An distressed 2 month old is crying and waving her arms. She accidentally finds her hand with her mouth and starts sucking. This is an example of what sensorimotor substage?
What is a primary circular response?
100
A peer of Piaget, this theorist maintained that learning is enhanced through social interaction.
Who Is Vygotsky?
100
Early infant noises include cooing, pleasant vowel like noises. At around age 4 months they add consonant sounds and repeat them in long strings. This is called
What is babbling?
100
This is a growth disorder caused by lack of affection in infancy.
What is nonorganic failure to thrive?
100
The information processing model maintains that humans can transform and retain information by using these strategies.
What are mental strategies?
200
An older infant (8-12 months) can find an object that has been placed out of his sight. This infant has developed what goal directed behavior according to Piaget?
What is object permanence?
200
Which theorist ascertains that humans have specific schemes-- organized ways of making sense of experiences-- that change with age.
Who is Piaget?
200
"car go" is an example of this kind of speech.
What is telegraphic speech?
200
Extreme sensory deprivation resulting in brain damage and loss of function point to the existence these.
What are sensitive periods?
200
According to the information processing model this part of memory coordinates and directs the flow of information.
What is the central executive?
300
The ability to remember and copy the behavior of models who are not present is referred to as
What is deferred imitation?
300
This theorist conducted studies on the effects of reinforcement and punishment
Who is B. F. Skinner
300
Many mothers naturally use this kind of speech when talking to their infants.
What is child directed speech?
300
These brain chemicals are used by neurons to send messages to one another.
What are neurotransmitters?
300
This describes the process of getting information out of long term memory.
What is retrieval?
400
According to Piaget, the sensorimotor substage that involves make believe play is called
What is mental representation?
400
This famous linguist argued that all children are born with a language aquisition device or LAD.
Who is Noam Chomsky
400
Calling all women "mommy" is an example of this kind of language error.
What is overextension?
400
This is a gradual decrease in response to a repetitive stimulation such as a bright light or bell ringing.
What is habituation?
500
An 11 month old infant continues to look for the toy car under the blue blanket even after she sees it being hidden under the pink blanket. This is an example of what phenomenon?
What is the A-not-B error?
500
This neo-freudian developed the "psycho-social" theory of emotional development.
Who is Erik Erikson?
500
A young child becomes frustrated with his inability to communicate his desire for juice. He walks to the refrigerator and points and cries. This child is using what communication device?
What is a preverbal gesture?
500
By the end of the first year infants can usually pick up an object using their thumb and forefinger.