Deck 3: Physical Development in Infancy and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Question 1

Cindy and Dave are thrilled that baby John has learned to take a few shaky steps on his own when he is only 9 months old. His older brother Alex didn't learn to do that until he was 19 months old. Is John really a wonder child?

A) Yes. This is very early to learn to walk.
B) Yes. This is very early to learn to walk, but they should worry about Alex, who seems far behind the normal rate of development.
C) No. But they should worry about Alex, who seems to be very far behind the normal rate of development.
D) No. John and Alex are still within the normal range for learning to walk.

Answer 1

No. John and Alex are still within the normal range for learning to walk.

Question 2

Mara should be able to put on her own clothes by the time she is

A) 6 months old.
B) 1 year old.
C) 1? years old.
D) 2 years old.

Answer 2

2 years old.

Question 3

Little Raymond can easily follow the motion of his toy train, and even when he was only Months old, he could reach out to grab it just as it got to a particular place.

A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) 8

Answer 3

4

Question 4

The Bayley Scales of Infant Development consist of

A) two separate psychomotor development indices.
B) a mental development index and an emotional maturity index.
C) a psychomotor growth index and an emotional maturity index.
D) a psychomotor growth index and a mental development index.

Question 5

Who argued that children have a biologically inborn ability to acquire language?

A) Noam Chomsky
B) B.F. Skinner
C) Jackie Gibson
D) Nancy Bayley

Question 6

Little Hoc can say about 50 words and use them correctly when he speaks. If he's an average child, you'd expect Hoc to be about how many years old?

A) 1
B) 1 ?
C) 2
D) 2 ?

Question 7

The functions of Broca's area and Wernicke's area in the brain lend support to whose ideas about language acquisition?

A) Mamie Clark's
B) Mary Ainsworth's
C) B. F. Skinner's
D) Noam Chomsky's

Question 8

Compare B. F. Skinner's and Noam Chomsky's views on the development of grammatical language and discuss the evidence used to back up their theories.