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Slater & Lewis: Introduction to Infant Development

Chapter 17

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Question 1

Three basic assumptions about the cultural nature of development (Rogoff, 2003) are:

a) Inseparability of individual and culture; development as transformation in participation; regularities in variation

b) Separability of individual and culture; development as continuity in participation; discontinuities in variation

c) Separability of individual and culture; development as continuity in participation; regularities in variation

d) Inseparability of ethnic group and culture; development as continuity in participation; regularities in variation

Question 2

What is meant by an "emic" perspective?

a) Perspective relevant to all cultures

b) Culture-specific perspective

c) Perspective based on the individual

d) Non-cultural perspective

Question 3

The first stage in Piaget's theory of development is:

a) Oral stage

b) Sensori-motor stage

c) Concrete operations stage

d) Attachment stage

Question 4

Infants' major developmental tasks include:

a) Distinguishing between their native culture and others

b) Developing motor and physical capacities

c) Learning the meaning of verbs

d) Distinguishing between their native language and others

Question 5

Compared to birth, by one year of age:

a) Birth weight triples and height (length) doubles

b) Birth weight and height both double

c) Birth weight and height both triple

d) Birth weight doubles and height triples

Question 6

In Uganda infants typically begin to walk at:

a) 6 months

b) 10 months

c) 14 months

d) 18 months

Question 7

Cultural variation in the development of motor skills are likely attributable to:

a) Genetic variations

b) Differences in ambient temperature

c) Cultural differences in holding practices

d) All of these

Question 8

Ecological attachment theory was developed by:

a) Sigmund Freud

b) Jean Piaget

c) Mary Ainsworth

d) John Bowlby

Question 9

The "Strange situation paradigm" was developed by:

a) Ainsworth

b) Spock

c) Freud

d) Bowlby

Question 10

In middle- and upper-middle class North American samples what percentage of infants are "securely" attached?

a) 30%

b) 50%

c) 70%

d) 90%

Question 11

In the Efe community in Zaire infants:

a) Have their father as the primary caregiver

b) Have grandparents as their primary caregivers

c) Are reared outside of the biological family

d) Receive care from many adults

Question 12

According to Bruner (2001) the exercise of the capacity for intelligent action:

a) Is genetically determined

b) Depends on a gene-environment interaction

c) Depends on the culture

d) All of these

Question 13

Bruner's four universal "endowments" that provide foundations for learning, cognitive, and communicative development are:

a) Means-end readiness, Transactionality, Systematicity, Rule-governed actions

b) Attachment formation, Sensori-motor development, Rule-governed actions, Speech perception

c) Attachment formation, Transactionality, Sensori-motor development, Motor development

d) Means-end readiness, Object permanence, Intersubjectivity, Rule-governed actions

Question 14

Infants are capable of forming secure attachments to:

a) The mother only

b) The mother and father

c) Mother, father and siblings

d) Multiple caregivers including unrelated individuals

Question 15

According to LeVine et al. (1994) the American model of early child care is:

a) Pragmatic

b) Utilitarian

c) Pediatric

d) Pedagogical

Question 16

According to LeVine et al. (1994) the Gusii people of Kenya's model of early child care is:

a) Pragmatic

b) Utilitarian

c) Pediatric

d) Pedagogical

Question 17

In Polynesia, where infants are typically held facing outwards, emphasizing interaction with the social world, the first words are typically produced around:

a) 8 months

b) 1 year

c) 2 years

d) 3 years

Question 18

Children in the African American community of mill workers studied by Heath (1983):

a) Produce expressive rather than referential speech

b) Produce referential rather than expressive speech

c) Babble at an early age

d) Produce few babbling sounds prior to the onset of speech

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