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Question 1

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Compared to older babies, younger babies prefer to look a large, bolder checkerboards than checkerboards with many small squares. This is because:
Answer
  • More complex checkerboards overwhelm very young infants
  • Very young infants cannot resolve the small features in complex patterns
  • Very young infants are sensitive to the contrast in complex patterns
  • None of the above

Question 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
  • At 12 months of age
  • When they look more at impossible events
  • When they can pass invisible displacement tasks
  • Once they no longer make the A-not-B error

Question 3

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According to the nativist perspective, deliberate training by parents ________ language development
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  • Is unnecessary for
  • Can actually hinder
  • Is beneficial to
  • Is absolutely necessary for
  • All of the above

Question 4

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Carroll represents the structure of intelligence as:
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  • 180 unique intelligence factors organised along three dimensions
  • A pyramid with a "g" at the top, broad abilities in the second tier, and narrow abilities in the third tier
  • Eight independent intelligences that are based on distinct sets of processing operations
  • Three interacting theories: componential, experiential, and contextual
  • 50 independent 'primary mental abilities'

Question 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
  • Gender constancy
  • Gender identity
  • Gender difference

Question 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?
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  • Social referencing
  • Self-recognition
  • Proto-imperative pointing
  • Proto-declarative pointing
  • Emotional contagion

Question 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
  • Will be about the same as this task than the control group
  • Will be better at this than the control group
  • Will not be able to do this task
  • None of the above

Question 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:
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  • Genes
  • Shared environment
  • Unshared environment
  • Genes and unshared environment
  • None of the above

Question 9

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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
  • They understand the difference between fantasy and reality
  • They are simply attracted to the light and sound of the television
  • They understand the motives and consequences of characters in television programmes
  • They can extract some meaning, but their ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality is weak
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