Chapter 5 Quiz

A  sign language can be learned equally well at any age

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

C  childhood is a sensitive period for language acquisition

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  common behaviors.

B  subtle sets of features.

C  similar overall appearance.

D  prominent object part.

A  increases.

B  declines.

C  is strongest when videos are rich in social cues.

D  is strongest when videos are interactive.

A  habituation.

B  the violation-of-expectation method.

C  invisible displacement.

D  deferred imitation.

A  object permanence in the first few months of life.

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

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

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

A  the development of reflexive schemes.

B  the development of autobiographical memory.

C  the onset of telegraphic speech.

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

A  poorly predict later intelligence.

B  are good predictors of preschool mental test performance.

C  accurately predict later school achievement.

D  overemphasize problem-solving skills.

A  1

B  2

C  3

D  4

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

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

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

A  production; comprehension

B  comprehension; production

C  overextension; underextension

D  telegraphic speech; babbling

A  organization.

B  accommodation.

C  adaptation.

D  assimilation.

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

B  A deaf infant does not coo or babble.

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.

A  equilibrium.

B  assimilation.

C  accommodation.

D  organization.

A  receive more verbal stimulation from her parents.

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

C  rely on infant-directed speech.

D  be slightly ahead of her agemates in vocabulary growth.

A  growth of the temporal lobe

B  exposure to child-directed speech

C  an increase in memory capacity

D  the advent of a clear self-image

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

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

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

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

A  creative.

B  deliberate.

C  sensorimotor action patterns.

D  awkward and disorganized.

A  repeat behaviors with variation.

B  create mental representations.

C  repeat chance behaviors largely motivated by basic needs.

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