LifeSpan Chapter 6 Quiz – Flashcards
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) indicates that infants:
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have electrical activity in areas of the brain indicating that sensations are being processed earlier than proposed by Piaget
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Recent research on early affordances provides evidence that:
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even during the first year of life age makes a difference in which affordances will be perceived and then acted on
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Most developmentalists agree that very young infants can remember if:
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they have repeated reminders special measures are taken to aid memory retrieval they are in the same environment or context as the initial experience
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When do infants begin learning language?
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before birth
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The typical order of spoken language development is:
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reflexive, cooing, babbling, simple words
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Most babies speak their first recognizable words by:
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12 months
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Cultural differences in communication appear to influence:
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the ratio of nouns to verbs and adjectives
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How does a child learn language?
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infants are taught language infants have a natural capacity for language learning infants are socially programmed to communicate
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Behaviorists believe that a mother who _________ will stimulate her child's communication skills.
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uses reinforcement
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The social-pragmatic theory of language development highlights the importance of:
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social interaction
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Scientist have attempted to integrate theories of language development (social-pragmatic theory, innate abilities, and behaviorism) into one theory known as:
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hybrid theory
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