infant and child development exam 1
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the gibbons described their theory as differentiation because over time the baby - ANS
✔✔detects finer and finer invariant features among stimuli
eleanor gibson and richard walk concluded that around the time infants ____ most distinguish
deep from shallow surfaces and avoid drop offs - ANS ✔✔crawl
according to eleanor and james gibson, perception is guided by the discovery of ______ - ANS
✔✔affordances
between 6 and 8 months infants begin to - ANS ✔✔"screen out" sounds not used in their native
tongue
beginning at 3 to 4 months and strengthening between 5 and 7 months babies display
sensitivity to - ANS ✔✔pictorial depth cues
_____ is the first depth cue to which infants are sensitive - ANS ✔✔motion
between 6 and 12 months, learning is especially rapid across several domains and is easily
modified by experience this suggests a - ANS ✔✔broad psychological change
research reveals that babies perceive input from different sensory systems in a unified way
detecting - ANS ✔✔amodal sensory properties
,the principle of contrast sensitivity explains why very young babies prefer to look at ____ rather
than ____ - ANS ✔✔bold checkerboards; complex checkerboards
compared to bottle - fed infants, breastfed babies in poverty stricken regions of the world - ANS
✔✔are 6 to 14 times more likely to survive the first year of life
in a process called synaptic pruning, seldom stimulated neurons - ANS ✔✔lose their synapses
so they can support future development
in studies of children reared in extremely deprived romanian orphanages, most of those who
had been institutionalized for more than the first 6 months - ANS ✔✔displayed at least three
serious mental health problems
the best estimate of a childs physical maturity is - ANS ✔✔skeletal age
2 year old daniel gets an average of 8 to 9 hours of sleep per day, he is often inattentive and
fussy. if daniels sleep needs follow the average 2 year olds, how much sleep should daniel get
per day? - ANS ✔✔12 to 13 hours
according to investigators, which of the following statements about infant imitation is true - ANS
✔✔rather than imitating an adults behavior older babies first try to play familiar social games
operant conditioning plays a vital role in the formation of - ANS ✔✔social relationships
young infants can be classically conditioned most easy when the association between two
stimuli - ANS ✔✔has survival value
which of the following statements about early growth is true - ANS ✔✔infants and toddlers
grow in little spurts
, the proximodistal trend is an organized pattern of physical growth that - ANS ✔✔proceeds from
the center of the body outward
which of the following motor skills should an average 9-10 month old be able to perform - ANS
✔✔play pat a cake
baby kimorah has just learned to walk, newly walking babies like kimorah - ANS ✔✔more
actively attend to and initiate social interaction
although galen met most of his early developmental milestones on time, he did not crawl until
he was 12 months old. galena parents are concerned that he may be a late walker because he
was a late crawler. - ANS ✔✔galens parents should be concerned about his development ONLY
if many motor skills are seriously delayed
newborns pre reach with poorly coordinated swipes toward an object in front of them, but they
rarely make contact with the object bc - ANS ✔✔of poor arm and hand control
nerve cells, or ______ are responsible for storing and transmitting information in the brain - ANS
✔✔neurons
tiny gaps or _______ allow neurons to send messages to one another by releasing
neurotransmitters - ANS ✔✔synapses
because neurons require space for their connective structures, many surrounding neurons die.
fortunately, this _______ does not damage the brain because during the prenatal period the
neural tube produces far more neurons than the brain will ever need - ANS ✔✔programmed
cell death
questions n correct answers rated A+
the gibbons described their theory as differentiation because over time the baby - ANS
✔✔detects finer and finer invariant features among stimuli
eleanor gibson and richard walk concluded that around the time infants ____ most distinguish
deep from shallow surfaces and avoid drop offs - ANS ✔✔crawl
according to eleanor and james gibson, perception is guided by the discovery of ______ - ANS
✔✔affordances
between 6 and 8 months infants begin to - ANS ✔✔"screen out" sounds not used in their native
tongue
beginning at 3 to 4 months and strengthening between 5 and 7 months babies display
sensitivity to - ANS ✔✔pictorial depth cues
_____ is the first depth cue to which infants are sensitive - ANS ✔✔motion
between 6 and 12 months, learning is especially rapid across several domains and is easily
modified by experience this suggests a - ANS ✔✔broad psychological change
research reveals that babies perceive input from different sensory systems in a unified way
detecting - ANS ✔✔amodal sensory properties
,the principle of contrast sensitivity explains why very young babies prefer to look at ____ rather
than ____ - ANS ✔✔bold checkerboards; complex checkerboards
compared to bottle - fed infants, breastfed babies in poverty stricken regions of the world - ANS
✔✔are 6 to 14 times more likely to survive the first year of life
in a process called synaptic pruning, seldom stimulated neurons - ANS ✔✔lose their synapses
so they can support future development
in studies of children reared in extremely deprived romanian orphanages, most of those who
had been institutionalized for more than the first 6 months - ANS ✔✔displayed at least three
serious mental health problems
the best estimate of a childs physical maturity is - ANS ✔✔skeletal age
2 year old daniel gets an average of 8 to 9 hours of sleep per day, he is often inattentive and
fussy. if daniels sleep needs follow the average 2 year olds, how much sleep should daniel get
per day? - ANS ✔✔12 to 13 hours
according to investigators, which of the following statements about infant imitation is true - ANS
✔✔rather than imitating an adults behavior older babies first try to play familiar social games
operant conditioning plays a vital role in the formation of - ANS ✔✔social relationships
young infants can be classically conditioned most easy when the association between two
stimuli - ANS ✔✔has survival value
which of the following statements about early growth is true - ANS ✔✔infants and toddlers
grow in little spurts
, the proximodistal trend is an organized pattern of physical growth that - ANS ✔✔proceeds from
the center of the body outward
which of the following motor skills should an average 9-10 month old be able to perform - ANS
✔✔play pat a cake
baby kimorah has just learned to walk, newly walking babies like kimorah - ANS ✔✔more
actively attend to and initiate social interaction
although galen met most of his early developmental milestones on time, he did not crawl until
he was 12 months old. galena parents are concerned that he may be a late walker because he
was a late crawler. - ANS ✔✔galens parents should be concerned about his development ONLY
if many motor skills are seriously delayed
newborns pre reach with poorly coordinated swipes toward an object in front of them, but they
rarely make contact with the object bc - ANS ✔✔of poor arm and hand control
nerve cells, or ______ are responsible for storing and transmitting information in the brain - ANS
✔✔neurons
tiny gaps or _______ allow neurons to send messages to one another by releasing
neurotransmitters - ANS ✔✔synapses
because neurons require space for their connective structures, many surrounding neurons die.
fortunately, this _______ does not damage the brain because during the prenatal period the
neural tube produces far more neurons than the brain will ever need - ANS ✔✔programmed
cell death
