Question 1

Clara, a one-year-old baby, recently started walking. According to research, we would also expect her to

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A)   show an increase in language development due to interaction with more objects.
B)   be safer because she is more in control of her relationship with her environment.
C)   make life easier for her parents now that she can walk.
D)   show less egocentrism since she is now able to get around on her own.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

________ 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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A)   Shape constancy
B)   Perceptual disparity
C)   Size constancy
D)   Perceptual occlusionE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 3

Amira is concerned about putting her baby on his stomach to sleep because of the risk that he might stop breathing, usually during the night, and die suddenly without an apparent cause. In other words, she is concerned about

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A)   shaken baby syndrome.
B)   sudden infant death syndrome.
C)   Down syndrome.
D)   marasmus.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

The technique of ________ consists of measuring eye movements that follow a moving object and can be used to evaluate an infant's early visual ability.

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A)   eye-orienting
B)   spotting
C)   visual preference
D)   eye-trackingE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

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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A)   ethological
B)   ecological
C)   evolutionary
D)   geneticE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 6

In the Gibsons' ecological view on perceptual development in infancy, objects have ________, which are opportunities for interaction offered by objects that fit within our capabilities to perform activities.

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A)   allowances
B)   aptitudes
C)   abilities
D)   affordancesE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Kyle and Amy want their baby to walk early. In order to accomplish that, they take the baby's favorite toy and place it where the child cannot reach it from a crawling position. Kyle and Amy believe that this will motivate the baby to stand upright to retrieve the toy and will, thus, result in him walking sooner. Their belief is most consistent with the ________ systems view of development.

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A)   maturational
B)   evolutionary
C)   static
D)   dynamicE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Fourteen-year-old Michael Rehbein had the left hemisphere of his brain removed to end uncontrollable seizures. His right hemisphere gradually began to reorganize and take over functions that normally occurred in the brain's left hemisphere. This case study is cited in the chapter in order to demonstrate that

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A)   the brain is both flexible and resilient.
B)   myelination varies in different areas of the brain.
C)   the effects of deprived environments on the brain are irreversible.
D)   the brain can adapt and function only when whole.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Identify a reason why the members of the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Infant Positioning and SIDS (AAPTFIPS)  (2000)  discourage shared sleeping.

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A)   They argue that infant-parent bed sharing is associated with less night waking for mothers but more for infants.
B)   They argue that infant-parent bed sharing is associated with more marital distress.
C)   They argue that infant-parent bed sharing might lead to sudden infant death syndrome.
D)   They argue that infant-parent bed sharing leads to earlier bedtimes and shorter time to fall asleep for infants.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Similar to the epigenetic view, the ________ view emphasizes the importance of interactions between experience and gene expression in the brain's development.

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A)   neuroconstructivist
B)   dynamic systems
C)   genetic
D)   ecologicalE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 11

The cephalocaudal pattern is the sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the

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A)   center of the body and then moves toward the extremities.
B)   spinal cord and then expands out to the limbs and head.
C)   top-the head-with physical growth and differentiation of features gradually working their way down from top to bottom.
D)   bottom-the feet-with physical growth and differentiation of features gradually working their way up to the head.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true of an infant's color vision?

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A)   It usually mirrors that of an adult at birth.
B)   Its development is independent of the experience of the infant.
C)   Its development, in part, reflects maturation.
D)   It usually approximates that of an adult by four months of age.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 13

When babies engage in physical activity or use language, some synaptic connections will be strengthened, while the unused ones will be replaced by other pathways or disappear. A neuroscientist would identify this process as

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A)   pruning.
B)   myelination.
C)   paring.
D)   lateralization.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 14

The ________ includes the cerebral cortex and several structures beneath it.

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A)   forebrain
B)   hindbrain
C)   midbrain
D)   top brainE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is true of the prefrontal cortex of the brain?

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A)   It is the portion of the brain farthest from the spinal cord.
B)   It covers the forebrain like a wrinkled cap.
C)   It is the area of the brain where higher-level thinking and self-regulation occur.
D)   It is the area of the brain that functions in vision.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Which of the following is true of breast feeding with regard to overweight infants?

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A)   If complementary foods are introduced after breast feeding, the risk of obesity increases by approximately 20 percent in breast-fed infants.
B)   Breast-fed infants are more likely to become overweight or obese in adulthood.
C)   Compared with bottle-fed infants, breast-fed infants have more gastrointestinal infections that can lead to obesity.
D)   Breast-fed infants have lower rates of weight gain than bottle-fed infants in childhood and adolescence.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Ursula has just had a baby and is considering bottle feeding her as she plans to return to work very soon. However, she is worried that she will be unable to form a strong attachment with her baby if she does not breast feed her. Based on recent research, what would you, as her doctor, tell her?

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Question 18

Which of the following statements about reflexes is true?

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A)   Reflexive behavior is identical among babies.
B)   Some reflexes persist through life.
C)   All reflexes have survival value today.
D)   All newborn reflexes disappear a few months after birth.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Define gross and fine motor skills and give an example of each.

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Question 20

Mauricio takes his baby to the doctor for a one-month checkup. His doctor does a test where he presents an object or a sound and checks if the baby turns his head toward it. What response is the doctor testing?

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The cephalocaudal pattern is the sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the

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Clara, a one-year-old baby, recently started walking. According to research, we would also expect her to

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________ 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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When babies engage in physical activity or use language, some synaptic connections will be strengthened, while the unused ones will be replaced by other pathways or disappear. A neuroscientist would identify this process as

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