation are

The ability of babies to babble

A child's parents are considered _____ influences on his intelligence.

One tool infants use to overcome the immediate reference problem is

The smallest units of meaning in spoken words are

The basic ideas for scaffolding strategies were developed by

A child's social class is considered a _____ influence on her intelligence.

All of the following are challenges to Piaget's observations on child development,except

_____ refers to the rules for combining words into meaningful communications.

Categorization is similar to Piaget's idea of

The book suggests using Bronfenbrenner's ecological perspective to understand different influences on a child's intelligence.This would mean classifying a child's social class and culture in Bronfenbrenner's

Phonology refers to

The sentence "I wanted bear" has _____ morphemes.

Njoku found some bottles of soda on his parents' picnic table and has been tipping them over at different angles to see how fast the soda will pour out on the ground.Piaget would expect Njoku to be _____ months old.

Little Sofia loves birds.She knows that birds fly.One day she goes to the zoo and sees an ostrich.When she learns that this is a bird that doesn't fly,it doesn't make sense at first.Piaget would say that she needs to _____ this new information about birds that can't fly.

According to Jean Piaget,infants can generally tell that a face and voice belong together when they are approximately _____ months old.