Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy

In terms of understanding,which of the following is not usually seen until around age five and is linked to language development?

The average two-year-old has a vocabulary of about how many words?

Kayla was given several different brightly colored balls to play with,one after the other.After about ball number seven,Kayla seemed to lose interest.When she was given a stuffed animal,she showed renewed interest.This renewed interest is due,in part,to which of the following?

Dominic is eight months old.He sees a toy that he wants to play with,but it is out of reach.He uses the toy in his hand to drag the out-of-reach toy closer.What is Dominic demonstrating?

List,in order,the techniques involved in the substages of sensorimotor development between the ages of 1 and 12 months.

If an infant is babbling and accidentally babbles something that sounds like a real word,the child's parents show interest and encouragement.That encouragement reinforces the child's "accidental word," leading to further attempts to form such words.This example demonstrates which of the following views of language development?

What is Piaget's first stage of cognitive development?

Children combine several gestures in their pretend play at around the same time that they first show two or three-word sentences in their speech.This supports which view of language development?

Repeated exposure to particular experiences results in the development of "known" combinations of activities,or expectancies.This describes which of the following?

The violation of ________ method is a research strategy in which a child is habituated to a display of objects and then is shown another display in which the objects move in a way that is different to what the infant is anticipating.

According to your text,what is the drawback of tests that measure development in the first 2 years?

If I am speaking to you in Japanese and you are not paying attention,what word might I use to get your attention?