Question 1

"Mommy go now" is an example of ______ speech.

Accepted Answer

A) syntactic 
B) overextended 
C) underextended 
D) telegraphic

Question 2

At approximately what age are babies first able to distinguish different speech sounds?

Accepted Answer

A) From birth 
B) 3 weeks after birth 
C) 6 weeks after birth 
D) 12 weeks after birth

Question 3

Amos is trying to teach his son Tim to tie his shoes.He demonstrates the procedure and then talks his son through the steps until Tim can perform the task on his own.Vygotsky referred to these activities that help bridge the gap between the child's understanding and the adult's understanding as

Accepted Answer

A) interference. 
B) unresponsiveness. 
C) guided participation. 
D) reciprocal interaction.

Question 4

There are no tests that will reveal an infant's intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Baby Willa watches while her mother hides a ball under a blanket.Baby Willa acts as though the ball no longer exists.This demonstrates that she has gained object permanence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Viran is almost 4 months of age.Like a typical infant of his age,he seems to enjoy

Accepted Answer

A) "trying out" sounds from all human languages. 
B) producing sounds that match the ones he hears. 
C) babbling strings of consonants. 
D) deliberately imitating sounds with linguistic meaning.

Question 7

Penny loves to play peekaboo with her baby brother.The realization that an object or person continues to exist even when out of sight is known as

Accepted Answer

A) deferred representation. 
B) object permanence. 
C) deferred symbolism. 
D) attachment.

Question 8

Wendy,who is 15-months-old,is asked by her father if she is tired.Wendy lies down and acts as if she is sleeping to communicate her desire to be put to bed.This type of nonverbal message is referred to as a _____ gesture.

Accepted Answer

A) conventional social 
B) symbolic 
C) mediational 
D) presymbolic

Question 9

A baby who experiences 100 presentations of a high-pitched tone no longer reacts to the sound by stopping the sucking response.When a new low-pitched tone is presented,the baby stops sucking.This cessation of sucking caused by the new tone is called

Accepted Answer

A) dishabituation. 
B) disinhibition. 
C) nonadaptation. 
D) a conditioned response.

Question 10

Explain how social interaction with adults contributes to advanced cognitive competence.In your explanation,address both guided participation and the cultural context in which families interact with their children.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain how social interaction with adults contributes...

Question 11

Characteristics of early speech include all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) simplification. 
B) overextension. 
C) understanding grammar without being able to express it. 
D) use of "parentese."

Question 12

As a child,Juan always enjoyed Sunday outings with his grandparents.Juan rarely felt happier than when he got into his grandparents' car and pulled away from his house.At the time,his grandmother loved to listen to one particular singer on the radio.Although this all happened more than 20 years ago,whenever Juan hears a song by that musician,he gets a warm feeling as he is reminded of those Sundays.Which of the following best explains this phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A) Classical conditioning 
B) Habituation 
C) Operant conditioning 
D) Maturation

Question 13

Alfred has a mathematics background and believes strongly in quantitative measures of variables.Jeanne insists that many important developmental outcomes are more qualitative than numerical.It would appear that Alfred supports the _____ approach to studying cognitive development,whereas Jeanne endorses the _____ approach.

Accepted Answer

A) Piagetian;psychometric 
B) psychometric;Piagetian 
C) behaviorist;psychometric 
D) Piagetian;behaviorist

Question 14

Research on early visual preferences demonstrates that very young infants

Accepted Answer

A) pay more attention to familiar patterns than to new ones. 
B) pay more attention to new patterns than to familiar ones. 
C) cannot discriminate between new patterns and familiar patterns. 
D) show no consistency in the attention they give to new and familiar patterns.

Question 15

Kelly,age 2 years,says "Brrr! My feets are cold!" This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) simplification. 
B) overextension. 
C) underextension. 
D) overregularization.

Question 16

Circular reactions

Accepted Answer

A) are primitive reflexes. 
B) consist of continuous cycles of waking and sleeping. 
C) are initially discovered by chance. 
D) are another form of habituation.

Question 17

Deaf babies learn language in much the same stages and sequence as hearing babies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Helen spends all day listening to her baby babbling and cooing.She believes that she and her baby are having "conversations." The baby is practicing

Accepted Answer

A) "motherese." 
B) prelinguistic speech. 
C) linguistic speech. 
D) nonsymbolic speech.

Question 19

Which is true of the visual expectation paradigm?

Accepted Answer

A) Visual reaction time is measured. 
B) Visual anticipation is measured. 
C) Attentiveness and processing speed are measured. 
D) All of the above are true.

Question 20

Nativists would cite which of the following to support their view of language development?

Accepted Answer

A) The human brain contains a language structure that is larger on one left side than on the right side. 
B) Children learn their own language without formal teaching. 
C) Deaf children make up their own sign language without models. 
D) All of these are true.

Exam 7: Cognitive Development During the First Three Years

"Mommy go now" is an example of ______ speech.

At approximately what age are babies first able to distinguish different speech sounds?

Amos is trying to teach his son Tim to tie his shoes.He demonstrates the procedure and then talks his son through the steps until Tim can perform the task on his own.Vygotsky referred to these activities that help bridge the gap between the child's understanding and the adult's understanding as

There are no tests that will reveal an infant's intelligence.

Baby Willa watches while her mother hides a ball under a blanket.Baby Willa acts as though the ball no longer exists.This demonstrates that she has gained object permanence.

Viran is almost 4 months of age.Like a typical infant of his age,he seems to enjoy

Penny loves to play peekaboo with her baby brother.The realization that an object or person continues to exist even when out of sight is known as

Wendy,who is 15-months-old,is asked by her father if she is tired.Wendy lies down and acts as if she is sleeping to communicate her desire to be put to bed.This type of nonverbal message is referred to as a _____ gesture.

A baby who experiences 100 presentations of a high-pitched tone no longer reacts to the sound by stopping the sucking response.When a new low-pitched tone is presented,the baby stops sucking.This cessation of sucking caused by the new tone is called

Explain how social interaction with adults contributes to advanced cognitive competence.In your explanation,address both guided participation and the cultural context in which families interact with their children.

Characteristics of early speech include all of the following EXCEPT

Research on early visual preferences demonstrates that very young infants

Kelly,age 2 years,says "Brrr! My feets are cold!" This is an example of

Circular reactions

Deaf babies learn language in much the same stages and sequence as hearing babies.

Helen spends all day listening to her baby babbling and cooing.She believes that she and her baby are having "conversations." The baby is practicing

Which is true of the visual expectation paradigm?

Nativists would cite which of the following to support their view of language development?