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Slater & Lewis: Introduction to Infant Development

Chapter 06

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Question 1

How many stages are there in Piaget's theory of infant development?

a) 2

b) 4

c) 6

d) 8

Question 2

The four approaches described in the chapter are:

a) Brunerian, Nativist, Information processing, Constructivist

b) Piagetian, Empiricist, Information processing, Psychometrics

c) Bandurian, Empiricist, Constructivist, Information processing

d) Piagetian, Nativist, Information processing, Psychometric

Question 3

Piaget's theory of infant cognitive development is termed the:

a) Perceptual-sensory stage

b) Sensorimotor period

c) Objectification period

d) Circular reactions stage

Question 4

In Piaget's theory a secondary circular reaction can be defined as:

a) Trial and error exploration of objects

b) Exercising ready-made reflexes

c) Modifying reflexes

d) Repetition of an interesting act

Question 5

Tertiary circular reactions can be described as:

a) Deliberate trial and error exploration of objects

b) The beginnings of thought

c) The development of means-end behavior

d) Understanding of causal relations

Question 6

In coordination of secondary schemes the infant develops:

a) Trial and error exploration of objects

b) Means-end behavior

c) Deliberate trial and error exploration of objects

d) Representation of past events

Question 7

In Piaget's theory the onset of objectification begins at:

a) Stage 1

b) Stage 2

c) Stage 3

d) Stage 4

Question 8

The term 'allocentric' refers to:

a) Seeing things with reference to the external world

b) Judging spatial organization from one's own body position

c) Seeing things from another's point of view

d) An absence of a theory of mind

Question 9

Nativist approaches:

a) Assume innate, genetically-determined knowledge

b) Posit that all knowledge emerges from experience

c) Assume a gene-environment interaction

d) Are constructivist accounts of development

Question 10

Understanding of occluded objects:

a) Is present at birth

b) Emerges at 1 month of age

c) Is clearly present at 4 months

d) Is only found at 6 months

Question 11

In Piaget's view the first 'true' imitation and the ability to imitate novel actions emerges around:

a) 4 months

b) 6 months

c) 8-10 months

d) 15 months

Question 12

In imitation studies with infants the most often used facial gestures are:

a) Lip protrusion and mouth opening

b) Smiling (showing the teeth) and mouth closing

c) Mouth opening and eye closing (slow blinking)

d) Mouth opening and tongue protrusion

Question 13

The earliest age at which infants have been shown to imitate adult facial gestures is:

a) Newborn

b) 3 months

c) 5 months

d) 8-10 months

Question 14

In Meltzoff and Moore's model of imitation the term AIM refers to:

a) Active Imitation of Model

b) Aware Infant Modeling

c) Active Infant Modeling

d) Active Intermodal Matching

Question 15

The term 'proprioceptive feedback' refers to:

a) Feedback on language production

b) Information about unseen body movements

c) Feedback on communicative competence

d) Awareness of one's own intentions

Question 16

Piaget's account of infant cognitive development is often referred to as:

a) Nativist

b) Constructivist

c) Empiricist

d) Experience-dependent

Question 17

The most frequently-used test of infant development is:

a) The Griffiths Scale

b) The Weschsler test

c) The Stanford-Binet

d) The Bayley Scales

Question 18

A measure of the speed and amount of information processing is:

a) Memory for earlier events

b) Habituation and dishabituation

c) The ability to condition easily

d) Deferred imitation

Question 19

A meta-analysis is:

a) A careful review of a paper or article

b) A new theoretical account of an area of research

c) An overview of many articles in the same area

d) An analysis of a specific area of cognitive development

Question 20

A creod is:

a) A genetically predetermined species-typical growth path

b) An environmental intervention program designed to stimulate cognitive development

c) An aspect of the environment (such as language) that is usually available to all infants and children

d) An aspect of the environment (such as piano lessons) that is usually available only to a small group of children

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