Typical and Atypical Development Exam
Questions And Answers
What is cognition based on? - - -
correct answer ✅Information and therefore perception
At 1 month old infants can.. - - -
correct answer ✅-Lie down very well
-Look at people to hold their attention
-Make noises
-Cries when upset
At 4 months old infants can.. - - -
correct answer ✅-Support themselves
-Noise making toys hold attention
-Not fully mobile, not crawling
At 6 months old infants can.. - - -
correct answer ✅-Begin to become self mobile, rolling
-Can't be left alone
-More attention needed
,Typical and Atypical Development Exam
Questions And Answers
At 9 months old infants can.. - - -
correct answer ✅-Be very mobile, climbing
At 24 months old infants can.. - - -
correct answer ✅-Have gained representational system
-Realise words mean something
-Quite vocal
Why is Vision important in perception? - - -
correct answer ✅75% of neurons respond to vision in some way
Newborn Vision - - -
correct answer ✅-Is poor
-Until 2 months can only see 30cm away, to see mother (food)
-Poor visual acuity (fine details)
-Limits cognition, can't see facial expressions
Infant Vision - - -
correct answer ✅-After 2 months can look at objects across a
room
-By 3-6 months visual acuity as good as adults
,Typical and Atypical Development Exam
Questions And Answers
San and Streri (2007) - - -
correct answer ✅Touch and Vision
-Habituated newborn infants (48hours) to new shapes and textures
by seeing without touching or touching without seeing.
-Later in life, they spent more time exploring the novel objects than
the familiar objects
-Can transfer info from touch to vision and visa versa from 48 hours
old
Which tastes are present from birth - - -
correct answer ✅Bitter, sweet, sour, using metabotropic receptors
When does salty taste develop? - - -
correct answer ✅-At 3-4 months due to development of the salt
receptor which is a simple receptor
Mennella el at. - - -
correct answer ✅-Carrot juice given to mothers in the last
trimester of pregnancy, during breastfeeding or not at all
-When weaned they observed child's preference for carrot based
cereal, significantly greater liking if they were in the first 2 groups
, Typical and Atypical Development Exam
Questions And Answers
-Early flavour exposure improves dietary outcomes
Coffield et al. (2014) - - -
correct answer ✅-Smell in infancy
-Video of happy/sad person in non odour or calming odour
condition
-Looked longer in distressing situation in the calming odour
condition
-Odour can prevent effects of stressful/sad mood
Vision/Hearing in Infancy - - -
correct answer ✅-Jordan and Brannon (2006) different number of
people on screen and different number of people saying look in
each condition
-Looked longer when the number of people talking matched the
number of people on screen
Errors of Scale - - -
correct answer ✅-18-30 months
-DeLoache et al. (2013) toys replaced with mini versions and
children still tried to use them
Questions And Answers
What is cognition based on? - - -
correct answer ✅Information and therefore perception
At 1 month old infants can.. - - -
correct answer ✅-Lie down very well
-Look at people to hold their attention
-Make noises
-Cries when upset
At 4 months old infants can.. - - -
correct answer ✅-Support themselves
-Noise making toys hold attention
-Not fully mobile, not crawling
At 6 months old infants can.. - - -
correct answer ✅-Begin to become self mobile, rolling
-Can't be left alone
-More attention needed
,Typical and Atypical Development Exam
Questions And Answers
At 9 months old infants can.. - - -
correct answer ✅-Be very mobile, climbing
At 24 months old infants can.. - - -
correct answer ✅-Have gained representational system
-Realise words mean something
-Quite vocal
Why is Vision important in perception? - - -
correct answer ✅75% of neurons respond to vision in some way
Newborn Vision - - -
correct answer ✅-Is poor
-Until 2 months can only see 30cm away, to see mother (food)
-Poor visual acuity (fine details)
-Limits cognition, can't see facial expressions
Infant Vision - - -
correct answer ✅-After 2 months can look at objects across a
room
-By 3-6 months visual acuity as good as adults
,Typical and Atypical Development Exam
Questions And Answers
San and Streri (2007) - - -
correct answer ✅Touch and Vision
-Habituated newborn infants (48hours) to new shapes and textures
by seeing without touching or touching without seeing.
-Later in life, they spent more time exploring the novel objects than
the familiar objects
-Can transfer info from touch to vision and visa versa from 48 hours
old
Which tastes are present from birth - - -
correct answer ✅Bitter, sweet, sour, using metabotropic receptors
When does salty taste develop? - - -
correct answer ✅-At 3-4 months due to development of the salt
receptor which is a simple receptor
Mennella el at. - - -
correct answer ✅-Carrot juice given to mothers in the last
trimester of pregnancy, during breastfeeding or not at all
-When weaned they observed child's preference for carrot based
cereal, significantly greater liking if they were in the first 2 groups
, Typical and Atypical Development Exam
Questions And Answers
-Early flavour exposure improves dietary outcomes
Coffield et al. (2014) - - -
correct answer ✅-Smell in infancy
-Video of happy/sad person in non odour or calming odour
condition
-Looked longer in distressing situation in the calming odour
condition
-Odour can prevent effects of stressful/sad mood
Vision/Hearing in Infancy - - -
correct answer ✅-Jordan and Brannon (2006) different number of
people on screen and different number of people saying look in
each condition
-Looked longer when the number of people talking matched the
number of people on screen
Errors of Scale - - -
correct answer ✅-18-30 months
-DeLoache et al. (2013) toys replaced with mini versions and
children still tried to use them
