chapter 3 psy 200 (LearningCurve 3b) Surviving in Good Health; Infant Cognition and Language

Stage five of sensorimotor intelligence occurs between about _____ and _____ months of age.

12; 18

Denalyn says to her father, "Deni go," as she gestures to the door. Denalyn is probably about age _____ months.

21

Research has demonstrated that infants as young as _____ month(s) can remember after two weeks if provided with a brief reminder session.

3

Some experiments have revealed that children show evidence of memory as early as _____ months of age.

3

The extended repetition of syllables by infants is referred to as:

babbling.

Most developmentalists agree that very young infants can remember if:

retrieval is strengthened by reminders and repetition.

The use of mental combinations to anticipate and solve simple problems takes place in Jean Piaget's sensorimotor stage:

six.

As of 1980, which disease or diseases have been wholly eliminated through immunization, with vaccination no longer being needed?

smallpox

Nine-year-old Naledi, who is severely underweight for her age, often eats only a bowl of rice a day. She is suffering from a form of malnutrition called:

wasting.

According to recent research, bottle-feeding is recommended only:

when an infant's mother has some condition that makes her milk unhealthy.

Which of the following is a 2-year-old MOST likely to say in English?

"Me want juice."( subject, verb, object)

Stage three of sensorimotor intelligence occurs between about _____ and _____ months of age.

4; 8

Once a child's vocabulary reaches about _____ words, it rapidly expands at a rate of 50 to 100 words per month.

50

Once a child's vocabulary reaches about 50 words, it rapidly expands at a rate of approximately _____ words per month.

50 to 100

Jean Piaget believed that object permanence emerges at about _____ months.

8

Of all the children born in the past 65 years, 1 in _____ has died before the age of 5.

8

Which statement is TRUE about language development?

All babies go through the same sequence of language development, although timing may differ.

Based on information presented graphically in the textbook, which nation had the HIGHEST infant mortality rate in 2010?

India

Which theorist coined the term "language acquisition device"?

Noam Chomsky

Who proposed that infants are innately ready to use their minds to understand and speak whatever language is offered?

Noam Chomsky

Which statement regarding problems with immunizations is TRUE?

The risks of diseases are far greater than the risks associated with immunization.

Each of the following infants sees someone else pick up a toy flute and blow on it. Who will be the MOST likely to try to blow on the flute if given the toy the next day?

Trey, a 15-month-old boy

Deferred imitation refers to:

a sequence in which an infant perceives another's action and then performs the same action later.

What occurs when infants change from sucking their mother's breast to sucking a pacifier?

adaptation

Which infant is MOST likely to remember that he or she had previously been able to make a mobile move by kicking his or her legs?

an infant who is placed in the same room that he or she was in when the original experience with the mobile took place and who is shown the moving mobile as a reminder of the previous experience

Anong, who is breast-feeding her infant daughter, had measles as a child. Her daughter will be protected from the disease because of the _____ in Anong's breast milk.

antibodies

Amalia's 17-month-old son has an extensive vocabulary and can create both two- and three-word combinations. The _____ view of language would suggest that Amalia repeated words and reinforced her son's attempts at language.

behaviorist

Information-processing theory compares human thinking to:

computer functioning

One-year-old Danielle watches her sister talk on a cell phone. The next day, Danielle holds the cell phone to her ear as if she is using it. Danielle is demonstrating what Jean Piaget called:

deferred imitation.

Jean Piaget's _____ stages make up the last major period of sensorimotor intelligence, marked by tertiary circular reactions.

fifth and sixth

Child-directed speech:

fosters learning.

The purposeful actions that begin to develop in stage _____ of sensorimotor intelligence are called goal-directed behaviors.

four

A breast-fed baby is more likely to _____ than a formula-fed baby.

have fewer allergies

A formula-fed baby is more likely to _____ than a breast-fed baby.

have more allergies

Elise is 5 days old. She will MOST likely prefer hearing:

her mother's language over an unknown language.

Meena cannot be vaccinated because of her allergies, but she is protected to some degree from catching childhood diseases because of _____ immunity, which means that at least 90 percent of people in her local community have been immunized.

herd

At 18 months, Jada uses the word "diddy" to mean "I want a piece of candy." This is an example of a:

holophrase.

A process that stimulates the body's immune system to defend against attack by a particular contagious disease is called:

immunization.

Ninety-three percent of children in the poorest nations now survive, while just a few decades ago many infants died. This is BEST explained by:

improvements in public health measures.

Professor Norman frequently uses examples of how computers analyze data to help the class understand how human memory works. Professor Norman evidently is an advocate of:

information-processing theory.

Mosquito nets are an effective and inexpensive way to prevent _____ in children.

malaria

According to research, breast-feeding is NOT recommended when the:

mother has a condition that makes her milk unhealthy.

The text suggests that immunization rate is _____ correlated with infant mortality rate.

negatively

The text suggests that years of maternal education is _____ correlated with fertility rate.

negatively

The text suggests that infant mortality is _____ correlated with fertility rate.

positively

Newborn babies:

prefer the language their mother speaks to an unknown language.

The primary reason childhood mortality has declined over the past several decades is because:

public health measures have improved.

Infants with bilingual mothers:

respond to both languages their mothers speak and are able to differentiate between them.

Jean Piaget's fifth and sixth stages make up the last major period of sensorimotor intelligence, marked by _____ circular reactions.

tertiary

The last two stages of sensorimotor intelligence involve _____ circular reactions, which are characterized by active exploration and experimentation.

tertiary

The observation that babies all over the world babble supports which theory of language development?

the innate view

Babies probably like listening to lullabies because:

the words often rhyme and are repeated.

Stage _____ of sensorimotor intelligence occurs between about 4 and 8 months of age.

three

Abby has begun to suck only her thumb, rather than her whole hand. It is likely that Abby is in stage _____ of sensorimotor development.

two

According to Noam Chomsky, languages across the world share a fundamental pattern, or _____ grammar. This structure helps children acquire language quickly.

universal