CHD Exam2

Which of the following sounds is the best example of cooing?

"oooo"

_______________ involved creating child-rearing environments that recognize each child's temperament while simultaneously encouraging more adaptive functioning

Goodness of fit

Infants and toddlers grow

In little spurts

Goodness of fit is

at the heart of infant- caregiver attachment

Professor Hardwick is interested in the strong affectionate tie children have with special people in their lives that leads them to experience pleasure and joy when they interact with those ppl and to be comforted by they nearness in times of stress, Professor Hardwick studies

attachment

Job loss, a failing marriage, financial difficulties or parental psychological problems

can undermine attachment indirectly by interfering with parental sensitivity

Max uses the word "doll" only to refer to the rag doll he carries every day, never to other dolls. This is an example of

under extension

Caitlyn, age 4, can probably

use a fork effectively

Imani, age 11 months is wary of strangers. However, when his mothers sits on the floor, Imani ventures a few feet away from her for a few minutes at a time, and then returns to her for emotional support. Imani is

using his mother as a secure base

Which of the following skills develops at the fastest pace during early childhood?

using language

In Industrialized nations, childhood diseases have declined dramatically during the past half century, largely as a result of

widespread immunization of infants and young children

At 6 months, Annabelle dropped her rattle in a fiery rigid way. By 12 months, she tossed objects down the basement stairs, bounced them of walls, and threw them in the air. Annabelle's modifications of her drooping scheme are an example of

organization

When adults draw with children and point out resemblances between drawings and objects

preschooler's pictures become more comprehensible and detailed

When it comes to injury prevention, American parents

seem willing to ignore familiar safety practices, perhaps because of the high value they place on personal freedom.

Jasmin, age 18 months, cried and climbs on her mother when she attempts to leave Jasmin with a babysitter. Jasmin is displaying

seperation anxiety

Perhaps the most complex self-help skill of early childhood is

shoe tying

In designing the Strange Situation, Mary Ainsworth and her colleague reasoned that securely attached infants and toddlers

should use the parent as a secure base from which to explore in an unfamiliar setting

Baby Emma is learning to stand. Each time she falls, she looks at her dad. When he looks concerned, Emma cries. When he smiles and says. "You did it!" she tries again, Emma is using

social referencing

When an unfamiliar adult picks up Louisa, age 9 months, she begins to cry and struggles to get down, Louisa is exhibiting

stranger anxiety

When Samer was born, stimulation in his brain resulted in a massive overabundance of synapses. Neurons that were seldom stimulated soon lost their synapses. This process id known as

synaptic pruning

Gil describes his son as calm and cautious. He describes his daughter as cheerful and energetic. Gil's descriptions refer to

temperament

In the information-processing system, information first enter

the sensory register

Two-year-old Ruby utters the words "go kart". This is an example of

Telegraphic Speech

The number of obese children living in poverty is approximately __________________ the number of obese children living in middle and upper SES families

3 times more than

Based on their TED Talks, we can conclude Dr. Gopnik and Dr. Kuhl souls agree that infants and toddlers are

?

Which of the following statements about individual differences in early vocabulary growth is true?

Children from low-SES homes usually have smaller vocabularies than their higher-SES age mates

______________ controls attention, suppresses impulses, cordantes information in working memory, and flexibly direct and monitors though and behavior

Executive function

Studies show that children prefer infant-directed speech (IDS) over other kinds of adult talk

From birth on

Which of the following children has recently learned dress and undress without supervision

Lilian, who is 4 years old

Consistent with Info. Processing Theory, which cognitive characteristics in infants seems to be generally associated with high intelligence in middle childhood?

Rapid processing of perceptual or sensory info

Brianna, age 4, eats only pasta, bread, and chicken. Which of the following would you suggest to Brianna's parents too encourage their daughter to eat new foods?

Repeatedly expose her to new foods without any direct pressure to eat them

Which of the following is a benefit of breastfeeding for mother?

She can use up to 500 cals per day

Erica, who is 10 months old, is trying to solve the problem of obtaining a toy on a high self. If she has reached the tertiary stage of the sensorimotor stage, which of the following is MOST likely to occur?

She will attempt a strategy that was successful in obtaining a book on a high self in the past

Research on both first- and second-language learning reveals

a biological based timeframe for optimum language development

Research demonstrates that make-believe play is

a major means through which children extend their cognitive and social skills

According to Piaget's there, when Baby D'Arcy sucks her thumb, she is demonstrating

a secondary circular reaction

Which of the following tasks would be within Lucy's zone of proximal development?

a task that Lucy cannot yet handle on her own but can do with the help of an adult

Both "The Secret Life of Babies" and Dr. Kuhl (TED Talk) state that

babies are born capable of learning any language

The extent to which parents ___________ contributes strongly to early language process, which in turn,predicts intelligence and academic achievement in elementary school.

converse with their infants and toddlers

Martin drops his toy while sitting in his high chair. He cries but makes no attempt to look for it, believing it is gone. This is because he has not yet attained

object permanence

Obesity in children is likely the result of heredity and environment, making it a great example of ____________, discussed in previous lessons.

epigenesis

The American Academy of Pediatrics advises

exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months

According to Alison Gopnik (TED talk), human babies spend on adults far longer than infants of any other species because

humans need more time than other species in order to learn all they will need to know to be independent

In the Strange Situation, Richard is unresponsive to his mother when she is present. When she leaves Richard reacts to the stranger much the same way as to his mother. hen his mother returns, Richard pays no attention to her. Richard is demonstrating _____________ attachment

insecure-avoidant

Keegan was given a test-score that indicates the extent to which his raw score deviates from the typical performances of same-age individuals. Keegan's test score is known as a(n)

intelligence quotient (IQ).

Jim sometimes uses his right hand skillfully, but he prefers his left hand. JIm

is ambidextrous

The social smile

is the result of parent-child interactions

According to Alison Gopnick (TED Talk), babies have a ______________ of consciousness rather than a spotlight if consciousness

lantern

The hippocampus plays a vital role in

memory

Harvey, age 3, can probably

zip and unzip large zippers.