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PSYC 3220- Cognitive Development
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1
Approximately when does the 'naming insight' usually occur?
12 months
3 years
6 months
18 months
2
Experiments are structured to test whether the ________ has an influence on the ________.
confounding variable; dependent variable
independent variable; dependent variable
dependent variable; independent variable
independent variable; face validity
3
Which of the following has NOT been suggested to help with speech segmentation?
Statistical learning
Infant-directed speech
Core knowledge
Prosody
4
The same individuals are given attention tasks at the ages of 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. This is
an observational study
a clinical interview
a longitudinal study
a correlational study
5
In infant perception experiments,
habituation
refers to
the infant looking longer at a new stimulus
getting the infant used to a certain stimulus
the infant's understanding of object coherence
teaching the infant a new behavior
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What do learning theorists emphasize in language acquisition?
The role of experience
The role of genetics
Formal schooling
Innate mechanisms
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Object permanence
is the understanding that objects
continue to exist when out of view
can produce interesting results
are the same amount when put in a different container
make up a cohesive whole, even if parts are blocked
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Statistical learning involves
picking up on regular patterns in the environment
taking a baby stats course
understanding complex mathematical principles
innate knowledge
9
What kind of visual stimuli do infants prefer at 2 days old?
Reruns of I Love Lucy
Human faces
Complex patterns
Human hands
10
In Piaget's theory, children begin to succeed on conservation tasks when entering which stage?
Formal operations
Pre-operational stage
Concrete operations
Sensorimotor stage
11
In visual perception experiments, infants looking longer at a new stimulus is used to indicate
discrimination
habituation
coherence
fragility
12
The Language Acquisition Device proposed by nativist theorists is
an innate cognitive mechanism specific to language-learning
a technique for teaching toddlers new vocabulary
time period after which it becomes harder to learn language
implicit understanding of grammatical rules
13
Understanding that you have to take turns in conversation is an example of
Pragmatics
Syntax
Phoneme discrimination
Semantics
14
Which of the following is NOT a rule children implicitly follow in learning word meanings?
Mutual exclusivity
Semantic scripts
Whole object assumption
Taxonomic principle
15
A parent guiding a child's hand while they're learning to form letters is an example of
Scaffolding
Semiotic function
Social speech
Reciprocal teaching
16
Which kind of innate knowledge is NOT proposed by the core knowledge hypothesis?
numerical magnitudes
precisely small numbers
word meanings
some properties of objects
17
In Vygotsky's theory, what is private speech?
Talking out loud to oneself
Talking to other people
Silent, verbal thought
Whispering to someone
18
Increasing memory abilities in infancy are associated with growth in which brain areas?
Hypothalamus and prefrontal cortex
Brainstem and amygdala
Sensory and motor areas
Hippocampus and prefrontal cortex
19
According to Piaget, which of the following is fully achieved in the formal operations stage?
Abstract thinking
Circular reactions
Reversible thinking
Egocentrism
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Better attention control, recall ability, and vocab acquisition have all been correlated with
Pragmatic knowledge
Higher working memory capacity
Poor executive functioning
Lower working memory capacity