Question 1

Which of the following is NOT considered an information processing domain?

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A)  Attention
B)  Processing speed
C)  Object permanence
D)  MemoryE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 2

Infants who classify birds as animals and airplanes as vehicles even though the objects are perceptually similar are engaging in _____ categorization.

Accepted Answer

A)  conceptual
B)  perceptual
C)  surface-level
D)  superficialE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

What are Piaget's six substages of sensorimotor development?

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Piaget's six substag...

Question 4

What is object permanence?

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Object permanence is the understanding t...

Question 5

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) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

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

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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) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 7

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

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A)  Ability to drive a car
B)  Ability to recite a poem
C)  Ability to name the president
D)  Ability to recall complex formulasE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following situations testifies that the infant has developed a sense of object permanence?

Accepted Answer

A)  If the infant assumes that an object that is out of sight does not exist.
B)  If the infant shows no reaction when an interesting object is taken away.
C)  If the infant searches for an interesting object when it disappears.
D)  If the infant tries to grab an interesting object with his whole hand.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 9

What is the relationship between language and phonology?

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Language is a form of communication-whet...

Question 10

Language spoken in a higher pitch than normal,with simple words and sentences to communicate meaningfully and clearly,is known as _____ speech.

Accepted Answer

A)  elaborative
B)  abstract
C)  telegraphic
D)  child-directedE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

_____ a strategy used to increase children's acquisition of language by identifying the names of objects.

Accepted Answer

A)  Rephrasing
B)  Labeling
C)  Expanding
D)  RestatingE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Children of parents who were professionals had ____ vocabularies at age 36 months compared to children whose parents were on welfare.

Accepted Answer

A)  larger
B)  smaller
C)  equal
D)  none of theseE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 13

What is infantile amnesia? Explain any one causal factor of infantile amnesia.

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Most adults can remember little if anyth...

Question 14

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) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

What is perceptual categorization?

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Using habituation experiments,some resea...

Question 16

One reason older children and adults have difficulty recalling events from their infancy and early childhood years is that during these early years,the

Accepted Answer

A)  primary somatosensory cortex is undeveloped.
B)  occipital lobe of the brain is in the process of developing.
C)  sensory and motor association areas are immature.
D)  prefrontal lobes of the brain are immature.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 17

On a test involving attention,infant Jillian was described as a "short looker." This suggests that Jillian

Accepted Answer

A)  will demonstrate higher executive functioning during the preschool years.
B)  will lag behind her peers in language development.
C)  is not securely attached to her caregivers.
D)  will remain physically behind her peers but ahead in emotional sensitivity.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 18

In Piaget's theory,mental schemes first develop in

Accepted Answer

A)  infancy.
B)  childhood.
C)  adolescence.
D)  adulthood.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

Infants' attention to objects is strongly governed by the _____ and habituation.

Accepted Answer

A)  obscurity of the object
B)  frequency of interactions with the object
C)  familiarity with the object
D)  novelty of the objectE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

What does the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence focus on?

Accepted Answer

A)  Caregiver interactions with the infant
B)  Infant's ability to process information
C)  Social interaction with the infant's siblings
D)  Fine and gross motor skillsE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Exam 6: Cognitive Development in Infancy

What is perceptual categorization?

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

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Which of the following is NOT considered an information processing domain?

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Infants who classify birds as animals and airplanes as vehicles even though the objects are perceptually similar are engaging in _____ categorization.

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_____ a strategy used to increase children's acquisition of language by identifying the names of objects.

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What is object permanence?

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What is infantile amnesia? Explain any one causal factor of infantile amnesia.

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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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Infants' attention to objects is strongly governed by the _____ and habituation.

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What does the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence focus on?

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Which of the following situations testifies that the infant has developed a sense of object permanence?

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One reason older children and adults have difficulty recalling events from their infancy and early childhood years is that during these early years,the

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Children of parents who were professionals had ____ vocabularies at age 36 months compared to children whose parents were on welfare.

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What is the relationship between language and phonology?

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

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In Piaget's theory,mental schemes first develop in

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

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Language spoken in a higher pitch than normal,with simple words and sentences to communicate meaningfully and clearly,is known as _____ speech.

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On a test involving attention,infant Jillian was described as a "short looker." This suggests that Jillian

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What are Piaget's six substages of sensorimotor development?

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