Author Question: In researches conducted by DeCasper & Fifer in 1980 and DeCasper et al. in 2011, it was found ... (Read 89 times)

ss2343 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

In researches conducted by DeCasper & Fifer in 1980 and DeCasper et al. in 2011, it was found that neonates adjusted their rate of sucking to hear a recording of their mother reading a story she had read aloud during the last weeks of pregnancy. This provides evidence that:

A) neonates demonstrate memory for stimuli to which they have been exposed previously.
B) a neonate's mind is a.
C) neonates develop object permanence long before they are born.
D) a neonate's cognitive development is tied to discrete stages.

Question 2

Julia was working on her laptop one day and her 18-month-old daughter was sitting on her lap. A week later, when she was working on her laptop again, her daughter reached out from her lap and started pressing the keys of the laptop. In this scenario, Julia's daughter is displaying:

A) echolalia.
B) deferred imitation.
C) a primary circular reaction.
D) object permanence.