Question 1

According to your text,infants can discriminate among colors as early as:

Accepted Answer

A)  4 weeks of age.
B)  2 months of age.
C)  4 months of age.
D)  6 months of age.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

The _____ view emphasizes the importance of interactions between experience and gene expression in the brain's development.

Accepted Answer

A)  neuroconstructivist
B)  dynamic systems
C)  genetic
D)  ecologicalE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Infants control the muscles of their trunk and arms before they control their hands and fingers,and they use their whole hands before they can control several fingers.This indicates a _____ pattern of growth.

Accepted Answer

A)  proximodistal
B)  cephalocaudal
C)  proximocaudal
D)  cephalodistalE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

_____ are built-in reactions to stimuli; they govern the newborn's movements,which are automatic and beyond the newborn's control.

Accepted Answer

A)  Instincts
B)  Reflexes
C)  Impulses
D)  UrgesE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

As an infant,Mary suffered damage to _____ of the brain,causing her to have poor comprehension.Also,her speech is fluent,but incomprehensible.

Accepted Answer

A)  Broca's area
B)  SMA area
C)  Morton's area
D)  Wernicke's areaE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

The _____ is the area of the brain where higher-level thinking and self-regulation occur.

Accepted Answer

A)  visual cortex
B)  myelin sheath
C)  prefrontal cortex
D)  neural tubeE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

A _____ is the basic unit of sound in a language.

Accepted Answer

A)  morpheme
B)  phoneme
C)  grapheme
D)  syntaxE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Whenever baby Beth hears a loud noise,she responds with a _____ reflex where she arches her back,throws back her head,flings out her arms and legs,and then rapidly closes her arms and legs.

Accepted Answer

A)  Moro
B)  rooting
C)  grasping
D)  fencingE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

The rapid increase in an infant's vocabulary starting at about 18 months of age is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  the secular trend.
B)  telegraphic speech.
C)  the vocabulary spurt.
D)  phonetic advancement.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 10

All of the following are elements of a rich verbal environment EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Watching television with your child
B)  Reading to your child
C)  Paying attention to your child
D)  Labeling things in your child's environmentE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 11

A recent study found that child-directed speech in a one-to-one social context at 11 to 14 months of age was linked to:

Accepted Answer

A)  greater word production at age 2.
B)  lower SES parents and families.
C)  lower vocabulary skills at age 4.
D)  greater difficulties in speech production at age 3.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

New evidence suggests that in addition to categorizing items on the basis of external perceptual features such as shape,color,and parts,infants may also categorize items on the basis of:

Accepted Answer

A)  prototypes.
B)  smell.
C)  proximity.
D)  appeal.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Jean Piaget believed that children's thinking in one stage is _____ that in another stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  qualitatively different from
B)  quantitatively different from
C)  qualitatively similar to
D)  quantitatively similar toE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Jean Mandler argues that early categorizations are best described as _____ categorization.That is,the categorizations are based on similar features of objects such as size,color,and movement,as well as parts of objects,such as legs for animals.

Accepted Answer

A)  conceptual
B)  textual
C)  factual
D)  perceptualE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

This linguist proposed that humans are biologically prewired to learn language.He/she proposed that infants are born into the world with a language acquisition device that enables the child to detect certain features and rules of language.

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

The view of development that sees motor skills developing as a solution to an infant's problems is known as _____ systems theory.

Accepted Answer

A)  dynamic
B)  maturational
C)  static
D)  environmentalE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

By the second birthday,a toddler's brain is about _____ percent of its adult weight.

Accepted Answer

A)  25
B)  50
C)  75
D)  95E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

Research by Renée Baillargeon and her colleagues have found that infants as young as 3 to 4 months expect objects to be ????_____ in the sense that other objects cannot move through them,and _____ in the sense that objects continue to exist when they are hidden.

Accepted Answer

A)  subject to gravity; transient
B)  consistent; existential
C)  substantial; permanent
D)  opaque; substantialE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 19

The portion farthest from the spinal cord is known as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  hindbrain.
B)  forebrain.
C)  midbrain.
D)  topbrain.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Of the following infants,who is MOST at risk for SIDS?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mimi; her mother smokes
B)  Grace; she was born weighing more than most babies
C)  Megumi; she uses a pacifier when she goes to sleep
D)  Sylvia; she sleeps in firm beddingE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Exam 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

According to your text,infants can discriminate among colors as early as:

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By the second birthday,a toddler's brain is about _____ percent of its adult weight.

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New evidence suggests that in addition to categorizing items on the basis of external perceptual features such as shape,color,and parts,infants may also categorize items on the basis of:

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The _____ is the area of the brain where higher-level thinking and self-regulation occur.

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A _____ is the basic unit of sound in a language.

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Whenever baby Beth hears a loud noise,she responds with a _____ reflex where she arches her back,throws back her head,flings out her arms and legs,and then rapidly closes her arms and legs.

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The view of development that sees motor skills developing as a solution to an infant's problems is known as _____ systems theory.

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All of the following are elements of a rich verbal environment EXCEPT:

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The _____ view emphasizes the importance of interactions between experience and gene expression in the brain's development.

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As an infant,Mary suffered damage to _____ of the brain,causing her to have poor comprehension.Also,her speech is fluent,but incomprehensible.

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A recent study found that child-directed speech in a one-to-one social context at 11 to 14 months of age was linked to:

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Infants control the muscles of their trunk and arms before they control their hands and fingers,and they use their whole hands before they can control several fingers.This indicates a _____ pattern of growth.

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The portion farthest from the spinal cord is known as the:

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Of the following infants,who is MOST at risk for SIDS?

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The rapid increase in an infant's vocabulary starting at about 18 months of age is called:

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_____ are built-in reactions to stimuli; they govern the newborn's movements,which are automatic and beyond the newborn's control.

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Jean Mandler argues that early categorizations are best described as _____ categorization.That is,the categorizations are based on similar features of objects such as size,color,and movement,as well as parts of objects,such as legs for animals.

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This linguist proposed that humans are biologically prewired to learn language.He/she proposed that infants are born into the world with a language acquisition device that enables the child to detect certain features and rules of language.

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Jean Piaget believed that children's thinking in one stage is _____ that in another stage.

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Research by Renée Baillargeon and her colleagues have found that infants as young as 3 to 4 months expect objects to be ????_____ in the sense that other objects cannot move through them,and _____ in the sense that objects continue to exist when they are hidden.

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