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  1. 1Compared to older babies, younger babies prefer to look a large, bolder checkerboards than checkerboards with many small squares. This is because:
    1. AMore complex checkerboards overwhelm very young infants
    2. BVery young infants cannot resolve the small features in complex patterns
    3. CVery young infants are sensitive to the contrast in complex patterns
    4. DNone of the above
  2. 2According to Piaget, when do infants demonstrate a full understanding of object permanence?
    1. AOnce they search and find a fully hidden object
    2. BAt 12 months of age
    3. CWhen they look more at impossible events
    4. DWhen they can pass invisible displacement tasks
    5. EOnce they no longer make the A-not-B error
  3. 3According to the nativist perspective, deliberate training by parents ________ language development
    1. AIs unnecessary for
    2. BCan actually hinder
    3. CIs beneficial to
    4. DIs absolutely necessary for
    5. EAll of the above
  4. 4Carroll represents the structure of intelligence as:
    1. A180 unique intelligence factors organised along three dimensions
    2. BA pyramid with a "g" at the top, broad abilities in the second tier, and narrow abilities in the third tier
    3. CEight independent intelligences that are based on distinct sets of processing operations
    4. DThree interacting theories: componential, experiential, and contextual
    5. E50 independent 'primary mental abilities'
  5. 5A 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?
    1. AGender stability
    2. BGender constancy
    3. CGender identity
    4. DGender difference
  6. 6An 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?
    1. ASocial referencing
    2. BSelf-recognition
    3. CProto-imperative pointing
    4. DProto-declarative pointing
    5. EEmotional contagion
  7. 7According to Shah and Frith (1983), when asked to find an “embedded figure” (such as a triangle in the pram), people with autism:
    1. AWill be poorer at this task than the control group
    2. BWill be about the same as this task than the control group
    3. CWill be better at this than the control group
    4. DWill not be able to do this task
    5. ENone of the above
  8. 8Citing behavioural genetic studies, Judith Rich Harris (1995) challenged socialisation theories of parenting, instead emphasising the role of _________ in child outcomes:
    1. AGenes
    2. BShared environment
    3. CUnshared environment
    4. DGenes and unshared environment
    5. ENone of the above
  9. 9Which of the following statements best describes two to three-year-olds’ understanding of television?
    1. AThey understand that television is symbolic
    2. BThey understand the difference between fantasy and reality
    3. CThey are simply attracted to the light and sound of the television
    4. DThey understand the motives and consequences of characters in television programmes
    5. EThey can extract some meaning, but their ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality is weak

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