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Question #1

The usual order of the development of spoken language in an infant is:

A. Babbling, cooing, holophrastic speech, and understanding

B. Cooing, understanding, babbling, and spoken words

C. Cooing, babbling, spoken words and understanding

D. Cooing, babbling, understanding and holophrastic speech

Question #2

If you hide a toy in location A and then subsequently in location B, you would be testing:

A. Reflexes

B. The stage of making interesting events last

C. Primary circular reactions

D. Object permanence

Question #3

Susanna looks at the right picture when it’s named, finds hidden objects easily and follows simple directions. Susanna is probably:

A. 6 months old

B. 4 months old

C. 12 months old

D. 9 months old

Question #4

Britta has begun making specific words to convey a full thought like “ba” to mean “I want my bottle”. Britta is in the _____ stage of development.

A. Holophrastic

B. Cooing

C. Telegraphic

D. Babbling

Question #5

At about 4-6 months, infants begin to make more elaborate vocalizations that include the sounds required for any language. This is called:

A. Cooing

B. Gurgling

C. Babbling

D. Holophrasing

Question #6

Memory involving procedures for completing actions is called:

A. Implicit memory

B. Explicit memory

C. Semantic memory

D. Episodic memory

Question #7

During the sensorimotor stage, Piaget viewed that an infant’s main task is to coordinate their:

A. Logic and critical thinking

B. Past and future events

C. Sensory impressions and motor activity

D. Words and language

Question #8

The behavior of an infant in sensorimotor substage five might best be described as:

A. Planned

B. Creative

C. Experimental

D. Anxious

Question #9

The first words of a child learning English tend to be _____.

A. Verbs

B. Pronouns

C. Nouns

D. Adjectives

Question #10

Information can remain in __________ indefinitely.

A. Long term memory

B. Short term memory

C. Sensory memory

D. All of the above

Question #11

Memory of facts, concepts and events is called:

A. Episodic memory

B. Explicit memory

C. Implicit memory

D. Semantic memory

Question #12

At age 1, children typically have a vocabulary of _____ words.

A. 25

B. 10

C. 50

D. 200

Question #13

In which of Piaget's sensorimotor stages are infants delighted by making things happen?

A. Stage two

B. Stage three

C. Stage four

D. Stage one

Question #14

Devon is 18 months old. His mother puts a bowl of cereal in front of him in his high-chair and then she turns her back to continue tidying the room. When she turns back around, she sees Devon has pushed the bowl off the high-chair. What best explains Devon's behavior?

A. Devon is demonstrating early evidence of a deviant personality.

B. Stubbornness is part of Devon's personality.

C. Devon may have a motor problem.

D. Devon's actions were driven by experimentation.

Question #15

The behavior of an infant in sensorimotor substage four might best be described as:

A. Unintentional

B. Redundant

C. Stubborn

D. Goal-oriented

Question #16

The researcher who believed that children are born with a neurological construct which makes them ready for language was:

A. Bandura

B. Skinner

C. Pavlov

E. Chomsky

Question #17

Social learning theory focuses on learning that occurs from:

A. The association between one stimulus and another

B. Observing and imitating others

C. Past reinforcement

D. Responding to a particular stimulus

Question #18

The distinct language form known as child-directed speech is a:

A. Teaching technique used to accelerate language acquisition

B. Preverbal sound (like gaga and goo goo) that mothers often make

C. Verbal collection of facts and myths about having and caring for babies

D. Simplified language using exaggerated vowels and consonants and a high pitch voice

Question #19

Any consequence that follows a behavior and makes the person more likely to repeat that behavior is called a(n):

A. Reinforcement

B. Observation

C. Punishment

D. Condition

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