Deck 4: Cognitive Development in Infancy

Question 1

In which substage of Piaget's sensorimotor stage of cognitive development will babies look for partially hidden objects?

A) Substage 1 (0-1 month)
B) Substage 2 (1-4 months)
C) Substage 3 (4-8 months)
D) Substage 4 (8-12 months)

Answer 1

Substage 3 (4-8 months)

Question 2

In which substage of the sensorimotor period did Piaget suggest that children can first imitate the facial expressions of others?

A) Substage 2 (1-4 months)
B) Substage 3 (4-8 months)
C) Substage 4 (8-12 months)
D) Substage 5 (12-18 months)

Answer 2

Substage 4 (8-12 months)

Question 3

Recent research examining object permanence shows that infants as young as __________ show clear signs of object permanence if a visual response rather than a reaching response is used to test it.

A) 2 weeks
B) 1 month
C) 2 months
D) 4 months

Answer 3

4 months

Question 4

What does current research on deferred imitation reveal about infants' capabilities?

A) The longest that a child under 14 months of age can defer imitation is 3 to 4 hours.
B) A 14-month-old can defer imitation for up to a week.
C) Deferred imitation doesn't happen until at least 18 months of age.
D) Nine-month-olds can defer their imitation for as long as 24 hours.

Question 5

Which theorist is credited with formulating the behaviorist explanation of language development?

A) Dan Slobin
B) B. F. Skinner
C) Priya Christopher
D) Noam Chomsky

Question 6

Infants can learn behaviors by watching them being performed by someone else. This type of learning is known as __________.

Question 7

As infants learn, schemas are built up over many exposures to particular experiences. Another name for such schemas is __________, which allow the infant to anticipate the likely sequence of events that should occur next.

Question 8

Dee Dee makes repetitive vowel sounds by producing "Oo Oo Oo" over and over. Dee Dee is exhibiting __________ .