Physical Development
Sensory & Perceptual Development
Cognitive Development & Memory
Social and Personality Development
Language Development
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Q: Which of the following is an adaptive reflex? A) Swimming B) Palmar Reflex C) Moro D) Sucking
What is A: D) Sucking
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Q: The process of following a moving object with your eyes is ______.
What is A: Tracking
100
Q: The theorist, ____ underestimated infant’s capacities.
A: Piaget
100
Q: An infant experiences _______ ________ when it clings to caregiver around unfamiliar individuals.
What is : Stranger Anxiety
100
Q: Naming explosion occurs in infants between what age? A) 6-9 months B) 7-10 months C) 12-15 months D) 16-24 months
What is A: D)16-24 months
200
Q: Well-aimed swipes and swings of arms is known as _______, the fine motor skill possessed by newborns.
What is A: Pre-reaching
200
Q: Transferring information from one sense to the other is known as what? A) Utero B) Intermodal Perception C) Empiricism D) Interposition
What is A: B) Intermodal Perception
200
Q: Carolyn Rovee-Collier has shown babies at what age can remember specific objects? A) At birth B) 12 months C) 6 weeks D) 3 months
A: D) 3 months
200
Q: True or False: The number of caregivers in an infant’s life is most important, those with more caregivers feel more loved.
What is False
200
Q: Two word sentences in which smaller, less important words are left out is known as ________ _______.
What is A: Telegraphic Speech
300
Q: What is the view that several factors interact to influence development? A) Fine Motor Skills B) Dynamic Systems C) Functioning Systems D) Ossification
What is A: B) Dynamic Systems
300
Q: What is the technique in which two images or objects are held up to an infant and it is determined that the object they look at for a longer amount of time is the preferred object? A) Habituation Technique B) Preference Technique C) Non-Preference Technique D) Dis-habituation Technique
What is A: B) Preference Technique
300
Q: During which sensorimotor stage does the infant first begin imitating their caregivers expressions? A) Primary Circular Reaction B) Secondary Circular Reaction C) Reflexive Schemes D) Tertiary Circular Reactions
What is A: A) Primary Circular Reaction
300
Q: At what age does social referencing typically begin occurring in infants? A) 6-8 months B) At birth C) 12-18 months D) 10 months
What is A: D) 10 months
300
Q: Which theoretical perspective believes children model their parent’s behaviors and begin with babbling? A) Nativist B) Interactionist Behaviorist
What is A: C) Behaviorist
400
Q: What gross motor skill is an infant 7-9 months capable of?
What is A: Sits up without support, begins crawling
400
Q: Why are babies drawn to umami-flavored or sweet foods?
What is A: Researchers believe this is because of its relation to breast milk, which is also very sweet in taste.
400
Q: An infants ability to manipulate mental symbols, like words or images, is sub stage 6 in Piaget’s Sensorimotor Stage lasts from _____ to ____ months of age.
What is A: 18- 24
400
: List the four types of attachment infants may experience.
What is A: Secure attachment, Insecure/Avoidant, Insecure/Ambivalent, and Insecure/Disorganized
400
Q: Infant-directed speech may also be important to an infant’s ______ development.
What is A: Grammar
500
Q: Typically, girls are known to be developmentally ahead of boys. Describe in instance where this is noticed. Is there also an area in which boys are ahead of girls?
What is A: There are small bones in the human wrist and these bones appear earlier in girls than they do in boys. However, boys appear to develop gross motor skills that involve being more physically active than girls.
500
Q: Describe the difference between nativists and empiricists.
What is A: Nativists are those who belie perceptual abilities are inborn while Empiricists are those who believe perceptual abilities are learned.
500
Q: What were some of the major discoveries that proved Piaget’s theories to be wrong?
What is A: Infants are more cognitively sophisticated, and remember much more information than Piaget thought. They also have object concept and their thoughts come before they learn the language associated to the object is spoken.
500
Q: Name the three self-concepts infants experience as they develop their own personalities. Briefly describe each concept.
What is A: Subject self. Occurs when infants are 8-12 months in age and is the realization that the child is separate from others. Objective self, occurs when the child is a toddler. This is the realization that the child has self-awareness. Includes gender qualities and gender. Emotional self begins when babies learn to identify changes in facial expressions at the young age of only 2-3 months. This self-concept develops over the person’s lifetime and identify changes in emotions.
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Q: Describe the major milestones that take place in language development for infants 8-9 months of age
What is A: There is more of a focus on the phonemes, rhythm, and intonation of the language spoken in the infants’ home. The infant has a receptive vocabulary of 20 to 30 words.
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