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Anil and Srivani just purchased some new toys for their 4-month-old baby.As soon as they put them in the baby's crib, the baby immediately tried to put the toys in its mouth, then picked up and shook the toys.Piaget would say that this is an example of a(n)

A) scheme.
B) assimilation.
C) operation.
D) accommodation.

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When discussing the dimensions of temperament, what is the term used to refer to the intensity of stimulation needed to elicit a response?

A) intensity of reaction
B) attention span and persistence
C) activity level
D) threshold of responsiveness

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A form of brain injury in infants in which blood vessels and neural connections are destroyed is known as

Alex is playing in a room where his mother is sitting nearby.Alex becomes distressed when a stranger enters the room and hardly leaves his mother's side.Later, when his mother and the stranger leave the room for a moment, Alex begins to wail and cry.However, when his mother returns, he runs up to her, and instead of giving her a hug/kiss, he begins to punch her in the arm.This would be a description of what type of attachment pattern?

Martha and Jim spend time with their baby, teaching her to say what she feels, and to tell her parents what she needs.This style of speech is called

What is the term for a theory that language acquisition follows the basic laws of reinforcement and conditioning?

Piaget's Substage 2 (First habits and primary circular reactions stage) occurs for infants in the age range of

Two-year-old Baby Duane and his older brother are eating lunch, and both boys are given cookies for dessert.Duane's older brother accidentally drops his cookie on the floor, and Duane offers his brother his cookie.Duane has reached the point where he is able to demonstrate

When 18-month-old Jared realizes that he can ask his mother to give him a cookie, and that his mother will behave under her own power and will respond to his request, then Jared sees his mother as a(n)

What term refers to the degree to which an activity requires attention?

By the age of ____ months, babies can move themselves in different directions.

What is the definition of obesity?

Baby Sook-Yin's mother is dropping her off at preschool for the first time, and Sook-Yin's behaviour changes from a calm, happy baby, to a crying, cranky youngster who will not let go of her mother.Baby Sook-Yin is likely to be demonstrating

What is the term for Piaget's sensorimotor stage, where an infant develops schemes that include deliberate variations of actions that bring about desirable consequences?

The quality of attachment style in a child has nothing to do with the quality of relationships the child forges as an adult.

Research has shown that human attachment is not as culturally universal as Bowlby predicted.

At what age are infants capable of demonstrating empathy for others, such as comforting and showing concern for others?

Alicia has just delivered her baby; however, because of financial constraints, she has to go back to working both of her jobs.Since she can't give her baby the attention and stimulation it needs, her baby could start to suffer from

What is a specific, but limited, time usually early in an organism's life, during which the organism is particularly susceptible to environmental influences relating to some particular facet of development?

Like all of the body's cells, ________ contain a(n) ________.