Question 1

Which of the following function like blueprints that allow infants to organize and adapt to their world?&#10;A) Cognitive structures&#10;B) Egocentrism&#10;C) Primary circular reactions&#10;D) Causality

Accepted Answer

Cognitive structures are mental frameworks that help infants organize and interpret information, allowing them to adapt to their environment.

Question 2

An infant's ability to comprehend that one event leads to another relates to what sensorimotor period accomplishment?&#10;A) Time&#10;B) Causality&#10;C) Object permanence&#10;D) Spatial relationships

Accepted Answer

Causality is the understanding that one event leads to another. This is a key accomplishment of the sensorimotor period, which is the stage of cognitive development that occurs from birth to about 2 years of age. During this period, infants learn about the world through their senses and motor skills. They begin to understand that their actions can cause things to happen, and they start to develop a sense of cause and effect.

Question 3

At what substage of Piaget's sensorimotor period do infants use their bodies to act on the physical environment, repeating actions because they produce a desired effect?&#10;A) Substage 2: primary circular reactions&#10;B) Substage 5: tertiary circular reactions&#10;C) Substage 3: secondary circular reactions&#10;D) Substage 4: coordination of secondary circular reactions

Accepted Answer

In Substage 3: secondary circular reactions, infants repeat actions that affect their environment, showing an understanding of cause and effect.

Question 4

According to Piaget, infants are unlikely to search for an object if it disappears from view during which stage?&#10;A) Substage 1&#10;B) Substage 2&#10;C) Substage 3&#10;D) Substages 1 and 2

Accepted Answer

During Substages 1 and 2 of Piaget's sensorimotor stage, infants lack object permanence, meaning they do not understand that objects continue to exist when out of sight.

Question 5

An infant's ability to comprehend that objects exist when out of sight relates to what sensorimotor period accomplishment?&#10;A) Time&#10;B) Causality&#10;C) Object performance&#10;D) Spatial relationships

Accepted Answer

The correct term is "object permanence," which is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed.

Question 6

__________, in which visual cues are not used to remember something, improves during the second half of the first year, a period of considerable brain development&#10;A) Recall memory&#10;B) Egocentrism&#10;C) Object permanence&#10;D) Primary circular reactions

Accepted Answer

Recall memory, which does not rely on visual cues, improves during the second half of the first year as the brain develops significantly during this period.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is NOT true about Piaget's theories of object permanence?&#10;A) Piaget thought that infants did not have object permanence until at least 18 months.&#10;B) Piaget's tests for object permanence required infants to physically search for objects he had hidden.&#10;C) Piaget considered the role that neurological development played in infants' acquisition of object permanence.&#10;D) Piaget did not consider the role that memory played in infants' acquisition of object permanence.

Accepted Answer

Piaget did not focus on neurological development in his theory of cognitive development; he was more concerned with the stages of cognitive growth and how children interact with their environment.

Question 8

One method of studying infant cognition involves relying on an infants' inborn tendency to pay attention to a novel stimulus and then to habituate to it.

Accepted Answer

This method is known as habituation-dishabituation, where infants show decreased interest in a familiar stimulus and increased interest when a new stimulus is presented, indicating cognitive processing.

Question 9

Recall memory, in which visual cues are not used to remember something, improves during the second half of the first year, a period of considerable brain development.

Accepted Answer

Recall memory, which relies on the ability to remember information without visual cues, typically improves as the brain undergoes significant development during the latter half of the first year of life.

Question 10

Long before babies begin to crawl, they make mental maps of their surroundings and remember where furniture should be.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

Piaget's theory has been challenged by other researchers, who found that infants develop some cognitive abilities earlier than Piaget thought.

Accepted Answer

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Deck 26: Cognitive Development