Question 1

Which of the following demonstrates the characteristics of Piaget's Substage 4: Coordination of secondary circular reactions?

Accepted Answer

A)  an infant's independence from his/her parent
B)  an infant's basic reflexes
C)  an infant's lack of object permanence
D)  an infant's skill in anticipating future circumstancesE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Martha and Jim spend time with their baby,teaching her to say what she wants and to tell her parents what she needs.This style of speech is called

Accepted Answer

A)  expressive.
B)  underextension.
C)  overextension.
D)  referential.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

There are no disputes or disagreements with Piaget's theories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What is the term for an overall developmental score that relates to performance in four domains: motor skills,language use,adaptive behavior,and personal-social?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gesell test
B)  Bayley Scales of Infant Development
C)  visual-recognition memory measurement
D)  developmental quotientE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 5

Infantile amnesia is defined as the lack of memory for experience that occurred prior to

Accepted Answer

A)  6 months of age.
B)  12 months of age.
C)  3 years of age.
D)  2 years of age.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Mothers in the United States are partial to _________ style of speech,while mothers in Japan are partial to __________ style of speech.

Accepted Answer

A)  overextension;underextension
B)  expressive;referential
C)  underextension;overextension
D)  referential;expressiveE) B) and D)
F) C) and D) D

Question 7

Piaget argued that infants acquire knowledge through

Accepted Answer

A)  sensation.
B)  perception.
C)  facts communicated by others.
D)  direct motor behavior.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 8

In Piaget's sensorimotor stage,all infants reach a particular substage at the exact same time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

When several schemes are combined and coordinated to generate a single act to solve a problem,this is called

Accepted Answer

A)  goal-directed behavior.
B)  tertiary circular reaction.
C)  secondary circular reaction.
D)  object-directed behavior.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 10

What term refers to the placement of material into memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  storage
B)  automatization
C)  encoding
D)  retrievalE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Piaget thought that ________ occurs when a stimulus or event is acted upon,perceived,and understood in accordance with existing patterns of thought.

Accepted Answer

A)  assimilation
B)  scheme
C)  accommodation
D)  learningE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Piaget believed that the basic building blocks of the way children understand the world are mental structures called

Accepted Answer

A)  assimilation.
B)  accommodation.
C)  schemes.
D)  memory.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Piaget's Substage 5: Tertiary circular reactions stage occurs for infants in the age range of

Accepted Answer

A)  12-18 months of age.
B)  8-12 months of age.
C)  6-8 months of age.
D)  12-14 months of age.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C) A

Question 14

Piaget thought that there is a period of transition in which some behavior reflects one stage,while other behavior reflects a more advanced stage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A baby's first use of words usually comes in the form of ___________,which are one-word utterances that stand for a whole phrase,whose meaning depends on the particular context in which they are used.

Accepted Answer

A)  phonemes
B)  semantics
C)  two-word phrases
D)  morphemesE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Melissa is teaching her baby to speak by learning the names of lots of familiar and different objects that the baby sees.Melissa is teaching a(n) __________ style of speech.

Accepted Answer

A)  expressive
B)  underextension
C)  overextension
D)  referentialE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

What is the term for an organized pattern of functioning that adapts and changes with mental development?

Accepted Answer

A)  assimilation
B)  scheme
C)  reception
D)  skillE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 18

What term refers to the basic sounds of language that can be combined to produce words and sentences?

Accepted Answer

A)  symbols
B)  letters
C)  alphabet
D)  phonemesE) All of the above
F) C) and D) D

Question 19

Briefly describe how the information processing approach is analogous to a computer.

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

What is the term for a theory that language acquisition follows the basic laws of reinforcement and conditioning?

Accepted Answer

A)  nativist approach
B)  learning theory approach
C)  universal grammar
D)  infant-directed speechE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy

Which of the following demonstrates the characteristics of Piaget's Substage 4: Coordination of secondary circular reactions?

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Martha and Jim spend time with their baby,teaching her to say what she wants and to tell her parents what she needs.This style of speech is called

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There are no disputes or disagreements with Piaget's theories.

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What is the term for an overall developmental score that relates to performance in four domains: motor skills,language use,adaptive behavior,and personal-social?

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Infantile amnesia is defined as the lack of memory for experience that occurred prior to

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Mothers in the United States are partial to _________ style of speech,while mothers in Japan are partial to __________ style of speech.

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Piaget argued that infants acquire knowledge through

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In Piaget's sensorimotor stage,all infants reach a particular substage at the exact same time.

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When several schemes are combined and coordinated to generate a single act to solve a problem,this is called

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What term refers to the placement of material into memory?

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Piaget thought that ________ occurs when a stimulus or event is acted upon,perceived,and understood in accordance with existing patterns of thought.

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Piaget believed that the basic building blocks of the way children understand the world are mental structures called

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Piaget's Substage 5: Tertiary circular reactions stage occurs for infants in the age range of

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Piaget thought that there is a period of transition in which some behavior reflects one stage,while other behavior reflects a more advanced stage.

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A baby's first use of words usually comes in the form of ___________,which are one-word utterances that stand for a whole phrase,whose meaning depends on the particular context in which they are used.

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Melissa is teaching her baby to speak by learning the names of lots of familiar and different objects that the baby sees.Melissa is teaching a(n) __________ style of speech.

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What is the term for an organized pattern of functioning that adapts and changes with mental development?

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