Exam 7: Cognitive Development During the First Three Years

In classical conditioning,the subject exhibits a(n)_____ response to what at one time was a _____ stimuli.

When infants engage in imitation that involves parts of their body that they cannot see,it is referred to as _____ imitation.

Amy knows that when she stands quietly by her grandfather's chair,he will reach over and tickle her under her chin.When a child learns to behave in a specific way to obtain a specific result,what is occurring?

Social workers are sometimes trained to administer the HOME,which assesses the effect of a child's home environment on

Willie sees his mother put a DVD into the DVD player.When she leaves the room,Willie tries to reach up and put a DVD in the same place.The form of behavior that involves imitation of actions babies no longer see in front of them is called

Chomsky's proposal that humans possess a language-acquisition device is most consistent with a(n)_____ view of language acquisition.

The first types of gestures to emerge in an infant's repertoire are _____ gestures.

Babies become increasingly aware of the sounds of their language and its phonological rules at ____ of age.

Lucas is interested in the basic mechanics of learning,especially how behavior changes in response to experience.Lucas's interest is consistent with the _____ approach.

The length of time spent looking at a new stimulus compared with the length of time looking at familiar stimuli is called

Virginia has noticed that her baby no longer looks at the picture of the dinosaur on his bedroom wall.A baby's gradual loss of interest in a particular picture is evidence of

Your ability to recall the capitols of the 50 states is an ability tied to implicit memory.

Researchers Meltzoff and Moore reported that babies as young as 6 weeks of age are capable of deferred imitation.This is consistent with other research that claims that

Jana knows that the conversations she and her cooing baby are having communicate

In studies in the United States and Africa's Ivory Coast,DeLoache and colleagues observed infants using their hands to explore pictures.What is true about their observations?

I jingle my car keys in front of baby Sam.After a while,he looks away and is no longer interested.This is an example of dishabituation.

_____ memory refers to remembering that occurs without effort or even conscious awareness.

For Piaget,several things mark the end of the sensorimotor stage of development,chiefly is representational ability.

_____ is a systematic process of providing therapeutic and educational services to families that need help in meeting young children's developmental needs.

An 8- to 12-month-old infant searches for a hidden object in a place where she previously found it rather than in the place where she most recently saw someone hide it.This is an example of what Piaget referred to as