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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A childhood is a sensitive period for language acquisition
B sign language can be learned equally well at any age
C children’s progress in mastering many sentence constructions is gradual
D children in varying cultures reach major language milestones in a different sequence
Question #2
A By age 5 months, babies are more emotionally responsive to adult talk than to IDS.
B Parents’ use of IDS results in the child’s extended use of “baby” talk.
C Deaf parents use a similar style of communication to IDS when signing to their deaf babies.
D Infants prefer adult talk to infant-directed speech (IDS).
Question #3
A common behaviors.
B subtle sets of features.
C prominent object part.
D similar overall appearance.
Question #4
A is strongest when videos are rich in social cues.
B declines.
C increases.
D is strongest when videos are interactive.
Question #5
A deferred imitation.
B invisible displacement.
C habituation.
D the violation-of-expectation method.
Question #6
A object permanence in the first few months of life.
B mental representations in babies between 12 and 15 months of age.
C mental representations in babies between 6 and 12 months of age.
D tertiary circular reactions in the first few months of life.
Question #7
A rapid development of the frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex.
B the development of reflexive schemes.
C the onset of telegraphic speech.
D the development of autobiographical memory.
Question #8
A overemphasize problem-solving skills.
B accurately predict later school achievement.
C poorly predict later intelligence.
D are good predictors of preschool mental test performance.
Question #9
A 2
B 1
C 4
D 3
Question #10
A refers to a range of tasks too difficult for the child to do alone but possible with the help of more skilled partners.
B is a Piagetian concept that provides that infants stumble onto a new experience and then actively try to repeat it.
C includes core domains of thought, such as physical knowledge, linguistic knowledge, psychological knowledge, and numerical knowledge.
D helps identify for intervention babies who are likely to have developmental problems.
Question #11
A comprehension; production
B production; comprehension
C telegraphic speech; babbling
D overextension; underextension
Question #12
A accommodation.
B organization.
C adaptation.
D assimilation.
Question #13
A A deaf infant does not coo or babble.
B Babies everywhere start babbling at about the same age and produce a similar range of early sounds.
C Babies typically begin babbling around 2 months and cooing around 6 months.
D Before babies say their first words, they make little language progress.
Question #14
A accommodation.
B assimilation.
C organization.
D equilibrium.
Question #15
A receive more verbal stimulation from her parents.
B be slightly ahead of her agemates in vocabulary growth.
C rely on infant-directed speech.
D wait until she understands a great deal before trying to speak.
Question #16
A exposure to child-directed speech
B the advent of a clear self-image
C an increase in memory capacity
D growth of the temporal lobe
Question #17
A babies are born with a set of innate knowledge systems.
B children master activities through joint activities with more mature members of their society.
C adaptation and organization account for changes in children’s schemes.
D complex mental activities have their origin in perception, attention, and memory.
Question #18
A sensorimotor action patterns.
B awkward and disorganized.
C creative.
D deliberate.
Question #19
A repeat chance behaviors largely motivated by basic needs.
B arrive at solutions suddenly rather than through trial and error.
C create mental representations.
D repeat behaviors with variation.