Exam 6: Seciton 4: the First Two Years: Cognitive Development

Babies in the fourth stage of sensorimotor development work to achieve their goals.

One of the first acquired adaptations is an accommodation of reflexes-for example, the reflexes involved in sucking a pacifier.

A child's first word combinations-for example, "More cookie," or "My toy"-are called holophrases.

The sequence of early language development is universal.

According to Piaget, the period of sensorimotor intelligence comes to an end shortly after the first birthday.

"Language acquisition device" is a term Chomsky used to refer to the infant's inborn ability to learn language.

The fourth stage of Piaget's sensorimotor period is often referred to as ends to the mean.

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

Piaget's theory has been criticized for being based on too large of a sample.

New methods of measuring infant brain activity have provided excellent support for Piaget's theories about the timing of infant cognitive skill acquisition.

Reminder sessions can prolong a young infant's memory of earlier events.

Deaf babies do not babble.

Eighteen-month-old babies display object permanence, but they also display the A-not-B error.

One word plus expression, tone, loudness, and cadence make up a holophrase.

Babies whose caregivers use child-directed speech learn language more slowly than babies whose caregivers use adult patterns in their speech.

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

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