Developmental Psychology Questions
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At what age is your brain the most wired and "connected", when does the number of synapses peak?
According to Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory, a scheme is an ________.
Between 18 and 24 months, toddlers gain ________ words per ________.
A toddler makes an underextension error when she applies a new word ________.
Research supports the conclusion that infants' understanding of object permanence ________.
Using abilities that emerge in sensorimotor Substage 5, toddlers ________.
According to linguist Noam Chomsky, all children have a ________ device that contains a universal grammar.
When children are not changing much cognitively, they ________ more than they ________.
The earlier toddlers ________, the sooner they produce two-word utterances at the end of the second year.
The ________ is the conscious, reflective part of our mental system.
Piaget based the six substages of sensorimotor development on ________.
In the information-processing system, information first enters the ________.
________ believed that complex mental activities have their origins in social interaction.
________ are so well-learned that they require no space in working memory and, therefore, permit us to focus on other information while performing them.
________ can be thought of as a "mental workspace" that we use to accomplish many daily activities.
When intelligence tests are standardized, the mean IQ is set at ________.
The first stage of Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory, spanning the first two years of life, is called the ________.
A ________ is a means of adapting schemes that involves stumbling onto a new experience caused by the baby's own motor activity, then trying to repeat the event again and again.
Middle-income parents are especially likely to place their children in ________ child-care settings, where quality tends to be lowest.
When are we able to first observe signs of temperament?