Question 1

When 7-year-old Jacob is asked why giraffes came to exist, he is MOST likely to use _____ in his explanation.

Accepted Answer

A)  a physical process 
B)  a biological process 
C)  a purpose 
D)  magic 
A)  a physical process 
B)  a biological process 
C)  a purpose 
D)  magic

Question 2

A structured understanding of how desires, beliefs, perceptions, and emotions influence behaviour is referred to as a theory of:

Accepted Answer

A)  mind. 
B)  behaviour. 
C)  thought. 
D)  psychology. 
A)  mind. 
B)  behaviour. 
C)  thought. 
D)  psychology.

Question 3

The understanding that each object must be labelled by a single number word represents:

Accepted Answer

A)  one--one correspondence. 
B)  stable order. 
C)  cardinality. 
D)  order relevance. 
A)  one--one correspondence. 
B)  stable order. 
C)  cardinality. 
D)  order relevance.

Question 4

The mutual understanding that people share during communication is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  understanding intention. 
B)  a sense of self. 
C)  joint attention. 
D)  intersubjectivity. 
A)  understanding intention. 
B)  a sense of self. 
C)  joint attention. 
D)  intersubjectivity.

Question 5

Which statement does NOT support the claim of nativists that children are born with a "biology module"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Across cultures, children are fascinated by plants and animals. 
B)  Japanese 5-year-olds are more likely than their Israeli peers to believe that inanimate objects can feel pain. 
C)  Children throughout the world organize information about living things in very similar manners. 
D)  Children learn about animals and learn about them much more quickly than about many other aspects of the environment. 
A)  Across cultures, children are fascinated by plants and animals. 
B)  Japanese 5-year-olds are more likely than their Israeli peers to believe that inanimate objects can feel pain. 
C)  Children throughout the world organize information about living things in very similar manners. 
D)  Children learn about animals and learn about them much more quickly than about many other aspects of the environment.

Question 6

Preschoolers believe that the essence of a living thing:

Accepted Answer

A)  can change as it grows up. 
B)  comes from its parents. 
C)  depends on the environment in which it grows up. 
D)  is a result of DNA. 
A)  can change as it grows up. 
B)  comes from its parents. 
C)  depends on the environment in which it grows up. 
D)  is a result of DNA.

Question 7

The belief that living things have a core nature that makes them who they are is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  naturism. 
B)  essentialism. 
C)  nativism. 
D)  spiritism. 
A)  naturism. 
B)  essentialism. 
C)  nativism. 
D)  spiritism.

Question 8

Which category would a young child be MOST likely to learn first?

Accepted Answer

A)  colour 
B)  blue 
C)  sky blue 
D)  dark blue 
A)  colour 
B)  blue 
C)  sky blue 
D)  dark blue

Question 9

In the study in which 9- to- 11-month-old infants were shown a series of actions and then given opportunities to reproduce the actions, _____ was necessary for the infants to reproduce the actions accurately.

Accepted Answer

A)  a causal relationship among the actions 
B)  prior experience with the objects 
C)  practice reproducing the actions 
D)  an opportunity to crawl to the objects on their own 
A)  a causal relationship among the actions 
B)  prior experience with the objects 
C)  practice reproducing the actions 
D)  an opportunity to crawl to the objects on their own

Question 10

Which statement is NOT an argument used by nativists to support the idea that people have a biology module?

Accepted Answer

A)  During earlier periods of our evolution, it was crucial for human survival that children learn quickly about animals and plants. 
B)  Children throughout the world are fascinated by plants and animals and learn about them quickly and easily. 
C)  Children throughout the world organize information about plants and animals in very similar ways. 
D)  Children during the preschool years tend to believe that plants are not alive. 
A)  During earlier periods of our evolution, it was crucial for human survival that children learn quickly about animals and plants. 
B)  Children throughout the world are fascinated by plants and animals and learn about them quickly and easily. 
C)  Children throughout the world organize information about plants and animals in very similar ways. 
D)  Children during the preschool years tend to believe that plants are not alive.

Question 11

Which statement BEST expresses Piaget's beliefs about infants' spatial representations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Self-locomotion is key to the development of spatial coding. 
B)  Landmarks are necessary for infants' spatial coding. 
C)  Infants are able to code space correctly only if they remain in a single location. 
D)  Infants' ability to reach for objects precedes their development of spatial coding. 
A)  Self-locomotion is key to the development of spatial coding. 
B)  Landmarks are necessary for infants' spatial coding. 
C)  Infants are able to code space correctly only if they remain in a single location. 
D)  Infants' ability to reach for objects precedes their development of spatial coding.

Question 12

False-belief problems examine children's understanding of the relation between:

Accepted Answer

A)  their own beliefs and actions. 
B)  others' desires and beliefs. 
C)  others' beliefs and actions. 
D)  the objective facts and others' actions. 
A)  their own beliefs and actions. 
B)  others' desires and beliefs. 
C)  others' beliefs and actions. 
D)  the objective facts and others' actions.

Question 13

Anna, a 6-month-old infant, is being tickled on the tummy by her grandmother. The grandmother repeatedly tickles Anna twice and then pauses for Anna's giggles. With the tickles, Anna's grandmother says, "Beep, beep." After a minute or so of this, Anna becomes bored and stops giggling. Anna's grandmother then changes the pattern to three tickles and "Beep, beep, beep." Which response to the change in number of tickles is Anna MOST likely to make?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anna remains bored. 
B)  Anna begins to giggle again. 
C)  Anna adds two and three and giggles five times. 
D)  Anna says, "Wow, three tickles!" 
A)  Anna remains bored. 
B)  Anna begins to giggle again. 
C)  Anna adds two and three and giggles five times. 
D)  Anna says, "Wow, three tickles!"

Question 14

Lack of visual experience during _____ limits subsequent spatial development.

Accepted Answer

A)  early infancy 
B)  toddlerhood 
C)  childhood 
D)  adolescence 
A)  early infancy 
B)  toddlerhood 
C)  childhood 
D)  adolescence

Question 15

Which level of category hierarchies is the MOST specific?

Accepted Answer

A)  basic 
B)  subordinate 
C)  superordinate 
D)  supersubordinate 
A)  basic 
B)  subordinate 
C)  superordinate 
D)  supersubordinate

Question 16

Which category do children usually learn first?

Accepted Answer

A)  superordinate 
B)  subordinate 
C)  basic 
D)  supersubordinate 
A)  superordinate 
B)  subordinate 
C)  basic 
D)  supersubordinate

Question 17

Describe the notion of a theory of mind module.

Accepted Answer

Investigators have proposed the existenc

Question 18

Which phrase is NOT a characteristic of naïve psychological concepts?

Accepted Answer

A)  refer to invisible mental states 
B)  develop early in life 
C)  linked to each other in cause--effect relations 
D)  involved in understanding only the self 
A)  refer to invisible mental states 
B)  develop early in life 
C)  linked to each other in cause--effect relations 
D)  involved in understanding only the self

Question 19

Amelia, a 5-year-old, is told a story about a girl named Brenda. Brenda is looking for her favourite doll. Although Brenda thinks the doll is under the bed, it really is in the kitchen cabinet. When Amelia is asked where Brenda will look for her doll, Amelia will MOST likely predict that Brenda will look in which location(s)?

Accepted Answer

A)  under the bed 
B)  in the kitchen cabinet 
C)  in the garage 
D)  both under the bed and in the kitchen cabinet 
A)  under the bed 
B)  in the kitchen cabinet 
C)  in the garage 
D)  both under the bed and in the kitchen cabinet

Question 20

The Lourenco and Longo study in which a particular decoration was associated with either the larger or the smaller of two displays demonstrated that infants have a:

Accepted Answer

A)  specific concept of number. 
B)  specific concept of time. 
C)  specific concept space. 
D)  general magnitude concept. 
A)  specific concept of number. 
B)  specific concept of time. 
C)  specific concept space. 
D)  general magnitude concept.

When 7-year-old Jacob is asked why giraffes came to exist, he is MOST likely to use _____ in his explanation.

A structured understanding of how desires, beliefs, perceptions, and emotions influence behaviour is referred to as a theory of:

The understanding that each object must be labelled by a single number word represents:

The mutual understanding that people share during communication is known as:

Which statement does NOT support the claim of nativists that children are born with a "biology module"?

Preschoolers believe that the essence of a living thing:

The belief that living things have a core nature that makes them who they are is referred to as:

Which category would a young child be MOST likely to learn first?

In the study in which 9- to- 11-month-old infants were shown a series of actions and then given opportunities to reproduce the actions, _____ was necessary for the infants to reproduce the actions accurately.

Which statement is NOT an argument used by nativists to support the idea that people have a biology module?

Which statement BEST expresses Piaget's beliefs about infants' spatial representations?

False-belief problems examine children's understanding of the relation between:

Lack of visual experience during _____ limits subsequent spatial development.

Which level of category hierarchies is the MOST specific?

Which category do children usually learn first?

Describe the notion of a theory of mind module.

Which phrase is NOT a characteristic of naïve psychological concepts?

The Lourenco and Longo study in which a particular decoration was associated with either the larger or the smaller of two displays demonstrated that infants have a:

An Introduction to Child Development

Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period

Biology and Behaviour

Theories of Cognitive Development

Seeing, Thinking, and Doing in Infancy

Development of Language and Symbol Use

Intelligence and Academic Achievement

Theories of Social Development

Emotional Development

Attachment to Others and Development of Self

The Family

Peer Relationships

Moral Development

Gender Development

Conclusions

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Exam 7: Conceptual Development

When 7-year-old Jacob is asked why giraffes came to exist, he is MOST likely to use _____ in his explanation.

A structured understanding of how desires, beliefs, perceptions, and emotions influence behaviour is referred to as a theory of:

The understanding that each object must be labelled by a single number word represents:

The mutual understanding that people share during communication is known as:

Which statement does NOT support the claim of nativists that children are born with a "biology module"?

Preschoolers believe that the essence of a living thing:

The belief that living things have a core nature that makes them who they are is referred to as:

Which category would a young child be MOST likely to learn first?

In the study in which 9- to- 11-month-old infants were shown a series of actions and then given opportunities to reproduce the actions, _____ was necessary for the infants to reproduce the actions accurately.

Which statement is NOT an argument used by nativists to support the idea that people have a biology module?

Which statement BEST expresses Piaget's beliefs about infants' spatial representations?

False-belief problems examine children's understanding of the relation between:

Lack of visual experience during _____ limits subsequent spatial development.

Which level of category hierarchies is the MOST specific?

Which category do children usually learn first?

Describe the notion of a theory of mind module.

Which phrase is NOT a characteristic of naïve psychological concepts?

The Lourenco and Longo study in which a particular decoration was associated with either the larger or the smaller of two displays demonstrated that infants have a:

An Introduction to Child Development

Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period

Biology and Behaviour

Theories of Cognitive Development

Seeing, Thinking, and Doing in Infancy

Development of Language and Symbol Use

Intelligence and Academic Achievement

Theories of Social Development

Emotional Development

Attachment to Others and Development of Self

The Family

Peer Relationships

Moral Development

Gender Development

Conclusions

Filters