The Bayley Scales of Infant Development

	emphasize higher-order cognitive skills like memory and problem solving.
	are helpful in assessing the newborn's adjustment to life outside the womb.
	show good long-term prediction of childhood intellectual functioning.
	do not tap the same dimensions of intelligence measured at older ages.

Question 7

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According to the information-processing framework, ________ make(s) complex forms of thinking possible with age.

	increases in the size of short-term memory
	changes in the structure of the mental system
	increases in the capacity of the system
	goal-directed behavior

Question 8

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According to the core knowledge perspective, infants

	construct knowledge through independent exploration of their world.
	internalize knowledge though social interaction with others.
	achieve new mental abilities through schedules of reinforcement and punishment.
	begin life with innate, special-purpose knowledge systems.

Question 9

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Baby Marisa is twisting and turning triangles, circles, and squares to fit them into her shape-sorter. According to Piaget, this behavior would best be described as a ________ circular reaction.

	reflexive
	primary
	secondary
	tertiary

Question 10

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The Bayley Scales of Infant Development

	emphasize higher-order cognitive skills like memory and problem solving.
	are helpful in assessing the newborn's adjustment to life outside the womb.
	show good long-term prediction of childhood intellectual functioning.
	do not tap the same dimensions of intelligence measured at older ages.

Question 4

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Studies show that

	deafness cannot be diagnosed until at least the third postnatal month.
	deaf children do not need access to deaf adults or peers to experience natural language learning.
	deaf children of hearing parents frequently are delayed in the development of make-believe play and show impulse control problems.
	deaf children exhibit more favorable developmental outcomes if they have hearing parents than if they have deaf parents.

Question 5

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Input in the information-processing system

	is held in the sensory register until it is attended to.
	simply flows on its own through the various stores.
	is automatically transferred into long-term memory.
	is channeled through the parts of the mental system using mental strategies.

Question 6

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In Piaget's theory, adaptation refers to

	the back-and-forth movement between equilibration and disequilibration.
	the process of building schemes through direct interaction with the environment.
	a steady, comfortable cognitive state.
	a rearrangement and linking together of schemes.

Question 7

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According to the information-processing framework, ________ make(s) complex forms of thinking possible with age.

	increases in the size of short-term memory
	changes in the structure of the mental system
	increases in the capacity of the system
	goal-directed behavior

Question 8

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According to the core knowledge perspective, infants

	construct knowledge through independent exploration of their world.
	internalize knowledge though social interaction with others.
	achieve new mental abilities through schedules of reinforcement and punishment.
	begin life with innate, special-purpose knowledge systems.

Question 9

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Baby Marisa is twisting and turning triangles, circles, and squares to fit them into her shape-sorter. According to Piaget, this behavior would best be described as a ________ circular reaction.

	reflexive
	primary
	secondary
	tertiary

Question 10

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The Bayley Scales of Infant Development

	emphasize higher-order cognitive skills like memory and problem solving.
	are helpful in assessing the newborn's adjustment to life outside the womb.
	show good long-term prediction of childhood intellectual functioning.
	do not tap the same dimensions of intelligence measured at older ages.

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