N173 QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Gestational age (GA) - Answers time from conception until birth
Social smile - Answers a smile in response to an external stimulus, which, early in development,
typically is a face
(Emerges at 3-5 weeks)
Developmental regression - Answers Loss of developmental milestones (moving backwards) (can be
any age)
Failure to thrive - Answers a condition in which infants become malnourished and fail to grow or gain
weight for no obvious medical reason
(Any age)
Palmar grasp and pincer grasp - Answers Palmar grasp: when pressing finger at base of baby's fingers,
baby's fingers begin to curl around. (Present at birth and changes to purposeful at 2-3 months)
Pincer grasp: infant begins using their thumb and fore fingers (like pinching) (appears at 6-7 months)
brain plasticity - Answers the brain's ability to change, especially during childhood, by reorganizing
after damage or by building new pathways based on experience
(Through early childhood, continue at any age)
Sensorimotor stage - Answers in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during
which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
Consists of:
- object permanence
- stranger/seperation anxiety
Object permanence - Answers the awareness that things continue to exist even when not in sight
(seen at 8-12 months)
Stranger & separation anxiety - Answers an infant's fear of strangers or of being separated from the
caregiver. (Starts at 6-7 months, peaks in toddler period)
Parallel play - Answers activity in which children play side by side without interacting (toddler stage
age 2-3)
Associative play - Answers children engage in separate activities but exchange toys and comment on
one another's behavior
(Early childhood age 3-5)
Cooperative play - Answers activity in which children actually play with one another. Game consists of
objectives and rules, may have a leader.
(Seen early childhood ages over 4)
Preoperational stage - Answers in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age)
during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of
concrete logic
Consists of:
- egocentrism
- magical thinking
- animism
Egocentrism - Answers the inability to see the world through anyone else's eyes
(Preoperational stage: age 2-7)
Magical thinking - Answers thinking based on assumptions that don't hold up to rational scrutiny
(Preoperational stage: age 2-7)
Animism - Answers Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like
thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
(Preoperational stage: age 2-7)
concrete operational stage - Answers in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from
about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to
think logically about concrete events
Consists of:
Gestational age (GA) - Answers time from conception until birth
Social smile - Answers a smile in response to an external stimulus, which, early in development,
typically is a face
(Emerges at 3-5 weeks)
Developmental regression - Answers Loss of developmental milestones (moving backwards) (can be
any age)
Failure to thrive - Answers a condition in which infants become malnourished and fail to grow or gain
weight for no obvious medical reason
(Any age)
Palmar grasp and pincer grasp - Answers Palmar grasp: when pressing finger at base of baby's fingers,
baby's fingers begin to curl around. (Present at birth and changes to purposeful at 2-3 months)
Pincer grasp: infant begins using their thumb and fore fingers (like pinching) (appears at 6-7 months)
brain plasticity - Answers the brain's ability to change, especially during childhood, by reorganizing
after damage or by building new pathways based on experience
(Through early childhood, continue at any age)
Sensorimotor stage - Answers in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during
which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
Consists of:
- object permanence
- stranger/seperation anxiety
Object permanence - Answers the awareness that things continue to exist even when not in sight
(seen at 8-12 months)
Stranger & separation anxiety - Answers an infant's fear of strangers or of being separated from the
caregiver. (Starts at 6-7 months, peaks in toddler period)
Parallel play - Answers activity in which children play side by side without interacting (toddler stage
age 2-3)
Associative play - Answers children engage in separate activities but exchange toys and comment on
one another's behavior
(Early childhood age 3-5)
Cooperative play - Answers activity in which children actually play with one another. Game consists of
objectives and rules, may have a leader.
(Seen early childhood ages over 4)
Preoperational stage - Answers in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age)
during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of
concrete logic
Consists of:
- egocentrism
- magical thinking
- animism
Egocentrism - Answers the inability to see the world through anyone else's eyes
(Preoperational stage: age 2-7)
Magical thinking - Answers thinking based on assumptions that don't hold up to rational scrutiny
(Preoperational stage: age 2-7)
Animism - Answers Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like
thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
(Preoperational stage: age 2-7)
concrete operational stage - Answers in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from
about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to
think logically about concrete events
Consists of:
