At About What Age Will Infants Point Things Out to an Adult

question 100

Multiple Choice

At about what age will infants point things out to an adult that the adult does not see or know about?

• A)6 months
• B)9 months
• C)12 months
• D)18 months

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Definitions:

Sight vocabulary

Sight vocabulary refers to the words a person can recognize immediately without needing to decode them.

Sensory memory

The shortest-term element of memory, allowing individuals to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

Associative memory

The ability of the brain to link new information with existing knowledge, facilitating recall and understanding.

Prospective memory

Remembering to perform a planned action or recall a planned intention at some future point in time.