Pregunta 1
Pregunta
Compared to older babies, younger babies prefer to look a large, bolder checkerboards than checkerboards with many small squares. This is because:
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More complex checkerboards overwhelm very young infants
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Very young infants cannot resolve the small features in complex patterns
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Very young infants are sensitive to the contrast in complex patterns
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None of the above
Pregunta 2
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According to Piaget, when do infants demonstrate a full understanding of object permanence?
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Once they search and find a fully hidden object
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At 12 months of age
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When they look more at impossible events
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When they can pass invisible displacement tasks
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Once they no longer make the A-not-B error
Pregunta 3
Pregunta
According to the nativist perspective, deliberate training by parents ________ language development
Pregunta 4
Pregunta
Carroll represents the structure of intelligence as:
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180 unique intelligence factors organised along three dimensions
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A pyramid with a "g" at the top, broad abilities in the second tier, and narrow abilities in the third tier
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Eight independent intelligences that are based on distinct sets of processing operations
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Three interacting theories: componential, experiential, and contextual
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50 independent 'primary mental abilities'
Pregunta 5
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A five-year-old girl sees a handbag being taken from a girl doll and given to a boy doll. When asked if the second doll is a boy or girl she says “a boy”. According to Cognitive Developmental Theory, what does she now understand?
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Gender stability
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Gender constancy
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Gender identity
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Gender difference
Pregunta 6
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An infant drops her biscuit from her high chair, just out of reach. She points to the biscuit and cries. According to Baron-Cohen, she is engaging in what type of activity?
Pregunta 7
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According to Shah and Frith (1983), when asked to find an “embedded figure” (such as a triangle in the pram), people with autism:
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Will be poorer at this task than the control group
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Will be about the same as this task than the control group
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Will be better at this than the control group
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Will not be able to do this task
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None of the above
Pregunta 8
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Citing behavioural genetic studies, Judith Rich Harris (1995) challenged socialisation theories of parenting, instead emphasising the role of _________ in child outcomes:
Pregunta 9
Pregunta
Which of the following statements best describes two to three-year-olds’ understanding of television?
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They understand that television is symbolic
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They understand the difference between fantasy and reality
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They are simply attracted to the light and sound of the television
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They understand the motives and consequences of characters in television programmes
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They can extract some meaning, but their ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality is weak