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The distinct language form known as "baby talk" is a:

A) verbal collection of facts and myths about having and caring for babies.
B) teaching technique used to accelerate language acquisition.
C) simplified language that adults use when talking to babies.
D) preverbal sound (like "ga ga" and "goo goo") that mothers often make.

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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"Do you want to play patty-cake?" Sofia asks her infant daughter. The baby responds by clapping her hands. In which stage of sensorimotor development is Sofia's baby?

A) stage one
B) stage two
C) stage three
D) stage four

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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The single most important cause of improvement in child survival in the twentieth century is ______.

_____ is a life-threatening injury that occurs when an infant is forcefully shaken since this motion ruptures blood vessels in the brain and breaks neural connections.

The fats and sugars used in formula make it more digestible than breast milk.

According to Skinner, a grandfather who smiles whenever the baby says "pa-pa" is providing reinforcement for talking.

Why did Piaget underestimate how rapidly early cognition occurs?

Britta has begun repeating syllables such as "da-da-da- da" and "me-me-me-me-me." Britta is in the _____ stage of language development.

The last area of the brain to mature is the _____.

On average, which skill does an infant develop first?

From birth until age two, dendrites in the cortex increase:

In which of Piaget's sensorimotor stages do infants adapt, anticipate, and become more deliberate in responding to people and objects?

According to research, increased brainpower is most likely due to:

Why is the concept of object permanence important to an infant's development?

The areas at the very front of the cortex:

New research on infant long-term memory has shown that infants can remember if the researchers:

Geoff has begun uttering one-word holophrases (e.g. "Dada!") . About how old is Geoff likely to be?

Co-sleeping may be harmful to the baby if the mother:

_____ are used to interpret variations in the norms of children's growth.

The fact that variations in a child's vocabulary size correlate with the amount of language that child has heard underlies the _____ theory of language learning.