Infants and Toddlers Grow

question 36

Multiple Choice

Infants and toddlers grow

• A) by making steady gains over time.
• B) slower than at any other time during childhood.
• C) in little spurts.
• D) in dramatic leaps.

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Definitions:

Fluid Intelligence

The ability to think abstractly, reason quickly, and solve problems in novel situations without relying on accumulated knowledge.

Reasoning

The process of forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises through logical thinking.

Mechanical Functions

Refers to the operations performed by machinery, involving the application of mechanical principles and engineering design.

Cohort Effects

Also called history-graded events, they are events that provide a context for development and also influence it directly. The year of your birth marks your entry into a cohort of peers who accompany you through age-graded developmental changes within the context of a specific set of historical events.