Chapter 6 study guide

Question 1

Piaget is associated with

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constructivism

Question 2

Information Processing theory is associated

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attention and memory

Question 3

Kayla encounters a pacified for the first time and sucks on it exactly like she does her bottle

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Assimilation

Question 4

Stages are

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• invariant order
• universal
• qualitative shifts

Question 5

According to Piaget, object permanence is evident at

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8-12 months

Question 6

Lula discovers thumb sucking and repeats it. This is a

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primary circular reaction

Question 7

According to Piaget, behavior first becomes intentional at

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8-12 months

Question 8

New evidence on object permanence and mental representation has found

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babies develop this knowledge earlier than Piaget thought

Question 9

Deferred imitation is evidence of

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mental representation

Question 10

_____ serves as a filter

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Sensory memory

Question 11

From birth to 5 months, babies get _____ at habituation

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faster

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Speed of habituation at 4-6 months is

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correlated with later IQ

Question 13

3 month olds remember how to activate a mobile for about

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one week

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babies can group items into categories as early as

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first year of life

Question 15

infantile amnesia refers to

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episodic/autobiographic events from infancy aren’t recalled

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infantile amnesia may be due to

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• Hippocampus Development
• Verbal Development
• Sense of self