Question 1

Which of the following best describes the main purpose of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development?

Accepted Answer

To assess sensory and motor skills and identify developmental delays

Question 2

According to the study materials, which type of conditioning is demonstrated when an infant learns to turn on music by sucking on a pacifier?

Accepted Answer

Operant conditioning

Question 3

Which of the following statements about schematic learning in infancy is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

Infants build and use categories as they absorb information, enabling them to generalize from specific experiences.

Question 4

Carolyn Rovee-Collier’s research demonstrated that infants as young as 3 months can:

Accepted Answer

Recall specific objects and their own actions for a short period

Question 5

Which of the following is a key criticism of the behaviorist view of language development, as discussed in the materials?

Accepted Answer

Children acquire grammar rules before they are skilled at using exceptions, which cannot be explained by reinforcement alone

Question 6

According to Chomsky’s generative perspective, what is the function of the 'language acquisition device'?

Accepted Answer

To guide infants in identifying the characteristics of language in speech streams

Question 7

Which of the following best illustrates the statistical learning approach to language development?

Accepted Answer

Infants mentally track the frequency of linguistic patterns to guide language acquisition

Question 8

What is the primary effect of infant-directed speech (IDS) on infants, according to research?

Accepted Answer

It draws infants’ attention and may be important for grammar development

Question 9

Which of the following is a real-world implication of the research on poverty and language development?

Accepted Answer

Early education programs with language activities can help close the vocabulary gap for children in poverty

Question 10

Which of the following milestones typically occurs first in infant language development?

Accepted Answer

Cooing repetitive vowel sounds

Question 11

A 10-month-old infant understands more words than they can say. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Receptive language

Question 12

Which of the following best describes the process of modeling in infant learning?

Accepted Answer

Infants learn by watching and imitating the actions of others, especially after observing surprising outcomes

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of categorical learning in infants?

Accepted Answer

An infant groups all four-legged animals as 'dogs' after repeated exposure

Question 14

Which of the following is true about early infant memories, according to Carolyn Rovee-Collier’s research?

Accepted Answer

Early infant memories are tied to the specific context in which the experience occurs

Question 15

Which of the following best describes the role of gestures in early language development?

Accepted Answer

Gestures develop between 9 and 12 months and are used to demand or ask for things

Question 16

Which of the following is a characteristic of babbling in infants?

Accepted Answer

Babbling initially includes a wide range of sounds, but narrows to those heard in the infant’s environment by 9-10 months

Question 17

Which of the following best explains why infants in poverty may have smaller vocabularies than their peers?

Accepted Answer

They are read to less often and exposed to less complex language

Question 18

Which of the following is an example of operant conditioning in infancy?

Accepted Answer

An infant learns to suck on a pacifier to turn on music

Question 19

Which of the following is a real-world application of dialogic reading for language development?

Accepted Answer

Engaging children in interactive reading, which leads to larger vocabulary gains

Question 20

Which of the following best describes the sequence of early language milestones in infants?

Accepted Answer

Cooing → Babbling → Gestures → First words

Infant Cognitive and Language Development: Intelligence, Learning, and Language Acquisition

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