Exam 7: Conceptual Development

Children understand the connection between desires and actions at about what age?

Grouping together objects that have similar appearances is referred to as _____ categorization.

_____ is NOT among the psychological concepts that emerge at the end of the 1st year and the beginning of the second.

The understanding that any set of discrete objects or events can be counted represents:

The coding of spatial locations relative to one's own body is referred to as:

Trains, boats, and buses are members of the same _____ category.

Six-month-old infants are NOT able to:

Tina, a 3-year-old, is shown a Cheerios box and then shown that it contains marbles. If asked what her friend Mark will think on seeing the box for the first time, Tina will MOST likely say that Mark will think it contains:

Children typically succeed on false-belief problems by the age of _____ years.

Which scenario is an example of sociodramatic play?

Emilio, an 11-month-old infant, is sitting on the floor in a nearly empty room. On each side of him is a television screen. Every 10 seconds, an interesting picture appears on the screen on his right. The screen on his left remains blank. Emilio is then rotated so that the screen that has been showing the interesting pictures is now on his left. Where will Emilio look in anticipation of the interesting picture?

The research of Krascum and Andrews on children's ability to learn about wugs and gillies demonstrated that giving children the _____ was particularly important.

Telling children that _____ is likely to influence the age at which children understand that plants are alive.

When 3-year-old children are presented with the categories of people, caterpillars, and chimpanzees, and asked which two are most similar, research indicates that they will MOST likely choose:

Differences between the counting abilities of preschoolers in China and North America appear to indicate that:

Children tend to engage in pretend play, at least occasionally, until approximately what age?

Chen and Siegler's study about 1- and 2-year-olds' use of tools demonstrated that the older toddlers were more likely than were the younger toddlers to:

Which pair would Iris, a 6-month-old infant, be MOST likely to place in the same category?

Which influence is NOT cited by empiricists when explaining the development of preschoolers' theory of mind from age 3 to age 5 years?

In the domain of spatial representation and learning, nativists and empiricists agree on which statement?