Chapter 5 Quiz

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

B  childhood is a sensitive period for language acquisition

C  sign language can be learned equally well at any age

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

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

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

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

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

A  similar overall appearance.

B  prominent object part.

C  subtle sets of features.

D  common behaviors.

A  declines.

B  is strongest when videos are rich in social cues.

C  increases.

D  is strongest when videos are interactive.

A  the violation-of-expectation method.

B  invisible displacement.

C  habituation.

D  deferred imitation.

A  tertiary circular reactions 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  object permanence in the first few months of life.

A  the onset of telegraphic speech.

B  the development of autobiographical memory.

C  the development of reflexive schemes.

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  2

B  1

C  4

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  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.

A  production; comprehension

B  telegraphic speech; babbling

C  overextension; underextension

D  comprehension; production

A  accommodation.

B  assimilation.

C  adaptation.

D  organization.

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

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

C  A deaf infant does not coo or babble.

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

A  accommodation.

B  assimilation.

C  equilibrium.

D  organization.

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

B  rely on infant-directed speech.

C  receive more verbal stimulation from her parents.

D  be slightly ahead of her agemates in vocabulary growth.

A  growth of the temporal lobe

B  an increase in memory capacity

C  exposure to child-directed speech

D  the advent of a clear self-image

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

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

A  creative.

B  deliberate.

C  awkward and disorganized.

D  sensorimotor action patterns.

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

B  repeat behaviors with variation.

C  repeat chance behaviors largely motivated by basic needs.

D  create mental representations.