Show:
Physical Development Category
Sensory & Perceptual Development
Cognitive Development & Memory
Social & Personality Development
Language Development
100
T/F The cycle of synaptogenesis (creating of synapses) followed by pruning (unnecessary pathways and connection are eliminated) only happens during the first few years of life.
What is False. It continues throughout the lifespan.
100
Which of the following is NOT a way to study an infant’s perception or experience? A. Content Analysis B. Preference Technique C. Habituation vs. Dis-habituation D. Operant Conditioning
What is A, Content Analysis.
100
What developmental stage are infants in during the first two years of life according to Piaget? A. Formal Operational B. Concrete Operational C. Preoperational D. Sensorimotor
What is D, Sensorimotor.
100
What are the three temperament classifications proposed by Thomas and Chess that apply to 75 percent of infants? A. Easy Children B. Difficult Children C. Slow-to-warm-up Children D. All of the Above
What is D, all of the above.
100
The linguist famous for the Nativist point of view on language development was: A. Chomsky B. Skinner C. Bloom D. Werker
Who is Chomsky.
200
If you stroke the bottom of an infant’s foot, she will spread out her toes and then curl them in. This Babinski Reflex is an example of __________.
What is a primitive reflex.
200
T/F Babies are better at discriminating some kinds of speech sounds than adults are.
What is True.
200
T/F Infants are unable to defer imitation until roughly nine months.
What is false, infants as young as six weeks can defer imitation for a few minutes.
200
T/F Bowlby suggested four phases in the development of an infant’s attachment: non-focused orienting and signaling, focus on one or more figures, secure base behavior, and internal model.
What is true.
200
T/F Expressive language is more advanced than receptive language.
What is false, receptive greater than expressive.
300
During infancy, bones will change in: A. Size B. Number C. Composition D. All of the above
What is D, all of the above.
300
Newborns can taste __________ which is the characteristic flavor that comes from adding MSG to foods.
What is Umami.
300
T/F According to Carolyn Rovee-Collier, infants as young as three months can remember specific objects and their own actions with those objects as long as two weeks.
What is false, as long as one week.
300
The ___________ is the infant’s awareness that she or he is a separate person who endures through time and space and can act on the environment. A. Objective Self B. Categorical Self C. Existential Self D. Emotional Self
What is C, existential self.
300
Combination of a single word and gestures to convey meaning is known as A. Telegraphic Speech B. Holophrases C. Expressive Speech D. Inflections
What is B, holophrases.
400
An infant’s diet that contain enough calories but not enough protein can lead to a disease known as: A. Micronutrient malnutrition B. Macronutrient malnutrition C. Kwashiorkor D. Maramus
What is C, Kwashiorkor.
400
If someone moves their head, objects close to them seem to move more than those farther away. This phenomenon is called ___________.
What is Motion Parallax.
400
The ___________ principle is the assumption that when two surfaces are attached to each other, they belong to the same object.
What is connected-surface principle.
400
An infant who shows little exploration, is wary of stranger, and upset when separated from mother but is not comforted/reassured by mother’s return would have what attachment?
What is insecure/ambivalent attachment.
400
Babies begin to store individual words in their memories at how old?
What is 8 months.
500
Infant’s sleep patterns will change, and their neurological systems will synchronize their body functions with the light/dark cycle of the world. This is known as __________.
What is circadian rhythm.
500
Who showed that an infant is capable of intermodal perception; infants could connect sound rhythms with movement. A. Robert Fantz B. Elizabeth Spelke C. Eleanor Gibson D. Richard Walk
What is B, Elizabeth Spelke.
500
List the substages of Piaget’s Sensorimotor stage in order from youngest to oldest.
What is Reflexes, Primary Circular Reactions, Secondary Circular Reactions, Coordination of Secondary Schemes, Tertiary Circular Reactions, Beginning of Mental Representations
500
Infants create __________ of their relationships with parents and other key adults. It includes child’s confidence that attachment figure is reliable, child’s expectations of affection, and child’s sense of assurance of safe base for exploration.
What are internal models.
500
The phrase “learning the tune before the words” refers to the _________ of language an infant hears. Their babbling begins to resemble this.
What is intonational pattern.