What is the least developed part of the brain at birth?
A. Spinal Cord
B. Midbrain
C. Cortex
D. Medulla
C. Cortex
100
At birth, is an infant’s vision or hearing abilities typically better?
Hearing
100
The Substage of Piaget’s Sensorimotor Stage, tertiary circular reactions, occurs during which months?
A. 1-4 months
B. 8-12 months
C. 12-18 months
C (12-18 months)
100
Psychologists typically use the word ____ to describe patterns in the way children and adults relate to the people and objects in the world around them.
Personality
100
Which of the following describes theorists who argue that language development is a subprocess of general cognitive development and is influence by both internal and external factors?
A. Nativist
B. Behaviorist
C. Interactionists
D. Mixed-viewers
C. Interactionists
200
The act of sucking on an object that enters the mouth is a type of _____ reflex in newborns.
Adaptive
200
Which of the following best describes the typical eyesight of a 6-month-old baby?
A. 20/400
B. 20/200
C. 20/100
B (20/100)
200
Which of the following is a research strategy in which researchers move an object in one way after having taught an infant to expect it to move in another?
A. Violation-of- Expectations Method
B. Object Concept Method
C. Schematic Learning
A (Violation-of-Expectations Method)
200
Which the following is not one of the four phases Bowlby suggested in the development of infant’s attachment?
A. Focus on one or more figures
B. Secure base behavior
C. Reaching and grabbing
D. Internal model
C (Reaching and Grabbing)
200
When compared to better-off peers, researchers have found that children living in poverty typically…
A. Use longer sentences
B. Use shorter sentences
C. Use the same length of sentences
B. Use shorter sentences
300
The period after each synaptogenesis burst during which unnecessary pathways and connections are eliminated is called what
Pruning
300
Which of the following describes the formation of a single perception of a stimulus that is based on information from two or more senses?
A. Intermodal Perception
B. Multiple Source Conclusion
C. Mixed Sense Perception
A. Intermodal Perception
300
The understanding that objects continue to exist when they can’t be seen is known as _____.
Object Permanence
300
The term _______, refers to a mutual, interlocking pattern of attachment behaviors shared by a parent and child.
Synchrony
300
When an adult or child is speaking to an infant, they may use a higher pitch or repeat more words. What is this type of speech pattern called?
Infant-directed speech (also known as motherese or parentese)
400
During what period is the child most vulnerable to major deficits?
Paradoxically
400
Which of the following flavors comes from adding monosodium glutamate to food?
A. Sweet
B. Sour
C. Umami
D. Bitter
C (Umami)
400
The term ____ describes purposeful behavior carried out in pursuit of a specific goal.
Means-end behavior
400
According to surveys, what is the main reason a parent sends their children to nonparental care?
School Readiness
400
When relating to language development, was Skinner on the side of behaviorist view or nativist view?
Behaviorist View
500
What is the view that several factors interact to influence development called?
Dynamic Systems Theory
500
When judging the depth of an object, the kind of information that involves each eye receiving a slightly different visual image of an object is called _____?
Binocular cues
500
What is it called when imitation occurs in the absence of a model who first demonstrated it?
Deferred imitation
500
The category of attachment in which an infant seems confused or apprehensive and shows contradictory behavior is known as ____?
Insecure/disorganized attachment
500
What term is used to describe a simple two-word sentence that usually includes a noun and a verb?