A baby trying to pry his Dad's fingers apart to get to a small toy hidden in his hand demonstrates accomplishment of
synchrony.
accommodation.
mutuality.
object permanence.
Question 2Piaget's basic test for object permanence involves
seeing how babies play with their mothers.
showing a baby an interesting toy and then covering it with a cloth.
placing a toe in a baby's hand and seeing how the baby responds to it.
seeing if a baby can imitate a facial expression it has been shown.
Question 3You roll a ball across the floor to a baby. The ball rolls out of sight behind a chair. For the first time, the baby crawls to search for it. The baby is probably about
6 months old.
12 months old.
8 months old.
15 months old.
Question 4Prior to Piaget's research, which of the following was an erroneous assumption about children's cognitive abilities?
Most people believed that children understood objects the same way that
adults do.
Most researchers believed that infants and small children were incapable of
thinking.
Most researchers believed that infants first came into the world without any
cognitive abilities at all.
Most people believed that children's education should be left totally in the
hands of teachers.
Question 5Makesha is 8 months old. Research on object permanence would suggest that she
will not yet search for hidden objects.
can find an object that has been transferred to a second hiding place.
has limited search abilities.
will acquire complete object permanence by 10 months.
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