Question 1

This theorist is renowned for using the "visual cliff" to study vision in infants.

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Question 2

The __________ has the most prolonged development of any region of the brain.

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A)  prefrontal cortex of the frontal lobe
B)  visual cortex of the occipital lobe
C)  primary sensory cortex of the parietal lobe
D)  auditory cortex of the temporal lobeE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Mandy watches as another little girl in the grocery store throws a screaming tantrum to get a toy.The next week at the mall,Mandy begins screaming and crying to get some candy.Mandy is showing:

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A)  imitation.
B)  habituation.
C)  object permanence.
D)  deferred imitation.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 4

List at least five benefits of breast-feeding.

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Question 5

The ecological view of perception states that perception:

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A)  puts us in contact with the world,so we are based in reality.
B)  is sometimes faulty,which leads to the development of psychosis.
C)  brings us into contact with the environment so that we can adapt to it.
D)  lets us know which behaviors are adaptive and which are not.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Someone with a vocabulary of only 200 words can still recombine the words in different ways to say thousands of different things.This aspect of language is referred to as:

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A)  syntax.
B)  verbal ability.
C)  morphology.
D)  infinite generativity.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above D

Question 7

Sheena would like to hang one picture above her baby's crib.Which of the following would attract the most attention from the infant?

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A)  a bright red circle
B)  a drawing of a face
C)  red and white stripes
D)  a drawing of concentric circles similar to a bulls-eyeE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Whenever Dakota sees a baseball cap,he says,"hat," but he does not say it when he sees a stocking cap.This is an example of:

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A)  overextension.
B)  underextension.
C)  overgeneralization.
D)  undergeneralization.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Jean Piaget's concept of grouping isolated behaviors into a higher-order cognitive system.

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Question 10

All of the following are risk factors for SIDS,EXCEPT:

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A)  low birth weight.
B)  being African-American.
C)  being male.
D)  sleeping in soft bedding.E) None of the above
F) All of the above C

Question 11

This theorist developed a well-respected theory of cognitive development.This theorist suggested that development was universal and occurred in a fixed stage like sequence.He proposed that infants were in the stage of "sensorimotor development."

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Question 12

A form of communication that is based on a system of symbols is called:

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A)  syntax.
B)  grammar.
C)  language.
D)  semantics.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

At age 4½,Michael Rehbein began to experience uncontrollable seizures.To stop this,doctors removed portions of the left hemisphere of his brain where the seizures were occurring when he was 7 years old,and again when he was 10 years old.This case study has shown that the brain:

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A)  is very adaptive.
B)  is fixed and unchanging.
C)  adapts for certain functions only.
D)  can adapt and function only when whole.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C) A

Question 14

Both children and adults speak to babies in a special way.Give at least four examples of child-directed speech and other language strategies that people use with babies.

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Question 15

When children experience cognitive conflict in trying to understand the world,they shift from one stage of thought to next.The mechanism through which this shift occurs is called:

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A)  equilibration.
B)  assimilation.
C)  organization.
D)  adaptation.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

Renée Baillargeon and her colleagues have found that infants display object permanence as early as age __________ month(s) .

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A)  5
B)  3-4
C)  1
D)  6½E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Kyoko is 13 months old and can understand about 50 words but can say only about 10 words.Kyoko's __________ vocabulary is more developed than her __________ vocabulary.

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A)  expressive;spoken
B)  spoken;receptive
C)  receptive;spoken
D)  spoken;expressiveE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Memory without conscious recollection.This includes memories of skills and routine procedures (e.g. ,crawling)that are performed automatically.

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Question 19

According to Jean Piaget,the process by which children use their existing schemes to deal with new experiences.New information is incorporated into existing schemes.

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Question 20

The average American newborn is __________ long and weighs _________.

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A)  23 inches;6½ pounds.
B)  20 inches;7½ pounds.
C)  24 inches;8½ pounds.
D)  18 inches;9½ pounds.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Exam 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

This theorist is renowned for using the "visual cliff" to study vision in infants.

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The __________ has the most prolonged development of any region of the brain.

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Mandy watches as another little girl in the grocery store throws a screaming tantrum to get a toy.The next week at the mall,Mandy begins screaming and crying to get some candy.Mandy is showing:

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List at least five benefits of breast-feeding.

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The ecological view of perception states that perception:

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Someone with a vocabulary of only 200 words can still recombine the words in different ways to say thousands of different things.This aspect of language is referred to as:

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Sheena would like to hang one picture above her baby's crib.Which of the following would attract the most attention from the infant?

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Whenever Dakota sees a baseball cap,he says,"hat," but he does not say it when he sees a stocking cap.This is an example of:

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Jean Piaget's concept of grouping isolated behaviors into a higher-order cognitive system.

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All of the following are risk factors for SIDS,EXCEPT:

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This theorist developed a well-respected theory of cognitive development.This theorist suggested that development was universal and occurred in a fixed stage like sequence.He proposed that infants were in the stage of "sensorimotor development."

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A form of communication that is based on a system of symbols is called:

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At age 4½,Michael Rehbein began to experience uncontrollable seizures.To stop this,doctors removed portions of the left hemisphere of his brain where the seizures were occurring when he was 7 years old,and again when he was 10 years old.This case study has shown that the brain:

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Both children and adults speak to babies in a special way.Give at least four examples of child-directed speech and other language strategies that people use with babies.

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When children experience cognitive conflict in trying to understand the world,they shift from one stage of thought to next.The mechanism through which this shift occurs is called:

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Renée Baillargeon and her colleagues have found that infants display object permanence as early as age __________ month(s) .

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Kyoko is 13 months old and can understand about 50 words but can say only about 10 words.Kyoko's __________ vocabulary is more developed than her __________ vocabulary.

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Memory without conscious recollection.This includes memories of skills and routine procedures (e.g. ,crawling)that are performed automatically.

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According to Jean Piaget,the process by which children use their existing schemes to deal with new experiences.New information is incorporated into existing schemes.

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The average American newborn is __________ long and weighs _________.

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