Deck 6: Infant Cognitive and Affective Development

Question 1

Infant play

A)is the major vehicle for infant learning.
B)is not particularly important until about 12 months of age.
C)is only valuable when initiated by an adult.
D)should not include too many stimulating sensory experiences.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

By age one, infant peer interactions are marked by exchanging and .

A)touches; objects
B)objects; time with caregivers
C)kisses; hugs
D)gazes; vocalizations

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In some cultures, the biological father may not be the significant male in the family; it may be the grandfather.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Developmental biodynamics focuses on

A)brain research.
B)brain lateralization.
C)how motor development and perception interact.
D)None of the answer choices.

Question 5

Understanding that objects exist even when they are not perceived at a given moment is called the concept of

A)object permanence.
B)object recognition.
C)object invariability.
D)object acknowledgment.

Question 6

An examination of the attachment behaviors of mothers as compared with fathers indicates that

A)children usually equally attached to both parents.
B)children are usually more strongly attached to their mother.
C)the quality of the two relationships may be quite different.
D)few infants have strong attachments to their fathers.

Question 7

Opportunities for conversation are available during routine activities.

Question 8

Middle- and upper-class fathers tend to show equal interest in the newborn as mothers do.

Question 9

The evidence from behavioral genetics studies indicates that temperamental characteristics do not influence the development of attachment.

Question 10

Imitation during infancy may serve an important function, such as

A)providing a way for infants to learn new behaviors through imitating mothers, although mothers seldom imitate infants.
B)parent-child interaction or turn-taking.
C)imitation of vocal but not facial expressions.
D)providing mothers an opportunity to see what their infants know how to do.

Question 11

Around 10 months the infant tries to imitate speech.

Question 12

The infants in the strange situation who waver as they move from mother to toys, are hesitant to explore, are cautious when meeting the stranger, are very upset when mother leaves, and push their mother away at the reunion are the category of

A)securely attached.
B)insecurely attached.
C)insecurely attached-avoidant.
D)disorganzied-disoriented.

Question 13

New measures of temperament indicate that characteristics such as shyness, sociability, and the tendency to be happy are inherited.

Question 14

Object manipulation provides meaningful information for infants.They enjoy exploring the simplest materials, such as a piece of crumpled paper.

Question 15

Infants do not have the ability to communicate with nonverbal gestures.

Question 16

A critical time for developing an attachment seems to be the first

A)month.
B)two months.
C)three months.
D)six months.

Question 17

Parenting practices have very little influence on how temperament affects the way children eventually turn out.

Question 18

Infants have been found to recognize categories such as human faces, birds, and dogs.

Question 19

Piaget's first sensorimotor substage is

A)reflexes.
B)primary circular reaction.
C)invention of new means through mental combinations.
D)tertiary circular reactions.

Question 20

Giving babies access to books and reading to them regularly

A)should begin at about 12 months.
B)introduces them to literacy concepts.
C)is of no value because babies cannot read.
D)enhances cognitive but not affective development.

Question 21

List and describe Piaget's six substages of the sensorimotor period.

Question 22

Explain the relationship between attachment and temperament.

Question 23

Explain the difference between object permanence and object recognition.

Question 24

Describe the two dimensions of Kagan's model of temperament.

Question 25

Explain how social referencing and play contribute to cognitive development.

Question 26

Describe how culture may affect parent-child relationships and interactions.