12 Questions
What is the term used to describe a phenomenon where individuals have difficulty recognizing faces of people from a different race?
Other-race effect
Which study by Wynn in 1992 provided insights into early number representation abilities in infants?
Baby math study
What is the term for the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are not in view?
Object permanence
Which term represents the process by which a child incorporates new information into existing schemas?
Assimilation
In Vygotsky's theory, what concept refers to the range of tasks that a child can perform with the help of a more knowledgeable person?
Zone of proximal development
What are the cognitive processes proposed by Piaget that involve adjusting existing schemas or creating new ones?
Accommodation
What is the sensitive period for language development?
From birth to adolescence
Which study provided results on pre-production language abilities such as speech perception?
Werker, 1989 study
What is the term used to describe the phenomenon where children apply rules of grammar too broadly?
Overextension
Which special topic in language development involves the simultaneous use of two languages?
Bilingualism
What is the term for the assumption that a word refers to a whole object rather than a part of it?
Whole-object assumption
According to nativist views of language development, what is the concept that suggests humans are born with an innate capacity for language acquisition?
Universal grammar
Test your knowledge on key concepts in infant development such as other-race effect, object permanence, music perception, and number representation. Explore milestones in newborn face perception, motor development, and person representation through landmark studies.
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