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Slater & Lewis: Introduction to Infant Development

Chapter 15

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Question 1

Altricial species are those whose offspring:

a) Leave the nest early

b) Remain helpless for long periods

c) Are born able to follow their mother

d) Can swim from birth

Question 2

Early social signals of cries and smiles in the human newborn are:

a) Prelinguistic attempts to communicate

b) Reflexive responses to the infant's internal state

c) Meaningful expressions of sadness and joy

d) Early signs of recognition of mother

Question 3

A possible example of a clear attempt to communicate is:

a) A wounded zebra's uneven gait (limping)

b) A newborn human infant's cries

c) A bird's cry on seeing a predator

d) A monkey's alarm call on seeing a predatory snake

Question 4

Infant-directed speech compared with adult-directed speech is:

a) Higher pitched

b) Lower pitched

c) Shorter pauses between words

d) Less exaggerated intonational contours

Question 5

5-month-old English-learning infants smile more to 'praise' vocalizations:

a) In their native language only

b) In English and foreign languages

c) Do not discriminate between praise and prohibition

d) Only if they understand the meaning of the utterance

Question 6

Infants can tell that happy faces are different from sad faces:

a) Hours from birth

b) 4 months from birth

c) 6 months from birth

d) 8 months from birth

Question 7

Campos and Stenberg investigated 12-month-olds "mindreading skills" using the:

a) Visual cliff

b) Visual climate

c) Bobo doll experiment

d) Social referencing procedure

Question 8

Social referencing refers to:

a) An understanding that others have minds

b) An understanding that others are social beings

c) Referring to a social other in early communication

d) Reference to a social partner for guidance

Question 9

By which age do infants look to the mother's face to seek information about something in the world?

a) 5 months

b) 8 months

c) 12 months

d) 15 months

Question 10

When do infants begin to communicate about things to other people?

a) 4 months

b) 6 months

c) 9 months

d) 12 months

Question 11

Infants begin to use pointing gestures as early as:

a) 4 months

b) 5 months

c) 7 months

d) 9 months

Question 12

How many stages of babbling are there?

a) 2

b) 4

c) 5

d) 7

Question 13

Canonical babbling is:

a) The first babbling sounds that sound like real words

b) Stringing together different syllables

c) Producing consonant-vowel combinations that differ in intonation

d) Consists of restricted set of alternating vowels and consonants

Question 14

Infants exposed to American Sign Language (ASL) typically:

a) Produce signs about 3 months before normally-hearing infants produce words

b) Produce signs about the same time as normally-hearing infants produce words

c) Produce signs about 3 months after normally-hearing infants produce words

d) Produce signs about 6 months after normally-hearing infants produce words

Question 15

By which age are normally-hearing infants attuned to the sound system of their native language?

a) 8 months of age

b) 9 months of age

c) 10 months of age

d) Only when they speak their first word

Question 16

Tincoff & Jusczyk found that infants have formed an association between their parents and their name by:

a) 3 months of age

b) 6 months of age

c) 9 months of age

d) Only when they speak their first word

Question 17

Fluent language users typically process how many different speech sounds per second when following a conversation?

a) 2-4

b) 4-8

c) 8-12

d) 15-30

Question 18

When do infants demonstrate an understanding of what other people's intentions are?

a) 6 months

b) 9 months

c) 12 months

d) 15 months

Question 19

Infant-directed speech is found in which of these languages?

a) English and German

b) Japanese and Chinese

c) English and Japanese

d) All of these

Question 20

At what age will infants turn to look in the direction of a non-human object with "eyes"?

a) 6 months

b) 9 months

c) 12 months

d) 15 months

Question 21

It has been claimed that human communication has emerged because of?

a) The ability to follow eye gaze

b) The ability to understand another's behavior as intentional

c) The ability to socially reference

d) The ability to point to a shared focus of attention

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