Exam 4: The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood

Mariposa is laying in her crib, and is making elongated single vowel sounds, like "ahhhhhhh" and "oooooooh." How old would you guess that Mariposa is?

The two areas of the brain that are responsible for the initial storage of information are the ________ and the ________.

A memory for some significant life event is called a(n) ____ memory.

Several years ago, a major ketchup manufacturer experimented with selling ketchup in different colors, including green, purple, and others. The idea was that kids would be excited by different colors, even though extensive blind taste tests indicated that the flavors of the different products were identical. The product failed and was discontinued after only a few years. Children just did not seem to be able to accept that it was still ketchup even though it was not red. This sort of reliance on the appearance of an object is most typical of ________ children.

Provide an example of how egocentrism, centration, and appearance as reality might affect the actions or thoughts of a child.

At around 18 months of age, children will learn approximately 10 or more new words and labels each week.

With regard to the memories of young babies, which of the following is the MOST accurate statement?

In the information processing model, mental ________ refers to mental and neural structures that are built in and that allow the mind to operate, while mental ________ refers to mental programs that are the basis for performing particular tasks.

A common law of physics, noted by Sir Isaac Newton, states that "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." If you were to apply that principle to Piaget's theory of cognitive development in children, actions being in balance with each other would describe the process of