In an experiment similar to Baillargeon’s, a 4-month-old infant is shown a “possible” event and an “impossible” event where a solid object seems to pass through another. The infant stares significantly longer at the “impossible” event. What does this outcome suggest, according to neo-Piagetian critiques of Piaget?

Research on Super Agers focuses on their exceptional cognitive abilities. Which of the following statements is FALSE about the criteria used to identify Super Agers?

Baby Todd’s mother notices that he makes a variety of sounds including cooing and babbling, along with facial expressions, gestures, and imitation, while interacting with her through vocal exchanges that they pace and pause as if “talking” to each other. Baby Todd and his mother are demonstrating

Research on cognitive development has identified distinguishable characteristics of early adults’ thought, including thinking in more realistic, practical, and complex ways. This type of thinking is called:

A preschool child states, “I catched three gooses at the farm.” This is an example of underextension.

Almost every time 18-month-old Will articulates the word “da,” his father picks him up with joy, smiling and praising his son for trying to say “dad.” In this example, the father’s behavior is reinforcing Will’s verbal behavior. This is an illustration of which theory of language development? 

“Piaget observed his son Laurent dropping a toy swan repeatedly, varying the position from which he dropped it, and carefully observing each time to see where it fell.” This is an example of

When working with young children, adults often provide assistance, instruction, and other support. As children demonstrate they can do more for themselves, Vygotsky recommends that adults begin to withdraw these supports. This demonstrates the concept of:

A researcher exposes older adults to a list of words related to the ocean (e.g., water, fish, boat) without having them memorize the list. Later, when given a list of fragmented words to complete (e.g., S_A), the participants are more likely to fill in “SEA” than those who didn’t see the ocean-related list. This cognitive influence of recent experience on behavior is known as:

In 4-year-old Amanda’s preschool class, the group discussion involved airplanes. After that, Amanda considered herself an expert on airplanes and believed she knew everything there was to know about airplanes, even though she was unable to provide a reasonable explanation about why she thought she knew so much about airplanes. According to Piaget, in this example, Amanda is demonstrating