EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

PSYCHOLOGY

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The Bayley Scales of Infant Development:
A
Are the most widely used method of assessing infant developmental level
B
Indicates an infant’s abilities relative to others of the same age
C
Measures mental and motor capacities
D
All of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID) is a clinical evaluation developed to help identify children with developmental delay who may require intervention services (Bayley, 1969, 1993, 2005). The BSID-III consists of three areas of development: cognitive, language, and motor.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development is an extensive formal developmental assessment tool for diagnosing developmental delays in early childhood. BSID is the commonly used abbreviation for Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development.

Detailed explanation-3: -Assesses 5 domains: cognitive, language, motor, social-emotional, and adaptive. Motor scale includes both a fine motor and a gross motor subtest and can be administered separately to obtain a “motor composite".

Detailed explanation-4: -cognitive development, • communication, • social or emotional development, and • adaptive development. Bayley-4 assesses development in these five domains. Assess level of performance of infants and toddlers by observing the child’s interaction with stimuli designed to engage him or her.

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