Question: _____ is the understanding that objects continue to exist when they cannot be seen.
Answer Choices:
Object permanence
Acquired adaptation
Mental representation
Object continuity
Answer: Object permanence 53.
Question: Becky is a 4-month-old infant whose mother uses a high-pitched voice, simple words or phrases, and lots of repetition when she speaks. Becky delights in her mother’s use of _____.
Answer Choices:
long, grammatically correct sentences
a variety of high and low tones
child-directed speech
babbling
Answer: child-directed speech 54.
Question: The term holophrase is used to denote _____.
Answer Choices:
a word that is empty of meaning
the infant’s use of one word to express a whole thought
the relationship of object permanence to language development
the use of two words to take the place of one
Answer: the infant’s use of one word to express a whole thought 55.
Question: The use of prefixes, suffixes, intonation, verb forms, pronouns, and other parts of speech is known as _____.
Answer Choices:
grammar
sentence structure
speech patterns
syntax
Answer: grammar 56.
Question: The language acquisition device (LAD) was proposed by Chomsky to explain _____.
Answer Choices:
children’s vocabulary spurts
the mean length of utterance
the systematic differences among languages
children’s ability to derive the rules of grammar quickly and effectively
Answer: children’s ability to derive the rules of grammar quickly and effectively 57.
Question: Infants’ repetition of certain syllables at the age of about 6 or 7 months is called _____.
Answer Choices:
cooing
holophrasing
gurgling
babbling
Answer: babbling 58.
Question: Writing your name is a _____, whereas kicking a ball is a(n) _____.
Answer Choices:
sensorimotor skill
preoperational skill
physical skill
cognitive skill
coordination skill
inter-coordination skill
fine motor skill
gross motor skill
Answer: fine motor skill; gross motor skill 59.
Question: Which characteristics must be present before an infant can experience pride, shame, or guilt?
Answer Choices:
social awareness
social skills
stranger anxiety
embarrassment
Answer: social awareness 60.
Question: If we place a dot of rouge on a 20-month-old girl’s nose and stand the child in front of a mirror, she may then touch her own nose. This indicates that the child has some _____.
Answer Choices:
dynamic perception
perceptual constancy
social referencing
self-awareness
Answer: self-awareness 61.
Question: The coordinated interaction between caregiver and infant is called _____.
Answer Choices:
psychosocialization
synchrony
symbiosis
interplay
Answer: synchrony 62.
Question: Proximity-seeking and contact-maintaining behaviors are displays of _____.
Answer Choices:
love
fear
attachment
friendliness
Answer: attachment 63.
Question: Baby Abby’s Father is holding her. She is smiling at him one minute and then, unexpectedly, she slaps his face. Because this is typical behavior for her, she may have which type of attachment?
Answer Choices:
insecure-avoidant
disorganized
secure-detached
insecure-resistant/ambivalent
Answer: disorganized 64.
Question: Josie is 15 months old. Her parents are happy in their marriage and financially stable. Most likely, Josie’s attachment type will be _____.
Answer Choices:
insecure-resistant/ambivalent
insecure-avoidant
disorganized
secure
Answer: secure 65.
Question: Abed is 12 months old, and his uncle Nadin is visiting for the first time in 6 months. Nadin is delighted to see his nephew, so as he enters the room, he booms, “There’s my little man!” Abed looks to his mother, who is smiling broadly at her brother, and crawls to him to be picked up. Abed is demonstrating _____.
Answer Choices:
attachment disorder
social referencing
social phobia
insecure attachment
Answer: social referencing 66.
Question: Close father–infant relationships can teach infants (especially boys) appropriate expressions of emotion, particularly _____.
Answer Choices:
anger
disgust
sadness
fear
Answer: anger 67.