Plasticity refers to the brain’s ability to do what?
A. Change in response to experience.
B. Create new synapses.
C. Eliminate unused synapses.
D. Help newborns survive.
What is A. Change in response to experience.
100
Tracking, smooth movements of the eye used to follow an object, occurs at which age?
A. 11-12 months.
B. 6-10 weeks.
C. 11-12 weeks.
D. 6-10 months.
What is B. 6-10 weeks.
100
The sensorimotor stage includes all of the following except:
A. Primary Circular Reaction.
B. Reflexive schemes.
C. Telegraphic speech.
D. Tertiary Circular Reactions.
What is C. Telegraphic speech.
100
________ are more routine with child care giving, smiling and talking while _______ are more playing and roughhousing.
What is moms; dads.
100
When a caregiver talks to an infant in a high-pitched voice including repetition of words in called ___________?
What is Infant-directed speech, motherese, or parentese.
200
Neonates are awake and alert for an average of how many hours in a 24-hr period?
What is 2-3 hours.
200
True/False: Infants prefer simple patterns over complex patterns.
What is False; complex.
200
When an infant tries out new ways of playing with or manipulating objects, this is known as _______ reactions.
What is tertiary circular.
200
Infants with positive mood, regularity in body functions, and positive approach to new situations are part of the ____ temperament group.
What is easy.
200
The most common sound an infant makes when they are about 1 month of age is:
A. Giggling.
B. Crying.
C. Babbling.
D. Gurgling.
What is B. Crying.
300
Adaptive reflexes include all of the following motions except:
A. Rooting.
B. Curling toes.
C. Stepping.
D. Tracking.
What is B. Curling toes.
300
When an infant touches a toy they have seen but never before felt, this is an example of ________ perception.
What is intermodal.
300
Schematic learning includes all of the following except:
A. Distinguishing between familiar and unfamiliar.
B. Building of categories.
C. Organizing experiences into expectations.
D. None of the above.
What is D. None of the above.
300
Which of the following is not a characteristic of social referencing?
A. Reading cues from caregiver facial expressions.
B. Learning to regulate emotions.
C. Novel situations.
D. Emotional distress.
What is D. Emotional distress.
300
Which of the following are not common first words of infants?
A. Vehicles.
B. Important people.
C. Food.
D. Emotions.
What is D. Emotions.
400
A pincer grasp occurs around _______ months of age.
What is 9.
400
True/False: Newborns express the interest in the flavor of umami (high protein foods such as meat and cheeses).
What is true.
400
True/False: Newborns are able to remember auditory stimuli they are exposed to when sleeping.
What is true.
400
Choosing experiences that reflect temperaments is known as ___________.
What is niche-picking.
400
True/False: The understanding of spoken words or receptive language is developed at 6-8 months of age.
What is False; 9-10 months.
500
Primitive reflexes are controlled by which parts of the brain?
A. Cerebrum and brain stem.
B. Corpus callosum and midbrain
C. Medulla and midbrain.
D. Hypothalamus and amygdala.
What is C. Medulla and midbrain.
500
Which researcher was responsible for studying taste responses in newborns?
A. Sigmond Freud.
B. Denise Boyd.
C. Jean Piaget.
D. Jacob Steiner.
What is D. Jacob Steiner.
500
Which researcher is responsible for the study of object permanence?
A. Sigmond Freud.
B. Denise Boyd.
C. Jean Piaget.
D. Jacob Steiner.
What is C. Jean Piaget.
500
Babies learn to identify changes in emotion expressed in others’ faces at which age?
A. 2-3 months.
B. 10-12 months.
C. 2-3 weeks.
D. 10-12 weeks.
What is A. 2-3 months.
500
__________ feel children model parents and imitate through babbling.