Chapter 5

Question 1

scheme

Answer 1

actions or mental representations that organize knowledge; sucking, problem-solving, driving

Question 2

assimilation

Answer 2

using existing schemes to deal with new information or expressions; sucking on every toy the same way, calling all animals dogs

Question 3

accommodation

Answer 3

change in existing ways of
thinking that occur in response to encounters with new
stimuli or events

Question 4

object permanence

Answer 4

the realization that people

and objects exist even when they cannot be seen

Question 5

examples of accommodation

Answer 5

Sucking on things based on shape, calling all flying

animals birds, setting up a new schema for “cat”

Question 6

Implicit memory

Answer 6

memory that is recalled unconsciously, like how to ride a

bike, climb a stairway. Earliest memories are implicit.

Question 7

Explicit memory

Answer 7

conscious memory that can be recalled intentionally, like

facts, events. Explicit memories emerge about age 6 months

Question 8

infantile amnesia

Answer 8

the lack of memory for experiences that occurred prior

to three years of age

Question 9

deferred imitation

Answer 9

a person who is no longer present is imitated by children who have witnessed a similar act.

Question 10

sequence of the three vocalizations of infants

Answer 10

crying, cooing, babbling

Question 11

underextension

Answer 11

using words too restrictively

Question 12

overextension

Answer 12

using words too broadly

Question 13

consequences to damage in Broca’s area

Answer 13

loss or impairment of language processing

Question 14

Chomsky’s – language acquisition device

Answer 14

a neural system of the brain hypothesized to permit the

understanding of language