HDE 100A-CHAPTER 6 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Sarah is an infant. She understands that moving objects stop when they bump into a
wall. This is an example of _____.
gaze-following
natural pedagogy
habituation
core knowledge - Answers :core knowledge
_____ memory is not verbal and begins by 3 months of age.
Explicit
Implicit
Declarative
Semantic - Answers :Implicit
Three-month-old Everett sucks vigorously on a breast when he is eating a meal,
pressing the nipple against the roof of his mouth to maximize the milk in his mouth. He
sucks firmly and rhythmically when sucking on a pacifier to fall asleep, with less
pressure from his tongue. These sucking adaptations imply that Everett is in Piaget's
stage _____.
one
two
three
four - Answers :two
After a child's vocabulary has reached about 50 expressed words, spoken vocabulary
will build _____ over the next several months.
slowly
rapidly
sequentially
deliberately - Answers :rapidly
According to Chomsky's theory of language acquisition, _____.
children learn language through a complex process of imitation and reinforcement
children have an inborn ability to learn language
the inability to learn language is due to specific brain dysfunctions
language learning utilizes one particular structure in the brain - Answers :children have
an inborn ability to learn language
Piaget referred to toddlers in sensorimotor stage five as _____.
little heathens
tertiary infants
little scientists
blank slates - Answers :little scientists
Sarah is an infant. She understands that moving objects stop when they bump into a
wall. This is an example of _____.
gaze-following
natural pedagogy
habituation
core knowledge - Answers :core knowledge
_____ memory is not verbal and begins by 3 months of age.
Explicit
Implicit
Declarative
Semantic - Answers :Implicit
Three-month-old Everett sucks vigorously on a breast when he is eating a meal,
pressing the nipple against the roof of his mouth to maximize the milk in his mouth. He
sucks firmly and rhythmically when sucking on a pacifier to fall asleep, with less
pressure from his tongue. These sucking adaptations imply that Everett is in Piaget's
stage _____.
one
two
three
four - Answers :two
After a child's vocabulary has reached about 50 expressed words, spoken vocabulary
will build _____ over the next several months.
slowly
rapidly
sequentially
deliberately - Answers :rapidly
According to Chomsky's theory of language acquisition, _____.
children learn language through a complex process of imitation and reinforcement
children have an inborn ability to learn language
the inability to learn language is due to specific brain dysfunctions
language learning utilizes one particular structure in the brain - Answers :children have
an inborn ability to learn language
Piaget referred to toddlers in sensorimotor stage five as _____.
little heathens
tertiary infants
little scientists
blank slates - Answers :little scientists
