The ability to see details at a distance is known as?
a- Tracking
b- visual acuity
c- visual perception
B- visual acuity
100
An unconditioned stimulus will yield which of the following?
a- Conditioned response
b- Unconditioned response
c- Ignorant response
B- unconditioned response
100
This occurs at 6-8 months. A baby cries when taken away from the caregiver.
a- Social referencing
b- Separation anxiety
c- Stranger anxiety
B- Separation anxiety
100
True or false: There are NOT difference in language development amongst infants
False (there are differences)
200
Which of the following is a well coordinated grasp using the thumb and forefinger
a- Pincer grasp
b- Ulnar grasp
c- Transfer grasp
a- pincer grasp
200
True or False: Babies prefer salty tastes early on.
False
200
There are ___ stages before the age of 2.
6
200
According to Freud, infants are in this psychosexual stage.
Oral
200
In infants, there is a “naming explosion” between what age range?
a- 8-12 months
b- 12-16 months
c- 16-24 months
C- 16-24 months
300
Scientists use which term to describe the brains ability to change in response to experience?
Plasticity
300
_______ Is the process of getting used to a stimulus
Habituation
300
_________is the organizing of experiences into expectancies.
Schematic learning
300
Parents often develop mutual patterns of attachment behavior. This is known as ________.
Synchrony
300
Pointing to car and saying “daddy” to refer to daddy’s car is an example of what linguists refer to as a/an _____________.
Holophrase
400
Humans are born with many _____________ that help them survive
adaptive reflexes
400
At the age of 4 months, Binocular cues occur. What are binocular cues?
The use of both eyes to blend images.
400
Make believe play and the use of sign language has started in Trina’s 20 month old son. He is displaying signs of which sensorimotor stage?
Mental Representation of Internalization of Schemes
400
Toddler Jessie is positive when she is placed in a new daycare. Within a short amount of time, she knows when she is going to daycare and what she will do there. She is a very positive infant. What type of temperament does she possess?
Easy
400
At which age does a baby begin to make various vowel and consonant sounds with cooing?
20 weeks
500
About 15-20% of infants develop a colic. What is a colic?
intense bout of crying totaling 3 hours or more a day, for no immediately apparent reason
500
What do Empiricists believe in regards to perceptual development?
Perceptual abilities are learned. Experience is necessary. If we receive little auditory/visual cues, they may not develop.
500
Give 2 reasons that show how Piaget underestimated infant’s capacities.
infants can make predictions, imitate facial expressions, and defer imitation
500
A child is in a nursery and left by the mother. Upon the mothers return, the infant walks back to the mother but does not look at her. The infant may be displaying what?
Disorganized attachment
500
Behaviorists and nativists think differently about how children pick up a language. Which believe in Nature? In Nurture? What group believes in both?
Behaviorist = nurture
Nativist = nature
Interactionist = both