exam 2 lifespan

Trevor is an infant who is happily playing with a toy train. His father picks him up for his nap. Trevor fusses because he wants his train. His father takes the train and puts it under the blanket on the floor. Trevor doesn't look for the train and lets his father take him to his room to nap. According to Piaget, what cognitive concept is Trevor not yet capable of?

• object permanence

• irreversibility

• scaffolding

• Egocentrism

What is telegraphic speech?

• The kind of verbal utterances in which words are left out, but the meaning is usually clear

• A method of speaking using telepathy
• A type of speech disorder
• Form of communication using telegraphs

What is the mutual exclusivity assumption?

• The mutual exclusivity assumption leads children to expect that a given entity will have only one name

• The mutual exclusivity assumption is the assumption that a word can refer to multiple objects or concepts but does not overlap with other words.
• The mutual exclusivity assumption is the assumption that a word can refer to both an object and a concept simultaneously.
• The mutual exclusivity assumption is the assumption that a word refers to multiple objects or concepts and can overlap with other words.

When speaking, young children tend to leave out words like ______.

• nouns, adjectives, adverbs
• pronouns, conjunctions, interjections
• verbs, adjectives, adverbs
• articles, prepositions, auxiliary verbs a and the

What is a holophrase

• A holophrase is a a single word or phrase that expresses a complete thought or communicates a specific intention

• A holophrase is a type of figurative language that uses exaggeration for emphasis.
• A holophrase is a type of sentence structure that includes a subject and a predicate.
• A holophrase is a type of punctuation mark used to indicate a pause or break in a sentence.

What is overextension?

• Using a word to describe a more specific range of objects or actions than is appropriate.
• The overly broad use of words, overgeneralizing their meaning

• Using a word to describe a completely unrelated object or action.
• Using a word to describe a narrower range of objects or actions than is appropriate.

What is under extension?

• image extension
• applying a general word to a specific object

  
  

• program extension
• folder extension

While vacuuming the playroom, Jamal's mother set his train track on a table. Seeing that the track had been moved, Jamal became upset and complained that his track was ruined. After Jamal's mother returned the track to the floor, Jamal continued to fuss, arguing that his trains would no longer work on the track. Jamal's inability to understand that moving the track from the table to the floor restored it to the original state is an example of ______.

• accommodation

• irreversibility

• scaffolding

• Postformal thinking

What is pragmatic thought?

• Thinking that is focused on logical reasoning and deductive thinking rather than practicality and real-world consequences.
• Thinking that is focused on idealistic and theoretical ideas rather than practicality and real-world consequences.
• Thinking that is focused on practicality and real-world consequences rather than abstract or theoretical ideas. Decision making characterized by a willingness to accept reality and compromise

• Thinking that is focused on emotions and personal experiences rather than practicality and real-world consequences.

What is overregularization?

• The process in language acquisition where children apply irregular grammatical rules to irregular words, resulting in correct forms.
• Errors children make when they apply normal grammar rules to all words

• The process in language acquisition where children apply regular grammatical rules to regular words, resulting in correct forms.
• The process in language acquisition where children apply irregular grammatical rules to regular words, resulting in correct forms.