Exam 6: The First Two Years: Cognitive Development

Researchers looking at the effects of screen time on infant development have found that the crucial factor for intellectual growth seems to be caregiver responses to the individual child, _______.

During the newborn period, the primary means of communication is _____.

The first of Piaget's sensorimotor stages that involves an infant's interaction with something else is stage _____.

Deferred imitation is a kind of memory infants begin to exhibit at about 18 to 24 months of age.

If a toddler sees an object hidden first in one place, and then in another, he or she will continue to search in the first place. This error is known as "_____."

Infants' repetition of certain syllables at the age of about 6 or 7 months is called _____.

Preverbal infants show a preference for child-directed over ordinary adult speech.

The average number of words in a typical sentence is called "________," which is used to measure a child's language progress.

Sensorimotor stage four is the stage of _____.

The behavior of an infant in sensorimotor stage four might best be described as _____.

Noting that children between 12 and 18 months of age engage in extensive experimentation and exploration, Piaget referred to them as "_____."

Research indicates that infants reach the stages of Piaget's sensorimotor intelligence _____ Piaget originally predicted.

Sophia asks her infant daughter, "Do you want to play patty-cake?" The baby responds by clapping her hands. This demonstrates stage ____ of sensorimotor development.

Studies on infant long-term memory has shown that infants can remember if the researchers _____.

Max is 6 months old. Between the ages of 12 and 18 months, Max will learn to name his ____.

By ___ months, an infant will imitate a behavior that he or she watched a day before.

Information-processing theory asserts that development _____, and Piaget's theory asserts that development _____.

Briefly describe stages four through six of sensorimotor intelligence, including the length of each stage. For each stage, give an example of an infant's behavior.

A toddler in stage five of sensorimotor development is a "little scientist."

The "naming explosion" occurs at around _____ months of age.