Chapter 5 Quiz

A  sign language can be learned equally well at any age

B  childhood is a sensitive period for language acquisition

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

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

A  Infants prefer adult talk to infant-directed speech (IDS).

B  Deaf parents use a similar style of communication to IDS when signing to their deaf babies.

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

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

A  prominent object part.

B  similar overall appearance.

C  subtle sets of features.

D  common behaviors.

A  is strongest when videos are interactive.

B  is strongest when videos are rich in social cues.

C  declines.

D  increases.

A  the violation-of-expectation method.

B  habituation.

C  deferred imitation.

D  invisible displacement.

A  mental representations in babies between 6 and 12 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 12 and 15 months of age.

A  the development of reflexive schemes.

B  the onset of telegraphic speech.

C  the development of autobiographical memory.

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

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  1

B  4

C  2

D  3

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

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

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

A  comprehension; production

B  overextension; underextension

C  production; comprehension

D  telegraphic speech; babbling

A  adaptation.

B  accommodation.

C  assimilation.

D  organization.

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  organization.

B  equilibrium.

C  accommodation.

D  assimilation.

A  rely on infant-directed speech.

B  receive more verbal stimulation from her parents.

C  be slightly ahead of her agemates in vocabulary growth.

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

A  growth of the temporal lobe

B  the advent of a clear self-image

C  exposure to child-directed speech

D  an increase in memory capacity

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

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

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

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

A  deliberate.

B  creative.

C  sensorimotor action patterns.

D  awkward and disorganized.

A  create mental representations.

B  repeat behaviors with variation.

C  repeat chance behaviors largely motivated by basic needs.

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