Question 1

Early attempts at make-believe play often result from

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A) primary circular reactions. 
B) an understanding of object permanence. 
C) deferred imitation. 
D) naïve physics. 
A) primary circular reactions. 
B) an understanding of object permanence. 
C) deferred imitation. 
D) naïve physics.

Question 2

You clench your fist, rapidly open your hand, then rapidly re-clench your fist. After you re-clench your fist, you momentarily see an image of your fingers extended. That image is stored in

Accepted Answer

A) working memory. 
B) long-term memory. 
C) sensory memory. 
D) the information processor. 
A) working memory. 
B) long-term memory. 
C) sensory memory. 
D) the information processor.

Question 3

The best way to summarize research that has examined alternative explanations of children's performance on Piagetian tasks would be to say that

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A) in almost every instance, Piaget's explanation is strongly supported. 
B) Piaget's theory needs some revision to include concepts that he did not consider. 
C) infants don't understand objects until much later than Piaget proposed. 
D) Piaget's theory is fundamentally wrong. 
A) in almost every instance, Piaget's explanation is strongly supported. 
B) Piaget's theory needs some revision to include concepts that he did not consider. 
C) infants don't understand objects until much later than Piaget proposed. 
D) Piaget's theory is fundamentally wrong.

Question 4

As you read and think about this test question, it is stored in

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A) long-term memory. 
B) working memory. 
C) sensory memory. 
D) the information processor. 
A) long-term memory. 
B) working memory. 
C) sensory memory. 
D) the information processor.

Question 5

A theory of cognitive development that retains Piagetian stage theory but takes an information processing approach to skill development is referred to as

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A) a conditioned stage theory. 
B) the neo-Piagetian approach. 
C) a learning theory. 
D) the Piagetian-processing approach. 
A) a conditioned stage theory. 
B) the neo-Piagetian approach. 
C) a learning theory. 
D) the Piagetian-processing approach.

Question 6

According to Slaughter's research, sensorimotor knowledge provides infants with what information?

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A) An infant cannot discriminate a puppy as an animal until 20‒24 months of age. 
B) Infants have bodies. 
C) After viewing "scrambled" images of bodies, infants tend to think their own body parts are scrambled for a short time. 
D) Developing an understanding of proper arrangement of facial parts follows proper arrangement of body parts. 
A) An infant cannot discriminate a puppy as an animal until 20‒24 months of age. 
B) Infants have bodies. 
C) After viewing "scrambled" images of bodies, infants tend to think their own body parts are scrambled for a short time. 
D) Developing an understanding of proper arrangement of facial parts follows proper arrangement of body parts.

Question 7

One-year-old Carl hits a window with his hand, then he hits a door, a chair, a ball, and a pillow. Carl's behaviour is best described as

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A) a primary circular reaction. 
B) a secondary circular reaction. 
C) a tertiary circular reaction. 
D) symbolic processing. 
A) a primary circular reaction. 
B) a secondary circular reaction. 
C) a tertiary circular reaction. 
D) symbolic processing.

Question 8

The production of syllables that contain vowels and consonants is called

Accepted Answer

A) cooing. 
B) babbling. 
C) fast mapping. 
D) intonation. 
A) cooing. 
B) babbling. 
C) fast mapping. 
D) intonation.

Question 9

Thinking of objects in space exclusively in terms of their relationship to the child's own body position is called a(n) ________ frame of reference.

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A) subjective 
B) objective 
C) egocentric 
D) egotistic 
A) subjective 
B) objective 
C) egocentric 
D) egotistic

Question 10

Barry tells his 3-year-old son, Billy, the name of an unfamiliar object. You would expect Billy to

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A) use rules to link the word with its meaning. 
B) not use any rules to determine the meaning of the word. 
C) need to hear the new word many times before he learns its correct meaning. 
D) systematically evaluate all possible hypotheses regarding the correct meaning of the word. 
A) use rules to link the word with its meaning. 
B) not use any rules to determine the meaning of the word. 
C) need to hear the new word many times before he learns its correct meaning. 
D) systematically evaluate all possible hypotheses regarding the correct meaning of the word.

Question 11

Jenny just had her first baby and is wondering when he'll begin producing different kinds of sounds. Which of the following should she expect him to produce first?

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A) babbling 
B) intonation 
C) first word 
D) cooing 
A) babbling 
B) intonation 
C) first word 
D) cooing

Question 12

Which of the following is not a possible explanation for infantile amnesia?

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A) infants lack an organized sense of self 
B) infants raised in cultures that emphasize collective identities do not focus on themselves as individuals 
C) prelingual experiences might be difficult to retrieve from memory 
D) long-term memory does not function in infancy 
A) infants lack an organized sense of self 
B) infants raised in cultures that emphasize collective identities do not focus on themselves as individuals 
C) prelingual experiences might be difficult to retrieve from memory 
D) long-term memory does not function in infancy

Question 13

What did Nelson (1993) determined about infantile amnesia?

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A) Object permanence helps children remember their early years. 
B) Language helps children remember their past. 
C) Children under 3 years of age are too young to store long-term memories. 
D) Infants who habituate to stimuli quickly have a reduced ability to later recall early memories. 
A) Object permanence helps children remember their early years. 
B) Language helps children remember their past. 
C) Children under 3 years of age are too young to store long-term memories. 
D) Infants who habituate to stimuli quickly have a reduced ability to later recall early memories.

Question 14

Infants who are deaf will

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A) not babble. 
B) not vocally babble but will babble with sign language. 
C) have delayed spoken babbling but will babble on schedule with sign language. 
D) babble identically to hearing children. 
A) not babble. 
B) not vocally babble but will babble with sign language. 
C) have delayed spoken babbling but will babble on schedule with sign language. 
D) babble identically to hearing children.

Question 15

The idea that cognitive development in children arose solely out of children's experience with the world is a key feature of whose theory?

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A) Jean Jacques Rousseau 
B) Jean Piaget 
C) other behaviorists from Piaget's time 
D) neo-Piagetian theorists 
A) Jean Jacques Rousseau 
B) Jean Piaget 
C) other behaviorists from Piaget's time 
D) neo-Piagetian theorists

Question 16

Infantile amnesia refers to

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A) the inability of young infants to remember from one day to the next. 
B) brain damage occurring early in life that affects memory. 
C) the tendency of parents to forget the difficulties of caring for an infant once the child gets older. 
D) the inability to remember events from early in one's life. 
A) the inability of young infants to remember from one day to the next. 
B) brain damage occurring early in life that affects memory. 
C) the tendency of parents to forget the difficulties of caring for an infant once the child gets older. 
D) the inability to remember events from early in one's life.

Question 17

According to Piaget's theory, more accurate schemas develop as a result of

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A) reinforcement. 
B) short-term storage space. 
C) imitation. 
D) disequilibrium. 
A) reinforcement. 
B) short-term storage space. 
C) imitation. 
D) disequilibrium.

Question 18

Children with expressive language-learning styles

Accepted Answer

A) have vocabularies that primarily consist of the names of objects, people, and actions. 
B) have vocabularies that consist of many social phrases. 
C) use language as an intellectual tool. 
D) have vocabularies that contain few question words such as "what." 
A) have vocabularies that primarily consist of the names of objects, people, and actions. 
B) have vocabularies that consist of many social phrases. 
C) use language as an intellectual tool. 
D) have vocabularies that contain few question words such as "what."

Question 19

Carolyn Rovee-Collier's work on infant memory in which she taught infants to kick to make a crib mobile move indicated that

Accepted Answer

A) infants could not remember an event for more than a day or two. 
B) after several weeks infants forgot how to move the mobile and they could not be reminded. 
C) after several weeks infants had forgotten how to move the mobile, but a single reminder helped them to remember. 
D) infants never forgot how to move the mobile. 
A) infants could not remember an event for more than a day or two. 
B) after several weeks infants forgot how to move the mobile and they could not be reminded. 
C) after several weeks infants had forgotten how to move the mobile, but a single reminder helped them to remember. 
D) infants never forgot how to move the mobile.

Question 20

It seems that infants have some understanding of object permanence early in the first year of life. We know this because Baillargeon (1987, 1994) found that 4½-month-olds

Accepted Answer

A) reach for a hidden object. 
B) looked longer at an impossible than a possible event. 
C) have an understanding of naïve biology. 
D) become upset when a favourite toy is moved. 
A) reach for a hidden object. 
B) looked longer at an impossible than a possible event. 
C) have an understanding of naïve biology. 
D) become upset when a favourite toy is moved.

Early attempts at make-believe play often result from

You clench your fist, rapidly open your hand, then rapidly re-clench your fist. After you re-clench your fist, you momentarily see an image of your fingers extended. That image is stored in

The best way to summarize research that has examined alternative explanations of children's performance on Piagetian tasks would be to say that

As you read and think about this test question, it is stored in

A theory of cognitive development that retains Piagetian stage theory but takes an information processing approach to skill development is referred to as

According to Slaughter's research, sensorimotor knowledge provides infants with what information?

One-year-old Carl hits a window with his hand, then he hits a door, a chair, a ball, and a pillow. Carl's behaviour is best described as

The production of syllables that contain vowels and consonants is called

Thinking of objects in space exclusively in terms of their relationship to the child's own body position is called a(n) ________ frame of reference.

Barry tells his 3-year-old son, Billy, the name of an unfamiliar object. You would expect Billy to

Jenny just had her first baby and is wondering when he'll begin producing different kinds of sounds. Which of the following should she expect him to produce first?

Which of the following is not a possible explanation for infantile amnesia?

What did Nelson (1993) determined about infantile amnesia?

Infants who are deaf will

The idea that cognitive development in children arose solely out of children's experience with the world is a key feature of whose theory?

Infantile amnesia refers to

According to Piaget's theory, more accurate schemas develop as a result of

Children with expressive language-learning styles

Carolyn Rovee-Collier's work on infant memory in which she taught infants to kick to make a crib mobile move indicated that

It seems that infants have some understanding of object permanence early in the first year of life. We know this because Baillargeon (1987, 1994) found that 4½-month-olds

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Exam 6: Cognition in Infants and Toddlers

Early attempts at make-believe play often result from

You clench your fist, rapidly open your hand, then rapidly re-clench your fist. After you re-clench your fist, you momentarily see an image of your fingers extended. That image is stored in

The best way to summarize research that has examined alternative explanations of children's performance on Piagetian tasks would be to say that

As you read and think about this test question, it is stored in

A theory of cognitive development that retains Piagetian stage theory but takes an information processing approach to skill development is referred to as

According to Slaughter's research, sensorimotor knowledge provides infants with what information?

One-year-old Carl hits a window with his hand, then he hits a door, a chair, a ball, and a pillow. Carl's behaviour is best described as

The production of syllables that contain vowels and consonants is called

Thinking of objects in space exclusively in terms of their relationship to the child's own body position is called a(n) ________ frame of reference.

Barry tells his 3-year-old son, Billy, the name of an unfamiliar object. You would expect Billy to

Jenny just had her first baby and is wondering when he'll begin producing different kinds of sounds. Which of the following should she expect him to produce first?

Which of the following is not a possible explanation for infantile amnesia?

What did Nelson (1993) determined about infantile amnesia?

Infants who are deaf will

The idea that cognitive development in children arose solely out of children's experience with the world is a key feature of whose theory?

Infantile amnesia refers to

According to Piaget's theory, more accurate schemas develop as a result of

Children with expressive language-learning styles

Carolyn Rovee-Collier's work on infant memory in which she taught infants to kick to make a crib mobile move indicated that

It seems that infants have some understanding of object permanence early in the first year of life. We know this because Baillargeon (1987, 1994) found that 4½-month-olds

Child Development: Theories and Themes

Research in Child Development

Genetic Bases of Child Development

Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical Development in Infants and Toddlers

Social and Emotional Development in Infants and Toddlers

Physical Growth in Preschool Children

Cognitive Development in Preschool Children

Social and Emotional Development in Preschool Children

Physical Development in Middle Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood

Physical Growth in Adolescents

Cognitive Processes in Adolescents

Social and Emotional Development in Adolescents

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