HDEV COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● Object permanence refers to:
Answer: a recognition that things exist even when they are out of sight
●● During the _____ stage of development, according to Piaget's
cognitive-developmental theory, infants progress from responding to
events with reflexes, or ready-made schemes, to goal-oriented behavior.
Answer: sensorimotor
●● What does the phrase "A not B error" mean?
Answer: a child may reach for a hidden object where it has always been,
yet still reach there even when they see the toy hidden somewhere else
●● Piaget's stages of cognitive development:
Answer: have been documented in children cross-culturally
●● Rovee-Collier and her colleagues (1993) tied one end of a ribbon to a
brightly colored mobile and tied the other end ties to an infant's ankle.
What did these studies measure?
Answer: memory
, ●● In its simplest sense, the Bayley Scales measure:
Answer: mental and motor abilities
●● Tamika, a 9-month-old infant, watches as her mother pushes a button
on a toy and the toy beeps. Several hours later, Tamika pushes the button
and the toy beeps. This is an example of:
Answer: deferred imitation
●● Echolalia involves:
Answer: infants repeating sounds or words they have heard
●● When is an infant's first word typically spoken?
Answer: between 11 and 13 months of age
●● To the delight of her parents, 20-month-old Maya just exclaimed
"Daddy go!" What does this utterance best represent?
Answer: telegraphic speech
●● Young Dominic, only 3 years old, overheard a television show where
the word "dammit" was spoken. Dominic thought it was a funny word,
so he has been repeating it. His parents have decided to ignore it.
According to the learning principle of ________, Dominic should soon
stop saying the word since he is getting no reinforcing response.
Answer: extinction
AND SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● Object permanence refers to:
Answer: a recognition that things exist even when they are out of sight
●● During the _____ stage of development, according to Piaget's
cognitive-developmental theory, infants progress from responding to
events with reflexes, or ready-made schemes, to goal-oriented behavior.
Answer: sensorimotor
●● What does the phrase "A not B error" mean?
Answer: a child may reach for a hidden object where it has always been,
yet still reach there even when they see the toy hidden somewhere else
●● Piaget's stages of cognitive development:
Answer: have been documented in children cross-culturally
●● Rovee-Collier and her colleagues (1993) tied one end of a ribbon to a
brightly colored mobile and tied the other end ties to an infant's ankle.
What did these studies measure?
Answer: memory
, ●● In its simplest sense, the Bayley Scales measure:
Answer: mental and motor abilities
●● Tamika, a 9-month-old infant, watches as her mother pushes a button
on a toy and the toy beeps. Several hours later, Tamika pushes the button
and the toy beeps. This is an example of:
Answer: deferred imitation
●● Echolalia involves:
Answer: infants repeating sounds or words they have heard
●● When is an infant's first word typically spoken?
Answer: between 11 and 13 months of age
●● To the delight of her parents, 20-month-old Maya just exclaimed
"Daddy go!" What does this utterance best represent?
Answer: telegraphic speech
●● Young Dominic, only 3 years old, overheard a television show where
the word "dammit" was spoken. Dominic thought it was a funny word,
so he has been repeating it. His parents have decided to ignore it.
According to the learning principle of ________, Dominic should soon
stop saying the word since he is getting no reinforcing response.
Answer: extinction
