Psych 4b

Amir is concerned because he cannot remember events before he was about 4 years old. This is called infantile _____.

Amnesia

_____ includes all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

Cognition

The news features a story about a 14-year-old girl who was kept in isolation by her parents and was not exposed to any type of language. Now that she is out of isolation, what is the MOST likely outcome for her language development?

It is unlikely she will be able to master any language.

The field of cognitive development is greatly indebted to the seminal work of the Swiss scholar:

Jean Piaget

Beginning at around 8 months of age, infants may become fearful around unfamiliar people. This is called _____ anxiety.

Stranger

Leanne is 5 months old. Chastity is 8 months old. Dominique is 25 months old. Which infant should show the MOST evidence of stranger anxiety?

This is actually rare as most babies do not start walking until around their first birthday.

Based on Harlow's research with monkeys, what is the MOST helpful thing a person can do for a frightened infant or child?

Touch or hold the child

In Piaget's theory of cognitive development, a child's schemas are adjusted or expanded in:

accommodation, but not assimilation.

Samantha and Gabriel have decided to take their son to Sea World. When they asked him 2 years later if he remembered going he answered no. Their son was MOST likely _____ years of age at the time of the trip.

2.5 as those under 4 don't remember things much

From ages _____, the brain's neural network is sprouting MOST rapidly in the _____ lobes, thereby enabling rational planning.

3 to 6; frontal

Nadine hears a television talk show guest remark, "A baby's mother provides it with food, and that's the basis for attachment." Nadine immediately realizes that this statement is false because she is familiar with:

Harlow's work with monkeys., showed that without a mother to nurture, they were not able to develop well

After Nadia learned that penguins cannot fly, she had to modify her existing concept of birds. In Piaget's theory, this BEST illustrates the process of:

accommodation.

Maturation refers mainly to _____ development.

biological development

Two sealed, pyramid-shaped containers contain what are clearly identical amounts of a liquid. However, a child suddenly judges them as holding different amounts of liquid after one container is inverted. In Piaget's terms, the child apparently lacks a:

concept of conservation

A researcher secretly puts a dab of rouge on a child's nose before placing him in front of a mirror. The child points to the rouge on the mirror's reflected image. From this example one can conclude that the child:

lacks self-recognition

Children develop a theory of mind during Piaget's _____ stage of cognitive development.

preoperational