Chapter 5 Quiz

A  childhood is a sensitive period for language acquisition

B  children in varying cultures reach major language milestones in a different sequence

C  children’s progress in mastering many sentence constructions is gradual

D  sign language can be learned equally well at any age

A  Parents’ use of IDS results in the child’s extended use of “baby” talk.

B  By age 5 months, babies are more emotionally responsive to adult talk than to IDS.

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).

A  common behaviors.

B  subtle sets of features.

C  prominent object part.

D  similar overall appearance.

A  increases.

B  is strongest when videos are rich in social cues.

C  is strongest when videos are interactive.

D  declines.

A  invisible displacement.

B  deferred imitation.

C  habituation.

D  the violation-of-expectation method.

A  mental representations in babies between 12 and 15 months of age.

B  object permanence in the first few months of life.

C  tertiary circular reactions in the first few months of life.

D  mental representations in babies between 6 and 12 months of age.

A  rapid development of the frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex.

B  the development of autobiographical memory.

C  the onset of telegraphic speech.

D  the development of reflexive schemes.

A  are good predictors of preschool mental test performance.

B  accurately predict later school achievement.

C  poorly predict later intelligence.

D  overemphasize problem-solving skills.

A  2

B  1

C  4

D  3

A  helps identify for intervention babies who are likely to have developmental problems.

B  refers to a range of tasks too difficult for the child to do alone but possible with the help of more skilled partners.

C  is a Piagetian concept that provides that infants stumble onto a new experience and then actively try to repeat it.

D  includes core domains of thought, such as physical knowledge, linguistic knowledge, psychological knowledge, and numerical knowledge.

A  production; comprehension

B  comprehension; production

C  overextension; underextension

D  telegraphic speech; babbling

A  adaptation.

B  assimilation.

C  organization.

D  accommodation.

A  A deaf infant does not coo or babble.

B  Babies typically begin babbling around 2 months and cooing around 6 months.

C  Babies everywhere start babbling at about the same age and produce a similar range of early sounds.

D  Before babies say their first words, they make little language progress.

A  assimilation.

B  equilibrium.

C  organization.

D  accommodation.

A  receive more verbal stimulation from her parents.

B  rely on infant-directed speech.

C  be slightly ahead of her agemates in vocabulary growth.

D  wait until she understands a great deal before trying to speak.

A  the advent of a clear self-image

B  exposure to child-directed speech

C  an increase in memory capacity

D  growth of the temporal lobe

A  babies are born with a set of innate knowledge systems.

B  complex mental activities have their origin in perception, attention, and memory.

C  adaptation and organization account for changes in children’s schemes.

D  children master activities through joint activities with more mature members of their society.

A  deliberate.

B  creative.

C  sensorimotor action patterns.

D  awkward and disorganized.

A  repeat chance behaviors largely motivated by basic needs.

B  arrive at solutions suddenly rather than through trial and error.

C  repeat behaviors with variation.

D  create mental representations.