Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy

Two-year-old Anita has learned the word "dog" to identify the family pet Rover. Now, Anita says the word "dog" when she sees any animal. Anita has ________ these animals into her existing scheme.

In which sensorimotor substage does an infant's actions become more object-oriented?

Two-year-old Max sees a rabbit and calls it a "bunny." He then sees a large white hamster and calls it a "bunny," too. In this scenario, the application of a word to objects that are inappropriate for the word's meaning is referred to as

Kiara is a 2-month-old infant. Her mother informs Kiara's pediatrician that during the first month after birth, Kiara sucked when a bottle or nipple touched her lips and that currently she sucks even when no bottle or nipple is present nearby. In the context of Jean Piaget's sensorimotor stage of development, Kiara is most likely in Jean Piaget's ________ substage of sensorimotor development.

In the context of the substages of Jean Piaget's sensorimotor stage of development, which of the following statements is true of the substage known as coordination of secondary circular reactions?

Research by Renée Baillargeon and her colleagues documents that infants as young as 3 to 4 months expect objects to be ________, in the sense that other objects cannot move through them, and ________, in the sense that objects continue to exist when they are hidden.

Ruth, an infant, sucked everything that touched her lips and also sucked nearby objects. A few months later, she learned that certain objects such as her mother's breasts or a milk bottle can be sucked but other objects such as spoons, her toys, or her blanket cannot be sucked. In the context of Jean Piaget's theory of infant development, the cognitive processes most likely responsible for Ruth's actions are

Identify the ability to produce an endless number of meaningful sentences using a finite set of words and rules.

Which of the following indicates a significant problem in an infant's communication system?

While nine-month-old Mave is playing with a ball, her brother takes it and hides it behind a pillow. Mave cries and crawls over to the pillow to get the ball. Which Piagetian concept is represented in this scenario?

In which sensorimotor substage does an infant develop the ability to use primitive symbols?

Which of the following substages of Jean Piaget's sensorimotor stage of development corresponds to the first month after birth?

________ is an area in the left temporal lobe of the brain that is involved in the comprehension of speech.

A loss or impairment of language processing ability caused by brain injury is called

When Alice speaks to her six-month-old nephew, her voice immediately takes on a higher pitch, her speech becomes slower, and she begins to use more simplistic words and phrases. This change in Alice's language behavior is an example of

Which of the following substages of Jean Piaget's sensorimotor development is characterized by an infant becoming more object-oriented, moving beyond self-preoccupation?

Identify a true statement about the work of Andrew Meltzoff on imitation in infant development.

Ariel is nine months old. She understands that a bird is an animal and that an airplane is a vehicle even though both the objects have wings. According to Jean Mandler, which of the following statements is most likely true of Ariel's categorization of the objects?

Three-year-old Jesse used to call all moving vehicles "car." He now accurately categorizes moving vehicles into trucks, cars, motorcycles, and buses. Jesse has ________ to fit new information into his existing scheme.

For cognitive change to occur, identify the two processes that must work in concert as a child experiences considerable movement between the states of cognitive equilibrium and disequilibrium.