Exam 15: Human Development: Language and Cognitive Development in Childhood

You show four-year-old Samantha a two-sided mirror.Then,you hold it between you and her,so that she can see herself in it.If you ask her what she thinks you can see,she will most likely imagine that you see her face reflected in the mirror,instead of your own.At this age,Samantha cannot mentally transform the view she sees into the view you must be seeing.This illustrates _______ thought.

A pattern of conversational interaction between parent and infant that involves alternate sending and receiving of messages is referred to as

A child and her father are walking.The child knows there are such things as birds but has never seen a bluebird before.Upon seeing one,she says,"See the birdie," and her father replies,"Yes,that's a bluebird." This example demonstrates

Regarding the intellectual development of infants,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Derrick is seven months old has begun to use the consonant sounds of b,d,m,and g in combination with vowel sounds,such as saying "ba­ba­ba." Derrick has entered the language stage known as

According to Vygotsky,the framework or temporary support that helps a child learn is called scaffolding.

The hallmark of which cognitive stage is the ability to carry out mental operations such as reversing thoughts?

Which of the following ages has been referred to as the "age of reason," because there is a definite trend toward more logical,adult-like thought after this age?

The development of initial self-awareness depends on

To be most effective,scaffolding

Adolescents who are capable of inductive and deductive reasoning,can consider hypothetical possibilities,and can comprehend such subjects as physics,philosophy,and psychology are most likely in which stage of cognitive development?

Children begin to break away from concrete objects and specific examples as their thinking becomes more self- reflective and based more on abstract principles after the age of