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Conceptual Development
100
Of sensation and perception, _____ involves the organization and interpretation of information. a) both sensation and perception b) sensation c) perception d) neither sensation nor perception
c) perception
100
When reaching for an object, infants must take into account: a) direction b) distance c) shape d) trajectory e) all of the answers are correct
e) all of the answers are correct
100
Piaget developed his concept of object permanence by observing: a) young infants' expectation that objects continue to exist even when hidden b) young infants' failure to search for hidden objects c) young children's expectation that objects continue to exist even when hidden d) young children's' failure to attempt to move permanently attached objects
b) young infants' failure to search for hidden objects
100
The period before approximately age 5 is considered the _____ period for language development a) critical b) acceptable c) exclusive d) suitable
a) critical
100
Concepts: a) help us understand the world b) tell us how to emotionally react to new experiences c) are used to group together objects that are similar in some way d) do all of the above
d) do all of the above
200
The preferential-looking technique is founded on the expectation that infants: a) look longer at objects they like or find interesting b) look away from complicated or frightening objects c) recognize familiar patterns d) lose interest in objects that are familiar
a) look longer at objects they like or find interesting
200
The finding that today's infants are crawling later than infants born less than a generation ago is evidence for the effect of: a) sociocultural context b) malnutrition c) conditioning d) tabloid publications
a) sociocultural context
200
The decrease in response to repeated presentation of the same stimulus is referred to as: a) habituation b) dishabituation c) operant learning d) observational learning
a) habituation
200
Morphemes refer to the: a) rules for combining words of a language b) elementary units of sound c) pairs of words in a language that have the same sound but different meanings d) smallest units of meaning
d) smallest units of meaning
200
Grouping together objects that have similar appearances is referred to as: a) perceptual categorization b) manifestation categorization c) picture categorization d) observation categorization
a) perceptual categorization
300
Research on the music perception of infants has demonstrated that infants: a) tend not to have strong preferences for some musical sounds over others b) are generally insensitive to melody c) perceive music in much the same way adults do d) have little sense of rhythm
c) perceive music in much the same way adults do
300
Which of the following reflexes is NOT known to have any adaptive significance? a) rooting reflex b) tonic neck reflex c) sucking reflex d) grasping reflex
b) tonic neck reflex
300
Piaget believed that young infants' failure to reach for a hidden object indicated that they: a) had lost the desire for the object b) were unaware of the existence of the object c) were unable to reach the object d) were unable to uncover the object
b) were unaware of the existence of the object
300
Children's semantic development refers to their learning of the: a) meaning system and words of their language b) cultural rules for how their language is used c) rules for combining the words in their language d) sound system of their language
a) meaning system and words of their language
300
Which of the following pairs would Iris, a 6-month-old infant, be MOST likely to consider to comprise members of the same category? a) elephant and fish b) chandelier and chair c) towel and rug d) baby and caterpillar
c) towel and rug
400
Which of the following sensory reactions is an example of perception? a) experiencing visual stimulation as a round green apple b) light stimulation activating the retina's cones c) activation of sweetness receptors on the tongue d) coldness triggering nerves in skin
a) experiencing visual stimulation as a round green apple
400
Scale errors are thought to be a result of young children's: a) overconfidence in their own abilities b) underdeveloped depth perception c) failure to integrate perception and action d) inexperience with self-locomotion
c) failure to integrate perception and action
400
The violation-of-expectancy procedure is founded on the expectation that infants: a) lose interest in events that are familiar b) look longer at possible events c) are interested in events that are inconsistent with their knowledge d) lose interest in events that violate their expectations
c) are interested in events that are inconsistent with their knowledge
400
Which of the following statements about word recognition and comprehension is true? a) infants can recognize words before they can comprehend them b) infants can comprehend words before they can recognize them c) infants recognize words simultaneously to comprehending them d) infants differ in terms of the relative timing of word recognition and comprehension
a) infants can recognize words before they can comprehend them
400
Which of the following influences considerably affects the development of preschoolers' theory of mind from age 3 to age 5? a) increasing experience with other people b) improved information-processing capacity c) brain maturation d) all of the answers are correct e) none of the answers are correct
d) all of the answers are correct
500
Which of the following depth perception cues is the last to develop? a) binocular disparity b) perceptual constancy c) optical expansion d) relative size
d) relative size
500
Which of the following statements about the development of reaching is NOT true? a) vision is necessary for infants' reaching b) successful reaching begins at about 3 to 4 months of age c) reaching becomes stable at about the same time that infants can sit independently d) infants seem to have a sense of how long their arms are
a) vision is necessary for infants' reaching
500
Which of the following statements best describes researchers' current view of young infants' ability to mentally represent objects? a) young infants are able to mentally represent objects, but they do not have any expectations about the behavior of objects that are out of sight b) young infants are able to mentally represent objects, but they are unable to act on these mental representations c) young infants are able to mentally represent objects and to act on these mental representations d) young infants are unable to mentally represent objects
c) young infants are able to mentally represent objects and to act on these mental representations
500
Syntactic bootstrapping refers to children's use of the _____ as a cue to figure out the meaning of a novel word: a) focus of adults' attention b) linguistic category of the novel word c) structure of the whole sentence d) contrastive use of a familiar and unfamiliar word
c) structure of the whole sentence
500
Children who fail at false-belief problems do not understand: a) the relation between beliefs and actions b) how other people's desires can be different from their own c) the difference between what is true and what is false d) that others can hold an incorrect belief when they themselves know the truth
d) that others can hold an incorrect belief when they themselves know the truth