Exam 6: Seciton 3: the First Two Years: Cognitive Development

Geraldo loves to climb, and there are many opportunities for him to do so around his home: on the bookshelf in the living room, the decorative rocks in the front yard, and the ladder for the slide at the park. Each of these opportunities is _____ for climbing.

In Piaget's terminology, sensorimotor stage one is described as _____.

The distinct language form known as "baby talk" is a _____.

James uses the word "more" to mean "I want another cookie." In this case, "more" is a(n) _____.

Geoff has begun uttering one-word holophrases (e.g. "Dada!"). About how old is Geoff likely to be?

"Do you want to play patty-cake?" Sofia asks her infant daughter. The baby responds by clapping her hands. In which stage of sensorimotor development is Sofia's baby?

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

The fact that 3-month-olds do not spontaneously remember a kicking strategy that they learned two weeks earlier suggests that _____.

Janie is a 3-month-old infant participating in an experiment. She's lying in her crib with one end of a ribbon tied to her foot and the other end tied to a mobile dangling over her crib. She quickly learns that she controls the movement of the mobile with her kicking. One week later, the researchers return, tie the ribbon to her foot and hang the mobile above her crib. Immediately, Janie starts vigorously kicking her leg. What does this experiment demonstrate?

In Piaget's terminology, sensorimotor stage two is described as _____.

In which of Piaget's sensorimotor stages do infants adapt, anticipate, and become more deliberate in responding to people and objects?

Piaget's sixth stage of sensorimotor intelligence is known as the stage of _____.

Piaget referred to toddlers in sensorimotor stage five as _____.

Harris is a 3-week-old newborn. A test of habituation reveals that he prefers listening to his mother's language over any other language. What is the best explanation for this? Harris _____.

Universal grammar is Chomsky's term for his observation that _____.

The environment offers many opportunities to interact with whatever is perceived. These opportunities are known as _____.

Abed is an average toddler. His parents can expect him to utter his first multiword sentence around _____.