Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Bowerman and other constructivist theorists maintain that the important factor in language development is

a. Built-in biases.

b. Genetically programmed operating principles.

c. The constraints on language.

d. The rate of brain cell development.

e. The child's construction of language.

2. "Billy Jean is a heavy smoker. Her doctor has warned her that research results indicate that if a mother smokes during pregnancy, the child will have"

a. Foreshortened or missing limbs.

b. Vaginal cancer.

c. Low birth weight.

d. Learning problems in elementary school.

e. FAS.

3. "When a baby understands that her bottle still exists even when she throws it down and it disappears under the sofa, she is demonstrating"

a. Size constancy.

b. Shape constancy.

c. Object identity.

d. Object permanence.

e. Object constancy.

4. Renaldo is four years old and is experiencing a neurological growth spurt. What skill will he be attaining?

a. Evidence of some goal-directed planning

b. Fluency in speaking and understanding language

c. Improvements in eye-hand coordination

d. Improvements in memory function

e. Motor coordination