Intellectual Development Test Practice 2025

Oliver is learning to speak, and sometimes he mispronounces words. Which of the following would be most effective for helping Oliver develop clear speech?

• imitate Oliver’s mispronunciations

• encourage Oliver to speak with friends only

• correct Oliver harshly when he makes mistakes

• consistently speak clearly and correctly around Oliver

John is helping his daughter put on her coat and says: “Let’s get your arms in the sleeves. See how soft and cozy it feels? Now you’ll be nice and warm when we go outside.” Based on this interaction, how old is his daughter likely to be?

• infant

• toddler

• preschooler

• school age

Which parent is not effectively encouraging a 2-year-old’s language development?

• Using simple sign language like “more” and “stop” to communicate early words and concepts

• Reading a story while using a puppet to act characters and ask questions

• Letting the child watch a TV show for an hour while sitting nearby

• Taking the child to library story time with finger plays

Which statement is true about language development around 8 to 12 months?

• They understand more words than they can speak.

• They can follow two-step commands.

• They have an egocentric vocabulary.

• They begin to use longer phrases.

An infant who has not fully developed object permanence will most enjoy which game?

• peek-a-boo

• puzzles

• pat-a-cake

• ring around the rosy

A child sees a cow and calls it “doggy,” then sees a horse and also calls it “doggy.” What is this behavior an example of?

• object permanence

• symbolic thinking

• concepts

• imaginative play

By the end of the sensorimotor period, most children are able to do all of the following except:

• Pretend to fly

• Play peek-a-boo

• Push a ball

• Change the ending of a story

Which Swiss psychologist observed infants and children and studied how they reason?

• Erickson

• Piaget

• Erikson

• None of the above

What is the period called when babies learn primarily through their senses and their own actions?

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete operations

• Formal operations

Which is not a good way to shape a child’s environment to promote brain development?

• providing a wide variety of activities

• matching activities to a child’s capabilities

• keeping activities simple and natural

• pushing the child to work harder