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Human Development: Updated, 7/e

James Vander Zanden, Ohio State University
Thomas Crandell, Broome Community College
Corinne Crandell, Broome Community College

Infancy: Cognitive and Language Development

Learning Objectives

After completing Chapter 5, you should be able to:

1

List the three main criteria used to define learning.

2

Summarize the findings from Sameroff's study of neonates' sucking techniques and their capacity to learn.

3

List and describe the three main characteristics of Piaget's sensorimotor period as they relate to cognitive development during the first two years of life.

4

Identify and explain Bruner's three modes of cognitive representation.

5

Explain how the following two components can be used to predict cognitive competence in childhood.

decrement of attention:

recovery of attention:

6

Summarize the research on employing early intervention strategies with infants who are developmentally delayed, and discuss the positive and negative impacts of these findings.

7

State the two vital contributions that language makes to the human condition, and explain the functional importance of each.

8

Describe the concept of "language as the container of thought."

9

Explain the "language as a determinant of thought" position.

10

Discuss the learning and interactionist theories of language acquisition.

11

Define and explain the benefits of each of the following concepts related to speech development.

caretaker speech:

motherese in language development:

interactional nature of caretaker speech:

12

Describe the innateness theory of language acquisition, and discuss some of the limitations in the position of the learning and interactionist theories.

13

Discuss Chomsky's theory of language development, specifically defining the following terms.

language acquisition device (LAD):

surface structure:

deep structure:

transformational grammar:

14

Discuss the following elements in the communication process, and at what age these occur.

body language:

gazing:

pointing:

paralanguage:

language production:

language reception:

15

Describe the following features of early language development.

crying:

cooing and babbling:

holophrastic speech:

overgeneralization:

two-word utterances:

telegraphic speech:

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