Question 1

Ruella and Raymond are amazed at the range of new things their six month old daughter seems to be learning every day.Recently,while playing with a toy,Anna,their daughter,tossed it out of the crib.Immediately,Ruella picked it up and placed it in Anna's hand and talked to her for a bit.Ever since this incident,Anna keeps throwing her toys out of the crib expecting one of her parents to give her toy back to her and to cuddle her a bit.From the scenario,we can say that Anna is in the sensorimotor substage of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  internalization of schemes
B)  tertiary circular reactions
C)  coordination of secondary circular reactions
D)  secondary circular reactionsE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Richard is a five-month old baby.His parents frequently sit by his side to cuddle him or to speak to him in loud and affectionate tones.Richard seems to enjoy this attention very much and makes cooing sounds in response to his parents' warm interactions with him.Richard's act of cooing to obtain parental attention is a function of the _____ substage given by Piaget.

Accepted Answer

A)  secondary circular reactions
B)  simple reflexes
C)  internalization of schemes
D)  first habits and primary circular reactionsE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Wayne's father hung a bright yellow tennis ball over his crib and dangled it whenever he stood by him.Within a day or two of doing this,Wayne was seen kicking his legs in the air to reach the ball successfully.Wayne's action is an example of the _____ substage given by Piaget.

Accepted Answer

A)  simple reflexes
B)  tertiary circular reactions,novelty,and curiosity
C)  coordination of secondary circular reactions
D)  internalization of schemesE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Explain the role of Broca's area and Wernicke's area with regard to language.

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Two regions involved in language were fi...

Question 5

Describe the Bayley Scales of Infant Development.

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The widely used Bayley Scales of Infant ...

Question 6

What are the salient features of the core knowledge approach?

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The core knowledge approach states that ...

Question 7

In the context of Piaget's sensorimotor development,a _____ is a scheme based on the attempt to reproduce an event that initially occurred by chance.

Accepted Answer

A)  secondary circular reaction
B)  simple reflex
C)  tertiary circular reaction
D)  primary circular reactionE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Describe the nature-nurture controversy in relation to the cognitive development of infants?

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The proponents of nature theory (like El...

Question 9

The appropriate use of language in different contexts is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  haptics
B)  pragmatics
C)  semiotics
D)  generativityE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is true with regard to Piaget's theory of infant development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Piaget's theory represents a biologically based understanding of cognition in infants and toddlers.
B)  Piaget's theory strengthens the view that one's genetic material is the primary determinant of one's cognitive abilities.
C)  Piaget's theory posits the view that biology and experience sculpt cognitive development in children.
D)  Piaget's theory takes a purely ecological approach to understand cognitive development in infants and children.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

Which of the following is an important function of child-directed speech?

Accepted Answer

A)  It captures the infant's attention and maintains communication.
B)  It reduces the occurrence of infantile amnesia for the earliest memories of infancy.
C)  It reduces the need for reciprocal interaction between caregivers and children.
D)  It assists in prolonging REM sleep in infants.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

Which of the following would come under the domain of explicit memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ability to play a musical instrument
B)  Ability to do type with high speed and accuracy
C)  Ability to play soccer
D)  Ability to name the people present at a recent partyE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Samantha,a two-week-old infant,sucks instinctively when her lips are touched or stroked.She achieves this by:

Accepted Answer

A)  moving beyond self-preoccupation.
B)  coordinating schemes for vision and touch with intentionality.
C)  coordinating sensation and action through reflexive behavior.
D)  experimenting with new behavior.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 14

The gurgling sound made in the back of the throat by babies usually to express pleasure during interaction with the caregiver is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  cooing
B)  crying
C)  babbling
D)  murmuringE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

Which of the following is defined as the sound system of the language?

Accepted Answer

A)  Morphology
B)  Phonology
C)  Semiotics
D)  GrammarE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Which of the following is a critique of the core knowledge approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  Infants come into the world with knowledge systems for space,number sense,object permanence,and language.
B)  Infants come into the world with "soft biases to perceive and attend to different aspects of the environment,and to learn about the world in particular ways."
C)  Infants have an innate sense of the world when they are born that is independent of environmental experiences.
D)  The core domains provide a foundation from which infants manifest their genetically hardwired manner of understanding the world and develop more mature cognitive functioning and learning.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

A baby's schemes are structured by _____ that can be performed on objects,such as sucking,looking,and grasping.

Accepted Answer

A)  complex behavior
B)  diverse actions
C)  mental strategies
D)  simple actionsE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

According to Piaget,which of the following is true about the life of a newborn?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is no differentiation between the self and the world.
B)  The ability to use primitive symbols is completely developed in newborns.
C)  Newborns understand that objects have a separate and permanent existence.
D)  The newborn is aware of the existence of its mother when she disappears.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 19

When compared to intelligence tests of older children,tests for infants are characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)  greater emphasis on measures of verbal intelligence.
B)  lesser emphasis on perceptual-motor development.
C)  greater emphasis on social interaction in infants.
D)  lesser emphasis on relationship with the infant's caregiver(s) .E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Receptive vocabulary comprises of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the words that the child speaks but does not understand.
B)  the first words a child uses to speak as a sentence.
C)  the words that the child understands but cannot speak.
D)  the first words that the child babbles to his caregivers.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Exam 6: Cognitive Development in Infancy

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Wayne's father hung a bright yellow tennis ball over his crib and dangled it whenever he stood by him.Within a day or two of doing this,Wayne was seen kicking his legs in the air to reach the ball successfully.Wayne's action is an example of the _____ substage given by Piaget.

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In the context of Piaget's sensorimotor development,a _____ is a scheme based on the attempt to reproduce an event that initially occurred by chance.

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Receptive vocabulary comprises of:

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A baby's schemes are structured by _____ that can be performed on objects,such as sucking,looking,and grasping.

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Describe the nature-nurture controversy in relation to the cognitive development of infants?

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Explain the role of Broca's area and Wernicke's area with regard to language.

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Which of the following is defined as the sound system of the language?

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Samantha,a two-week-old infant,sucks instinctively when her lips are touched or stroked.She achieves this by:

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Which of the following would come under the domain of explicit memory?

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When compared to intelligence tests of older children,tests for infants are characterized by:

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According to Piaget,which of the following is true about the life of a newborn?

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Describe the Bayley Scales of Infant Development.

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The appropriate use of language in different contexts is known as _____.

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Describe the nature-nurture controversy in relation to the cognitive development of infants?

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When compared to intelligence tests of older children,tests for infants are characterized by:

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