Exam 13: Cognitive Development Throughout the Lifespan

Jenny is 4 years old,and she has recently learned that she should not tell other people that they are fat.What aspect of language has this child demonstrated?

Chapter 13 discusses research by McDonough and Mandler,in which 9-month-olds showed that they knew that animals drink,whereas vehicles can carry people.This research suggests that babies

Psychologists favor the lifespan approach to development because

Which of the following students provides the best information about the metacognitive skills of elderly people?

The research on infants' speech perception suggests that

Imagine that you are babysitting for a 5-year-old girl named Chloe.You are telling Chloe about a trip you took last week.Chloe would be most likely to

Carolyn Rovee-Collier and her colleagues conducted research to see whether infants demonstrate the spacing effect.The results of this research showed that

What can we conclude about children's use of organizational strategies in memory?

Your textbook compares prospective memory in younger adults and older adults.The research typically shows that elderly adults

Imagine that 6-year-old Debbie is beginning to tell you a story about her family' trip to a folk song festival.Before she starts,she says,"O.K.,have you ever heard about the Old Songs Folk Festival?" Her skill in determining whether you have the appropriate background for the story is most relevant to an aspect of language called

According to research by Walker-Andrews,the understanding that facial expression must correspond with vocal intonation is present at the age of

Memory research is easier to conduct with children than with infants.However,one potential problem when children participate in memory studies is that

Suppose that you are on a jury in which a 7-year-old child has provided eyewitness testimony about an automobile accident.Based on what you know from Chapter 13,you should keep in mind that

According to the research on prospective memory,elderly people

A mother hands little Marc his familiar bowl,which contains a red fruit he has never seen before.She says,"Look,here are some strawberries!" When he sees this same fruit at dinnertime,he points and says a word something like "strawberries." Marc is demonstrating

Studies on infants' recognition of their mothers show that

The research on children's eyewitness testimony shows that

Chapter 13 discussed research about whether 12-18-month-old children can learn language by watching a DVD.The DVD shows a household object,while a voiceover says the object's name.According to the results,children learned significantly more words

Chapter 13 discussed Rovee-Collier's conjugate reinforcement technique,and its usefulness in testing infant memory.The basic logic behind this technique is that

Based on the information in Chapter 13,you could predict that elderly people would typically recall the most information on