5.00 Child Development - Updated

Which of the following is one of the ways infants communicate verbally:

• pointing

• reaching

• cooing

• talking

Which of the following is one of the ways infants communicate nonverbally:

• pointing

• babbling

• cooing

• crying

Parents can stimulate the language development in infants by:

• Talk to infants often

• Ignoring them

• Giving them their cell phone

• nothing, they either do or don't

Parents can stimulate the language development in infants by:

• Avoid "baby talk"

• allowing them plenty of TV time

• Giving them extra naps

• nothing, they either do or don't

True/False: Most of a baby's brain development happens in the first 2 years of life.

• True

• False

True/False: Infants should not be allowed to explore their environment and experience many sights, sounds, tastes, and textures because they could get hurt.

• True

• False

True/False: Infants are in the Sensorimotor stage in Piaget's theory.

• True

• False

A(n) ______ is a child, approximately 12 to 36 months old.

• infant

• toddler

• preschooler

• teenager

A(n) ______ is a child, approximately birth to 12 months old.

• infant

• toddler

• preschooler

• teenager

Dr. Howard Gardner proposes ____ different intelligences to account for a broader range of human potential in children and adults.

• 4

• 6

• 8

• 10