Almost all forms of cognition involve some type of

Almost all forms of cognition involve some type of
 
  a. conscious thought processes. c. reasoning processes.
  b. unconscious though processes. d. memory processes.

Question 2

Which of the following findings suggests that young infants develop an early understanding of quantitative relations?
 
  a. Infants crawled to boxes that had the greatest number of crackers in them.
  b. Infants pointed at arrays that had a greater number of dots.
  c. Infants looked longer at impossible outcomes than at possible outcomes.
  d. Infants matched very low numerals with their corresponding amounts.

Question 3

The basic understanding that one array has more or less items in it than does another array is called
 
  a. numeration.
  b. ordinality.
  c. numerosity.
  d. estimation.

Question 4

By what age can infants tell the difference between arrays containing different numbers of small quantities of items?
 
  a. 2 weeks c. 6 months
  b. 2 months d. 12 months

Question 5

The ability to determine quickly the number of items in a set without counting them is called
 
  a. numereration. c. ordinality.
  b. numerosity. d. estimation.

Question 6

Geary proposed that infants have skeletal competencies in all of the following areas except
 
  a. ordinality. c. simple arithmetic.
  b. counting. d. cardinality.

Question 7

The best explanation for neonatal imitation is that
 
  a. it is the beginning of the development of imitation seen later in childhood.
  b. it is the precursor to deferred imitation.
  c. it facilitates nursing and mother-infant communication.
  d. it facilitates learning as the infant becomes adjusted to its new environment.

Question 8

Studies have reported neonatal imitation in infants as young as ___
 
  a. 2-3 days old. c. 2-3 weeks old.
  b. 1 week old. d. 1 month old.