Life-span Development Santrock
Chapter 5 Test Bank.
solid; continuous - Answer Spelke found that 4-month-old infants expected objects to be ____
and ____.
overextension - Answer is the tendency to apply a word to objects that are inappropriate for
the word's meaning
under extension - Answer is the tendency to apply a word too narrowly; it occurs when
children fail to use a word to name a relevant event or object
crying, cooing, babbling - Answer What is the sound sequence infants go through in their first
year?
receptive vocabulary - Answer words children understand
spoken vocabulary - Answer words child uses
vocabulary spurt - Answer the rapid increase in vocabulary that begins at approximately 18
months
expectatons - Answer Renee Baillargeon used a research method that involved violation of
____ to measure infants' understanding of causality.
Bayley - Answer The widely used ____ Scales of Infant Development were developed to assess
infant behavior and predict later development.
first habits and primary circular reactions - Answer When babies repeat a body sensation first
experienced by chance, they are most likely in the ____ sensorimotor substage.
aphasia - Answer the loss or impairment of language ability caused by brain damage
, telegraphic speech - Answer is the use of short and precise words without grammatical
markers such as articles, auxillary verbs, or other conncetives
acquisition device - Answer Chomsky believed that children are born into the world with a
language ____.
phonology - Answer is the sound system of a language
schemes - Answer Grasping, strategies for problem solving, driving a car, and balancing a
budget are all examples of____, according to Piaget.
biology and experience - Answer According to Piaget, cognitive development is guided by ____
and ____.
accommodation - Answer A child calls all winged creatures birds, including bats and
butterflies. Her mother teaches her the correct names. This is Piaget's ____ concept
permanence - Answer Object ___ is understanding that objects and events continue to exist
when out of sight, this is a major milestone that happens around 18 months.
habituation - Answer decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations
babbling - Answer ____ is the production of strings of consonant-vowel combinations
phonology; meaning - Answer ____ is to sound as morphology is to ____.
morphology - Answer refers to the units of meaning involved in word formation
fast mapping/vocabulary spurt - Answer From 12 to 24 months, children can learn a word with
one exposure. This is called ____ ____.
symbols - Answer intentional representations of reality are called ____ by Piaget
Chapter 5 Test Bank.
solid; continuous - Answer Spelke found that 4-month-old infants expected objects to be ____
and ____.
overextension - Answer is the tendency to apply a word to objects that are inappropriate for
the word's meaning
under extension - Answer is the tendency to apply a word too narrowly; it occurs when
children fail to use a word to name a relevant event or object
crying, cooing, babbling - Answer What is the sound sequence infants go through in their first
year?
receptive vocabulary - Answer words children understand
spoken vocabulary - Answer words child uses
vocabulary spurt - Answer the rapid increase in vocabulary that begins at approximately 18
months
expectatons - Answer Renee Baillargeon used a research method that involved violation of
____ to measure infants' understanding of causality.
Bayley - Answer The widely used ____ Scales of Infant Development were developed to assess
infant behavior and predict later development.
first habits and primary circular reactions - Answer When babies repeat a body sensation first
experienced by chance, they are most likely in the ____ sensorimotor substage.
aphasia - Answer the loss or impairment of language ability caused by brain damage
, telegraphic speech - Answer is the use of short and precise words without grammatical
markers such as articles, auxillary verbs, or other conncetives
acquisition device - Answer Chomsky believed that children are born into the world with a
language ____.
phonology - Answer is the sound system of a language
schemes - Answer Grasping, strategies for problem solving, driving a car, and balancing a
budget are all examples of____, according to Piaget.
biology and experience - Answer According to Piaget, cognitive development is guided by ____
and ____.
accommodation - Answer A child calls all winged creatures birds, including bats and
butterflies. Her mother teaches her the correct names. This is Piaget's ____ concept
permanence - Answer Object ___ is understanding that objects and events continue to exist
when out of sight, this is a major milestone that happens around 18 months.
habituation - Answer decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations
babbling - Answer ____ is the production of strings of consonant-vowel combinations
phonology; meaning - Answer ____ is to sound as morphology is to ____.
morphology - Answer refers to the units of meaning involved in word formation
fast mapping/vocabulary spurt - Answer From 12 to 24 months, children can learn a word with
one exposure. This is called ____ ____.
symbols - Answer intentional representations of reality are called ____ by Piaget
