Which linguistic skills provide solid evidence that a child is developing a theory of mind?
a. Producing a first word
b. Cooing
c. Producing a first grammatically correct sentence
d. Saying, I whistle because I am happy
Question 2Piaget stated that adaptation involves the two major processes of
a. accommodation and symbolic thinking.
b. assimilation and accommodation.
c. assimilation and organization.
d. organization and equilibration.
Question 3How many of the following (understanding that others people have intentions, engaging in pretend play, imitating others) are skills underlying having a theory of mind?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
Question 4According to Piaget, adaptation is best defined as
a. adjusting to the demands of the environment.
b. reducing schemas.
c. the ability to think about abstract concepts.
d. the maturation of the mind.
Question 5One-year-old Andy notices a rag doll sitting in the corner. He is very excited and begins to point at the doll in the hopes that his mother, Ann, will notice. Suddenly, Ann notices the doll and the two look at the rag doll together. At this point, this mutual experience represents
a. joint attention.
b. sympathy.
c. classical conditioning.
d. prosocial behavior.
Question 6Adam has a schema for saying, Hi.. He has a second schema for holding out his hand. He has another schema for making eye contact. With time, Adam is able to combine the simple schemas into a complex structure of a greeting (i.e., simultaneously making eye contact, saying Hi, and holding out his hand to be shaken). According to Piaget, Adam is demonstrating
a. organization.
b. hypothetical-deductive reasoning.
c. reversibility.
d. class inclusion.
Question 7At or before nine months of age, most children begin to _____. This activity is one of the earliest milestones in developing a theory of mind.
a. talk
b. show prosocial behavior
c. engage in joint attention
d. demonstrate the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror
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