CDE 7 - Child Growth and Development » Spring 2021 » Chapter 5

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Question #1
The usual order of the development of spoken language in an infant is:
A.   Cooing, understanding, babbling, and spoken words
B.   Cooing, babbling, spoken words and understanding
C.   Cooing, babbling, understanding and holophrastic speech
D.   Babbling, cooing, holophrastic speech, and understanding
Question #2
If you hide a toy in location A and then subsequently in location B, you would be testing:
A.   Primary circular reactions
B.   The stage of making interesting events last
C.   Object permanence
D.   Reflexes
Question #3
Susanna looks at the right picture when it’s named, finds hidden objects easily and follows simple directions. Susanna is probably:
A.   12 months old
B.   6 months old
C.   4 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.   Telegraphic
B.   Holophrastic
C.   Cooing
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.   Babbling
B.   Holophrasing
C.   Cooing
D.   Gurgling
Question #6
Memory involving procedures for completing actions is called:
A.   Implicit memory
B.   Explicit memory
C.   Episodic memory
D.   Semantic memory
Question #7
During the sensorimotor stage, Piaget viewed that an infant’s main task is to coordinate their:
A.   Past and future events
B.   Sensory impressions and motor activity
C.   Words and language
D.   Logic and critical thinking
Question #8
The behavior of an infant in sensorimotor substage five might best be described as:
A.   Planned
B.   Anxious
C.   Creative
D.   Experimental
Question #9
The first words of a child learning English tend to be _____.
A.   Verbs
B.   Adjectives
C.   Nouns
D.   Pronouns
Question #10
Information can remain in __________ indefinitely.
A.   Long term memory
B.   Sensory memory
C.   Short term memory
D.   All of the above
Question #11
Memory of facts, concepts and events is called:
A.   Semantic memory
B.   Implicit memory
C.   Explicit memory
D.   Episodic memory
Question #12
At age 1, children typically have a vocabulary of _____ words.
A.   10
B.   50
C.   200
D.   25
Question #13
In which of Piaget's sensorimotor stages are infants delighted by making things happen?
A.   Stage four
B.   Stage one
C.   Stage three
D.   Stage two
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.   Stubborn
C.   Goal-oriented
D.   Redundant
Question #16
The researcher who believed that children are born with a neurological construct which makes them ready for language was:
A.   Chomsky
B.   Skinner
C.   Bandura
D.   Pavlov
E.     
Question #17
Social learning theory focuses on learning that occurs from:
A.   Observing and imitating others
B.   Responding to a particular stimulus
C.   The association between one stimulus and another
D.   Past reinforcement
Question #18
The distinct language form known as child-directed speech is a:
A.   Teaching technique used to accelerate language acquisition
B.   Verbal collection of facts and myths about having and caring for babies
C.   Simplified language using exaggerated vowels and consonants and a high pitch voice
D.   Preverbal sound (like gaga and goo goo) that mothers often make
Question #19
Any consequence that follows a behavior and makes the person more likely to repeat that behavior is called a(n):
A.   Observation
B.   Punishment
C.   Reinforcement
D.   Condition

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