The Developing Person Through Childhood
and Adolescence, Tenth Edition
by Kathleen Stassen Berger
Clicker Question Presentation Slides
Chapter 6
Critical Thinking Questions created by
Sara Harris, Illinois State University
According to Piaget’s theory, the first
two stages of sensorimotor intelligence
are _____ circular reactions, involving
the infant’s body.
A.
B.
C.
D.
primary
secondary
tertiary
sensorimotor
According to Piaget, by 8 months babies
begin to understand that objects or
people continue to exist when they are no
longer in sight. This concept is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
habituation.
tertiary circular reactions.
deferred imitation.
object permanence.
Babies are attracted to motion. For
instance, they enjoy watching things
that move, such as cars, crib mobiles,
and flickering images on a television
screen. This attraction is known as:
A.
B.
C.
D.
an affordance.
habituation.
dynamic perception.
sensorimotor intelligence.
Research on memory suggests that
adults rarely remember events that
occurred before they were:
A.
B.
C.
D.
3.
5.
7.
9.
An adult who is using higher pitch,
simple words, repetition, varied
speed, and an exaggerated
emotional tone when talking to an
infant is engaged in:
A.
B.
C.
D.
joint attention.
child-directed speech.
babbling and gesturing.
reflexive communication.
Critical Thinking
Questions
Baby Max watched his father use a
screwdriver to dislodge something from
the sink. Two days later, Max was
playing with his pretend kitchen, picked
up a long, skinny block and poked it
into his toy sink. Max is demonstrating:
A. primary circular reactions.
B. object permanence.
C. deferred imitation.
D. dynamic perception.
When 17-month-old Kevin hears his
father come into the kitchen, he
looks in that direction and says,
“Dada?” Kevin’s communication is
an example of:
A. overgeneralization.
B. a language acquisition device.
C. a holophrase.
D. child-directed speech.
Dr. Samson believes that all children
are prewired to learn any language.
Dr. Samson’s beliefs are consistent
with _____ theory.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Skinner’s
Chomsky’s
Piaget’s
Vygotsky’s