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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy Flashcards

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1
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Summarize Piaget‘s theory of Infant Development

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  1. baby makes schemes
  2. baby uses/adapts scheme with assimilation and accommodations
  3. baby organizes experiences
  4. sensorimotor stage
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In Piaget’s theory, actions or mental representations that organize knowledge are called _______.

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schemes

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What is assimilation?

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Using existing schemes to deal with new info

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What is accommodation?

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Adjustment of schemes for new info

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_______ is a mechanism Piaget proposed to explain how children shift from one stage to the next.

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equilibrium

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Sensorimotor stage

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Piaget’s first stage,

  • lasts from birth to age 2
  • infants begin to understand the world through coordinating sensory experiences and motor actions
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What are the six substages of sensorimotor development?

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  1. Simple reflexes
  2. First habits and primary circular reactions
  3. Secondary circular reactions
  4. Coordination of secondary circular reactions
  5. Tertiary circular reactions, novelty, and curiosity
  6. Internalization of schemes
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Substages:
Simple reflexes

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First substage,
coordination of sensation and action through reflexive behaviors

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Substages:
First habits and primary circular reactions

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Coordination of sensation and two types of schemes:
1. habits
2. reactions

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Substages:
Secondary circular reactions

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Infant becomes more object-oriented, less self-oriented

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Substages:
Coordination of secondary circular reactions

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Coordination of vision and touch, coordination of schemes and intentionality

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Substages:
Tertiary circular reactions, novelty, and curiosity

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Infant becomes intrigued by properties of objects and by the things they can do to objects

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Substages:
Internalization of schemes

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Infants develop ability to use primitive symbols and form enduring mental representations

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What is a primary circular reation?

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Scheme based on attempt to reproduce an event which occured by chance

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A-not-B error

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Infant makes the mistake of selecting a familiar hiding place (A) rather than a new hiding place (B) of an object

*related to undeveloped object permanence

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Core knowledge approach

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Infants are born with domain-specific innate knowledge systems (nature)

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What are some criticisms of Piaget’s theory?

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  • infants’ perceptual abilities are highly developed from a young age
  • data doesn’t always support him
  • A-not-B error
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Who made the theory of operant conditioning?

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Skinner

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Operant conditioning

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Consequences of a behavior produce changes in the probability of the behavior’s occurrence

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_______ has demonstrated how infants can retain information from the experience of being conditioned.

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Carolyn Rovee-Collier

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21
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The focus of mental resources on select information.

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Attention

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What dominates attention in the first year of life?

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orienting/investigative process

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A new stimulus elicits an orienting response followed by _______.

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Sustained attention

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A process that occurs when individuals focus on the same object and are able to track another individual’s behavior.

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Joint attention

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25
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Joint attention is delayed in children with _______.

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ASD and language delay

26
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Central feature of cognitive development which pertains to all situations in which individuals retain information over time.

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Memory

27
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Memory without conscious recollection

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implicit

28
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Memory of facts and experiences which individuals consciously know

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explicit

29
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What makes explicit memory possible in infants?

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  • development of hippocampus and cerebral cortex from 6-12 months
30
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Infantile/childhood amnesia

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Inability to remember first 3 years of life

31
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T or F
Infants’ memories are fragile

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True

32
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Imitation that occurs after a delay of hours or days

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Deferred imitation

33
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Cognitive grouping of similar objects, events, people, or ideas

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Concepts

34
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Infants as young as _______ can group objects.

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3 to 4 months

35
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The ability to produce and comprehend an endless number of meaningful sentences using a finite set of words and rules

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Infinite generativity

36
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The sound system of the language, including the sounds used and how they may be combined

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Phonology

37
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Units of meaning involved in word formation

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Morphology

38
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The ways words are combined to form acceptable phrases/sentences

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Syntax

39
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The meaning of words and sentences

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Semantics

40
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The appropriate use of language in different contexts

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Pragmatics

41
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What did Frederick II do with babies?

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He tried to learn what language they’d speak if nobody spoke to them. They all died…

42
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T or F
From birth to 6 months, babies can understand sounds from only their own language.

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False
From birth to 6 months babies can understand sounds of any language

Kuhl (2015) “citizens of the world”

43
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How do babies begin to understand language in the second half of their first year?

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Statistical information like co-occurrence and repetition

44
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Cooing v. Babbling

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Cooing:
- starts @ 2-4 months
- gurgling sounds
- express pleasure
Babbling:
- starts @ middle of 1st year
- form of social interaction
- strings of sounds

45
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Gestures are used by babies to _______.

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  • communicate towards end of 1st year
  • pointing, waving, nodding, etc.
46
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T or F
Infants understand first words before using them.

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True

47
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Vocabulary spurt

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Rapid increase in baby’s vocabulary from age 18 months

48
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T or F
Early vocabulary development is not linked with later language development.

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False
It is linked with language development 5 years later

49
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Overextension v. Underextension

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O: to apply words to objects that are not included in the word’s definition, too wide
U: to fail to name an object as what it is, too narrow

50
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Two-word utterances

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  • 18-24 months
  • Convey meaning with just two words
51
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The use of short and precise words without grammatical markers

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Telegraphic speech

52
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T or F
Speaking and understanding language require the nervous system.

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True

53
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An area in the brain’s left hemisphere that’s involved in language comprehension

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Wernicke’s area

54
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An area in the brain’s left frontal lobe that is involved in speech production

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Broca’s area

55
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Loss or impairment of language ability caused by brain damage

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Aphasia

56
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Chomsky’s term that describes a biological endowment enabling the child to detect the features and rules of language

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Language acquisition device
LAD

57
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Damage to either Bronco’s or Wernicke’s area causes a form of _______.

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aphasia

58
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Describe the role of social interaction in language development.

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  • interaction with parents and teachers facilitates language development
  • Tomasello - interaction view
  • tied to socioeconomic status of parents
59
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T or F
Infants can effectively learn language through television and videos.

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False
Infants need to be engaged in social interaction to develop language. TV can actually cause delayed language development

60
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Language spoken in a higher pitch and slower speed than normal with simple words and sentences

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Child-directed speech

61
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Recasting, Expanding, and Labeling

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R - rephrasing a child’s words to correct them
E - adding info to child’s incomplete statement
L - naming objects a child shows interest in

F22 Psychology 3340H (18 decks)

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