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What is infantile amnesia?

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Most adults can remember littl...

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A ________ is the basic unit of sound in a language.


A) morpheme
B) phoneme
C) grapheme
D) syntax

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Heather is shown a teddy bear. The teddy bear is then hidden from her, and she searches for it. This shows that Heather has developed a sense of ________.


A) symbolic manipulation
B) infinite generativity
C) telegraphic thinking
D) object permanence

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

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Renee remembers very little about the first three years of her life. Psychologists find this normal and refer to it as


A) retroactive memory interference.
B) infantile amnesia.
C) child memory loss.
D) memory trace.

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

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Sonali is a 10-month-old infant. While Sonali was watching her mother, her mother hid her favorite toy under a pillow. Sonali searched for the toy at the correct location and found it. Later, her mother hid the toy under a blanket while Sonali was watching her. Sonali still searched for the toy under the pillow. However, in another instance, Sonali correctly searched for the toy under the blanket. In the context of the A-not-B error, analyze the factors responsible for this inconsistency.

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Identify Jean Piaget's concept that describes the cognitive conflict that occurs when information in the environment is inconsistent with a child's current schemes. This conflict is the motivation to modify schemes or develop new schemes that are more consistent with the outside world.

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Eight-month-old Andrew suffered brain damage at birth. His identical twin, Alex, had no brain damage. Research on habituation will likely predict that


A) Alex will not habituate as well as Andrew.
B) both twins will habituate at about the same level.
C) Andrew will not habituate as well as Alex.
D) Alex will not exhibit any sort of habituation.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Andy is nine months old, but he seems to be struggling with following another's gaze and directing adults' attention. These could be early indicators of


A) autism.
B) dyslexia.
C) ADHD.
D) low vision.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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List in order Jean Piaget's six substages of the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.

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Piaget divided the sensorimotor stage in...

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What is child-directed speech? What are some other strategies adults use to increase infants' acquisition of language?

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Child-directed speech is language spoken...

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________ occurs when children adjust their schemes to take new information and experiences into account.


A) Adaptation
B) Accommodation
C) Assimilation
D) Application

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The interactionist view of language development emphasizes that


A) the primary language center and the biological language device are both needed for language to develop.
B) language development occurs largely because of positive reinforcement.
C) the development of receptive language is universal, whereas the development of spoken language differs across cultures.
D) both biology and experience contribute to language development.

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

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Identify a special way that adults speak to babies that is characterized by language spoken in a higher pitch than normal, the use of simple words, and the use of simple sentences.

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According to Jean Piaget, identify the sixth and final substage of sensorimotor thought. This substage is apparent in children between 18 and 24 months of age. The infant develops the ability to use primitive symbols in this substage.

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Trenton was playing in a sandbox. He was pouring sand from a short and wide container into a tall and narrow container. When he poured the sand into the tall and narrow container, it appeared as if it had more sand in it. Trenton could not figure out where the extra sand came from and how it got into his container. As Trenton continued to try to solve this puzzle, he experienced considerable movement between states of cognitive ________ and ________ to produce cognitive change.


A) equilibrium; disequilibrium
B) adaptation; organization
C) classification; modification
D) equilibration; categorization

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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As an infant, Mary suffered damage to the ________ of her brain. This injury severely affected her comprehension abilities; even though her speech is fluent, it remains incomprehensible.


A) Broca's area
B) SMA area
C) Morton's area
D) Wernicke's area

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Jean Piaget believed that children


A) actively construct their own cognitive worlds.
B) passively react to their environments.
C) absorb their knowledge from the environment.
D) gain their view of the world from their parents.

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

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Rebecca says "Milk spill" to which her grandfather replies "Yes, the milk spilled on the floor." This is an example of


A) reframing.
B) expanding.
C) correcting.
D) labeling.

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

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When one uses polite language in formal conversations and personal, informal language in intimate conversations, one is demonstrating the knowledge of ________, or the appropriate use of language in different contexts.


A) pragmatics
B) semantics
C) syntax
D) morphology

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

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From about 6 to 12 months of age, the maturation of the ________ and the surrounding cerebral cortex, especially the frontal lobes, makes explicit memory possible.


A) amygdala
B) hippocampus
C) hypothalamus
D) cerebellum

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

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