Question 1

Baby Max watches his mother jingle her keys in front of him.After several minutes,he looks away no longer interested.This would indicate that he is habituated to it and is showing a(n) _____ to the stimulus after repeated presentations of the stimulus.

Accepted Answer

A)   decreased responsiveness
B)   increased familiarity
C)   increased interest
D)   decreased anxietyE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Which of the following statements about infants and REM sleep is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)   When infants are 3 months old,the amount of time they spend in REM sleep begins to increase.
B)   Most infants spend about 70 percent of their sleeping time in REM sleep.
C)   REM sleep might promote the brain's development in infancy.
D)   Older adults are the only group that spends more time in REM sleep than infants.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 3

Identify the researcher that carefully observed and documented the development of motor skills in the 1930s.Based on this work,he/she concluded that motor development is entirely due to maturation.

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Question 4

When Martha wants to feed her newborn son,she gently brushes her nipple against his cheek and,in a _____ reflex,he turns his head toward the side that was touched and immediately latches on to her breast.

Accepted Answer

A)   Moro
B)   sucking
C)   rooting
D)   graspingE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

List five benefits that a child receives from breast feeding.

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Question 6

Your professor says that our perception brings us into contact with the environment in order to interact with and adapt to it.This indicates that he holds a(n) _____ view on perceptual development.

Accepted Answer

A)   ethological
B)   ecological
C)   evolutionary
D)   geneticE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

Identify the nerve cell that handles information processing in the brain.

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Question 8

The portion farthest from the spinal cord is known as the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   hindbrain
B)   forebrain
C)   midbrain
D)   topbrainE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

A(n) _____ is a layer of fat cells that encases and insulates many axons,and helps electrical signals travel faster down the axon.

Accepted Answer

A)   myelin sheath
B)   astrocyte
C)   dendrite
D)   nociceptorE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 10

A national study of more than 3,000 randomly selected 4- to 24-month-olds documented that:

Accepted Answer

A)   many parents in the U.S.are feeding their babies too many fruits and not enough vegetables.
B)   parents in the U.S.are feeding their babies fruits and vegetables,and very little junk food.
C)   by 1 year,bananas were the most common fruit that babies ate.
D)   by 15 months,French fries were the most common vegetable that babies ate.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 11

The _____ lobes in the cerebral cortex function in vision.

Accepted Answer

A)   frontal
B)   parietal
C)   occipital
D)   temporalE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Identify the theorist who developed and used the "looking chamber" to study the vision of infants in the early 1960s.

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Question 13

_____ is the recognition that an object remains the same even though the retinal image of the object changes as you move toward or away from the object.

Accepted Answer

A)   Shape constancy
B)   Perceptual disparity
C)   Size constancy
D)   Perceptual occlusionE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Infants can see objects before they can control their torso,and they can use their hands long before they can crawl or walk.This would indicate that they have a _____ pattern of growth.

Accepted Answer

A)   proximodistal
B)   proximocaudal
C)   cephalodistal
D)   cephalocaudalE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

The cerebral cortex has two _____,each of which is further divided into four _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   neurons; divisions
B)   divisions; neurons
C)   hemispheres; lobes
D)   lobes; systemsE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 16

_____ motor skills are skills that involve large-muscle activities,such as moving one's arms and walking.

Accepted Answer

A)   Fine
B)   Gross
C)   Learned
D)   MajorE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Neuroscientists believe that what wires the brain or rewires it after birth is:

Accepted Answer

A)   genetic makeup.
B)   DNA.
C)   repeated experience.
D)   heredity.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

Who is at the highest risk of SIDS?

Accepted Answer

A)   Malachi,who is four weeks old
B)   Tyrell,who is six weeks old
C)   Chaz,who is three months old
D)   Isaiah,who is ten months oldE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 19

Yasmine was born in Honduras,and has a medical condition that causes her vital organs to collect the nutrients that are present and deprive other parts of the body of them.This condition,known as _____,often has the telltale sign of a greatly expanded abdomen.

Accepted Answer

A)   beriberi
B)   kwashiorkor
C)   marasmus
D)   sudden infant death syndromeE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

Provide three examples where a doctor would advise a mother to NOT to breast feed their infants.

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Exam 4: Physical Development in Infancy

_____ is the recognition that an object remains the same even though the retinal image of the object changes as you move toward or away from the object.

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Yasmine was born in Honduras,and has a medical condition that causes her vital organs to collect the nutrients that are present and deprive other parts of the body of them.This condition,known as _____,often has the telltale sign of a greatly expanded abdomen.

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Neuroscientists believe that what wires the brain or rewires it after birth is:

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_____ motor skills are skills that involve large-muscle activities,such as moving one's arms and walking.

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A national study of more than 3,000 randomly selected 4- to 24-month-olds documented that:

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Identify the researcher that carefully observed and documented the development of motor skills in the 1930s.Based on this work,he/she concluded that motor development is entirely due to maturation.

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Identify the theorist who developed and used the "looking chamber" to study the vision of infants in the early 1960s.

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Your professor says that our perception brings us into contact with the environment in order to interact with and adapt to it.This indicates that he holds a(n) _____ view on perceptual development.

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The portion farthest from the spinal cord is known as the _____.

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When Martha wants to feed her newborn son,she gently brushes her nipple against his cheek and,in a _____ reflex,he turns his head toward the side that was touched and immediately latches on to her breast.

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Baby Max watches his mother jingle her keys in front of him.After several minutes,he looks away no longer interested.This would indicate that he is habituated to it and is showing a(n) _____ to the stimulus after repeated presentations of the stimulus.

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Identify the nerve cell that handles information processing in the brain.

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A(n) _____ is a layer of fat cells that encases and insulates many axons,and helps electrical signals travel faster down the axon.

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Provide three examples where a doctor would advise a mother to NOT to breast feed their infants.

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List five benefits that a child receives from breast feeding.

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The _____ lobes in the cerebral cortex function in vision.

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Which of the following statements about infants and REM sleep is TRUE?

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Who is at the highest risk of SIDS?

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Infants can see objects before they can control their torso,and they can use their hands long before they can crawl or walk.This would indicate that they have a _____ pattern of growth.

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The cerebral cortex has two _____,each of which is further divided into four _____.

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