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Question 61

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Which of the following states that infants are born with domain-specific innate knowledge systems?

A) epigenetic approach
B) constructivist approach
C) generalized knowledge approach
D) core knowledge approach

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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________ in Piaget's theory is the grouping of isolated behaviors and thoughts into a higher-order system.

A) Clustering
B) Screening
C) Organization
D) Natural selection

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Question 63

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Ruella and Raymond are amazed at the range of new things their 6-month-old daughter,Anna,seems to be learning every day.Recently,while playing with a toy,Anna tossed it out of the crib.Immediately,Ruella picked it up and placed it in Anna's hand and talked to her for a bit.Ever since this incident,Anna keeps throwing her toys out of the crib,expecting one of her parents to give her toy back to her and to cuddle her a bit.From this scenario,we can say that Anna is in the sensorimotor substage of

________ is a central feature of cognitive development,involving the retention of information over time.

Distinguish between implicit and explicit memory.

Explain the role of Broca's area and Wernicke's area with regard to language.

Which of the following is the ability to produce an endless number of meaningful sentences using a fixed set of words and rules?

Richard is a 5-month-old baby.His parents frequently sit by his side to cuddle him or to speak to him in loud and affectionate tones.Richard seems to enjoy this attention very much and makes cooing sounds to encourage his parents' warm interactions with him.Richard's act of cooing to obtain parental attention is a function of the ________ substage given by Piaget.

According to recent research,parents on welfare spend ________ time talking to their infants than parents who are professionals.

Describe attention in the first year of the infant's life.

How is Gesell's measurement of infant development used? Name the four categories of behavior in the current version of the Gesell test.

The ________ is/are correlated with measures of intelligence in older children.

In trying to understand the world,the child is constantly faced with inconsistencies and counterexamples to his or her existing schemes.This phenomenon is known as

Name the different processes delineated by Piaget to explain how children construct their understanding of the world.

In the context of testing and assessment of infant development,the most important early contributor was

________ is a term devised by Noam Chomsky that refers to a biological endowment that enables the child to detect the features and rules of language,including phonology,syntax,and semantics.

Dr.Wisenberg is studying the connections among the brain,cognition,and development.His specialty lies in the field of

Describe the nature and function of pragmatics with an example.

________ allows infants to learn about and remember characteristics of a stimulus as it becomes familiar.

What is the relationship between language and phonology?