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For cognitive change to occur, identify the two processes that must work in concert as a child experiences considerable movement between the states of cognitive equilibrium and disequilibrium.


A) equilibration and categorization
B) amalgamation and organization
C) assimilation and accommodation
D) classification and modification

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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In the context of the substages of Jean Piaget's sensorimotor stage of development, which of the following statements is true of the substage known as coordination of secondary circular reactions?


A) Infants show the presence of intentionality.
B) Infants manipulate and transform represented events in simple ways.
C) It develops between fifteen and eighteen months of age.
D) An infant develops the ability to use primitive symbols.

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

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Identify a true statement about the work of Andrew Meltzoff on imitation in infant development.


A) He emphasizes that an infant's imitative abilities resemble a hardwired response.
B) He concluded that infants blindly imitate everything they see.
C) He held that deferred imitation does not occur until about 18 months of age.
D) He sees infants' imitative abilities as biologically based.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Research by RenΓ©e Baillargeon and her colleagues documents that infants as young as 3 to 4 months expect objects to be ________, in the sense that other objects cannot move through them, and ________, in the sense that objects continue to exist when they are hidden.


A) subject to gravity; transient
B) consistent; existential
C) substantial; permanent
D) opaque; substantial

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

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Two-year-old Anita has learned the word "dog" to identify the family pet Rover. Now, Anita says the word "dog" when she sees any animal. Anita has ________ these animals into her existing scheme.


A) amalgamated
B) accommodated
C) assimilated
D) applied

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

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While nine-month-old Mave is playing with a ball, her brother takes it and hides it behind a pillow. Mave cries and crawls over to the pillow to get the ball. Which Piagetian concept is represented in this scenario?

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Ruth, an infant, sucked everything that touched her lips and also sucked nearby objects. A few months later, she learned that certain objects such as her mother's breasts or a milk bottle can be sucked but other objects such as spoons, her toys, or her blanket cannot be sucked. In the context of Jean Piaget's theory of infant development, the cognitive processes most likely responsible for Ruth's actions are


A) coordination and internalization.
B) equilibration and organization.
C) assimilation and accommodation.
D) habituation and dishabituation.

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

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Kiara is a 2-month-old infant. Her mother informs Kiara's pediatrician that during the first month after birth, Kiara sucked when a bottle or nipple touched her lips and that currently she sucks even when no bottle or nipple is present nearby. In the context of Jean Piaget's sensorimotor stage of development, Kiara is most likely in Jean Piaget's ________ substage of sensorimotor development.


A) coordination of secondary circular reactions
B) first habits and primary circular reactions
C) tertiary circular reactions, novelty, and curiosity
D) secondary circular reactions

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

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In which sensorimotor substage does an infant develop the ability to use primitive symbols?


A) the simple reflexes substage
B) the first habits and primary circular reactions substage
C) the secondary circular reactions substage
D) the internalization of schemes substage

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

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Which of the following indicates a significant problem in an infant's communication system?


A) a lack of pointing by 15 months of age
B) not being able to speak 50 words by 15 months of age
C) only speaking 150 words by two years of age
D) a lack of pointing by seven months of age

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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In which sensorimotor substage does an infant's actions become more object-oriented?


A) the simple reflexes substage
B) the first habits substage
C) the secondary circular reactions substage
D) the primary circular reactions substage

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Ariel is nine months old. She understands that a bird is an animal and that an airplane is a vehicle even though both the objects have wings. According to Jean Mandler, which of the following statements is most likely true of Ariel's categorization of the objects?


A) Ariel has conceptually categorized the objects.
B) Ariel has categorized the objects by making perceptual discriminations between different categories of objects.
C) Ariel has perceptually categorized the objects.
D) Ariel has categorized the objects on the basis of prototypes that she extracted from the structural regularities of the objects.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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A loss or impairment of language processing ability caused by brain injury is called


A) dysphagia.
B) aphasia.
C) autism.
D) mutism.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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When Alice speaks to her six-month-old nephew, her voice immediately takes on a higher pitch, her speech becomes slower, and she begins to use more simplistic words and phrases. This change in Alice's language behavior is an example of


A) echoing.
B) recasting.
C) child-directed speech.
D) morphology.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Two-year-old Max sees a rabbit and calls it a "bunny." He then sees a large white hamster and calls it a "bunny," too. In this scenario, the application of a word to objects that are inappropriate for the word's meaning is referred to as


A) deferred imitation.
B) underextension.
C) infantile amnesia.
D) overextension.

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

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Which of the following substages of Jean Piaget's sensorimotor development is characterized by an infant becoming more object-oriented, moving beyond self-preoccupation?


A) primary circular reactions
B) simple reflexes
C) secondary circular reactions
D) first habits

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

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Identify the ability to produce an endless number of meaningful sentences using a finite set of words and rules.

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________ is an area in the left temporal lobe of the brain that is involved in the comprehension of speech.


A) Broca's area
B) SMA area
C) Morton's area
D) Wernicke's area

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

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Which of the following substages of Jean Piaget's sensorimotor stage of development corresponds to the first month after birth?


A) primary circular reactions
B) simple reflexes
C) tertiary circular reactions
D) internalization of schemes

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

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Three-year-old Jesse used to call all moving vehicles "car." He now accurately categorizes moving vehicles into trucks, cars, motorcycles, and buses. Jesse has ________ to fit new information into his existing scheme.


A) accommodated
B) assimilated
C) amalgamated
D) applied

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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