PSYC 290 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
4 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the average newborn doubles her birthweight by
2 years - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- children reach half their adult height by age
16 hours - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- approximately how may hours per day and night do
newborns spend sleeping
assist with self control - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the frontal areas of the cortex
involuntary response to stimulus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a reflex is a/n
stage 4 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- in which of Piaget's sensorimotor stages do infants
adapt, anticipate, and become more deliberate in responding to people and objects?
rooting reflex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- when infants turn their heads and suck in
response to a touch of the cheek
large movements - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- gross motor skills are defined by
provides antibodies to fight diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- breast milk
children have an inborn ability to learn langage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- according to
Chomsky's theory of language acquisition...
true - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- T/F: neural connections that are not used shrink and
disappear
13-15 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the average child can walk independently about
, reflexes, cooing, babbling, spoken words - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The usual order of the
development of spoken language is:
BF Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the theorist who believed that children learn
language when they are reinforced by parental attention
chinese and korean languages are "noun-friendly" languages because the rules of the
languages are structured around nouns - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- why do english-speaking
children use more nouns than verbs when they begin to speak, as compared to children of
chinese or korean descent?
true - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- T/F: preverbal infants show a preference for baby talk over
ordinary adult speech
is drugged or drunk - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- cosleeping may be harmful to the baby
when the mother...
12 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- on average, children begin saying recognizable
words at about...
speech over most other sounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- newborns prefer
vision - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the sense that is the least developed at birth is
attachment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the lasting emotional bond that an infant forms with
a caregiver
true - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- T/F: the securely attached infant is more likely to explore
an unfamiliar environment when the mother is present
John Bowlby - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- who originally developed the concept of
attachment?
Questions and CORRECT Answers
4 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the average newborn doubles her birthweight by
2 years - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- children reach half their adult height by age
16 hours - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- approximately how may hours per day and night do
newborns spend sleeping
assist with self control - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the frontal areas of the cortex
involuntary response to stimulus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a reflex is a/n
stage 4 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- in which of Piaget's sensorimotor stages do infants
adapt, anticipate, and become more deliberate in responding to people and objects?
rooting reflex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- when infants turn their heads and suck in
response to a touch of the cheek
large movements - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- gross motor skills are defined by
provides antibodies to fight diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- breast milk
children have an inborn ability to learn langage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- according to
Chomsky's theory of language acquisition...
true - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- T/F: neural connections that are not used shrink and
disappear
13-15 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the average child can walk independently about
, reflexes, cooing, babbling, spoken words - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The usual order of the
development of spoken language is:
BF Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the theorist who believed that children learn
language when they are reinforced by parental attention
chinese and korean languages are "noun-friendly" languages because the rules of the
languages are structured around nouns - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- why do english-speaking
children use more nouns than verbs when they begin to speak, as compared to children of
chinese or korean descent?
true - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- T/F: preverbal infants show a preference for baby talk over
ordinary adult speech
is drugged or drunk - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- cosleeping may be harmful to the baby
when the mother...
12 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- on average, children begin saying recognizable
words at about...
speech over most other sounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- newborns prefer
vision - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the sense that is the least developed at birth is
attachment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the lasting emotional bond that an infant forms with
a caregiver
true - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- T/F: the securely attached infant is more likely to explore
an unfamiliar environment when the mother is present
John Bowlby - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- who originally developed the concept of
attachment?
