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Which best demonstrates the basic principle of cephalocaudal development? |
| | A) | an infant first producing an endogenous smile, then an exogenous smile, and then a laugh |
| | B) | an infant first being able to raise the head, then sit up, and then stand up |
| | C) | an infant obtaining visual skills, then olfactory skills, and then auditory skills |
| | D) | an infant cooing, then babbling, then the first word, and then language |
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Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of the infant brain? |
| | A) | Increasing experience increases the number of neurons. |
| | B) | Increasing experience increases the number of connections between neurons. |
| | C) | The dendrites branch out with increasing age. |
| | D) | Neurotransmitters change with increasing age. |
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| 3 | |
The process of encasing axons with fat cell is referred to as: |
| | A) | neuronal growth. |
| | B) | myelination. |
| | C) | lipidation. |
| | D) | insulation. |
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| 4 | |
Charles Nelson has made great strides in finding out about the brain's development in infancy by using: |
| | A) | PET scans. |
| | B) | MRIs. |
| | C) | electrodes. |
| | D) | CT scans. |
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The most extensive research on brain lateralization has focused on: |
| | A) | language. |
| | B) | visual coordination. |
| | C) | olfaction. |
| | D) | motor coordination. |
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Research on language processing in the brain has determined that: |
| | A) | virtually all language is carried out in the left hemisphere. |
| | B) | virtually all language is carried out in the right hemisphere. |
| | C) | in normal people, the complex thinking required to produce language results from communication between both hemispheres. |
| | D) | in normal people, tasks involving logical thinking are carried out in the left hemisphere and those involving creative thinking occur in the right hemisphere. |
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Sleep researchers have found that: |
| | A) | infants and adults exhibit very similar patterns of REM sleep. |
| | B) | infants engage in more REM sleep than adults. |
| | C) | adults engage in more REM sleep than infants. |
| | D) | adults enter REM sleep earlier in the sleep cycle than infants do. |
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Since child-health experts began recommending that infants __________, the frequency of SIDS has decreased. |
| | A) | sleep on their stomachs |
| | B) | sleep on their backs |
| | C) | sleep on their sides |
| | D) | do not sleep with their mothers |
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Juan was a low-birthweight infant, while Serge was a normal-weight infant. Which statement applies to them? |
| | A) | Neither is vulnerable to SIDS. |
| | B) | Juan is less vulnerable to SIDS than Serge. |
| | C) | Juan is more vulnerable to SIDS than Serge. |
| | D) | Both are vulnerable to SIDS. |
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| 10 | |
Infants require about ____ joules a day for each kilogram they weigh. |
| | A) | 121 |
| | B) | 242 |
| | C) | 363 |
| | D) | 484 |
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The Canadian Paediatric Society, Dietitians of Canada, and Health Canada all recommend exclusive breast-feeding for AT LEAST: |
| | A) | the first month |
| | B) | the first four months |
| | C) | the first year |
| | D) | the first and second year |
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Which statement best characterizes basic infant reflexes? |
| | A) | Reflexes are vestigial remnants of early evolutionary processes. |
| | B) | Reflexes are genetically carried survival mechanisms. |
| | C) | Modern infants rely more on learning than on reflexes. |
| | D) | All reflexes disappear by the end of infancy. |
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Charlie turns his head, opens his mouth, and begins sucking when his cheek is stroked. Charlie is demonstrating which reflex? |
| | A) | rooting |
| | B) | Babinski |
| | C) | tonic neck |
| | D) | Moro |
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__________ occurs when information interacts with sensory receptors. |
| | A) | Sensation |
| | B) | Perception |
| | C) | Intermodal perception |
| | D) | Perceptual-motor coupling |
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Robert Fantz (1963) found that infants as young as two days old: |
| | A) | were able to focus on their mothers' eyes. |
| | B) | were able to distinguish contour. |
| | C) | showed a preference for patterned stimuli over plain stimuli. |
| | D) | began to perceive the oval shape of the head. |
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Which of the following smells do infants like the LEAST? |
| | A) | vanilla |
| | B) | fish |
| | C) | their mother's milk |
| | D) | strawberries |
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Jessica turned her head when she heard footsteps in the hall, and then she smiled when she saw her mother come into the room. This demonstrates _________ perception. |
| | A) | depth |
| | B) | intermodal |
| | C) | auditory |
| | D) | visual |
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| 18 | |
Jean Piaget gathered the information for his theories about cognitive development by: |
| | A) | reviewing the literature on cognitive development. |
| | B) | surveying thousands of parents. |
| | C) | observing his own children. |
| | D) | testing hundreds of children in his laboratory. |
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In a Piagetian model, a(n) __________ is a cognitive structure that helps individuals organize and understand their experiences. |
| | A) | memory |
| | B) | image |
| | C) | thought |
| | D) | scheme |
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When D'Andre was 5 months old, he looked at a toy train, but when his view of the train was blocked, he did not search for it. Now that he is 9 months old he does look for it, reflecting the presence of: |
| | A) | object permanence. |
| | B) | self-differentiation. |
| | C) | assimilation. |
| | D) | schemata. |
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| 21 | |
Research by Renée Baillargeon has found that: |
| | A) | infants as young as 4 months of age have intermodal perception. |
| | B) | infants as young as 4 months of age expect objects to be substantial and permanent. |
| | C) | equipment for testing children under 4 months of age is not yet sophisticated enough to provide useful information about perception. |
| | D) | infants are not able to see objects as bounded, unitary, solid, and separate from their background until they are at least 4 months old. |
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Carolyn Rovee-Collier (1987) has demonstrated: |
| | A) | young infants' inability to learn from classical conditioning. |
| | B) | young infants' inability to learn from operant conditioning. |
| | C) | how infants can retain information through classical conditioning. |
| | D) | how infants can retain information through operant conditioning. |
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__________ occurs when repeated exposure to the same stimulus results in a reduced reaction to that stimulus. |
| | A) | Habituation |
| | B) | Object permanence |
| | C) | Transference |
| | D) | Dishabituation |
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Research by Andrew Meltzoff (1992, 1999) showing the infant's ability to imitate adult facial expressions shortly after birth demonstrates that: |
| | A) | imitative abilities are learned quickly. |
| | B) | imitation has a biological base. |
| | C) | infants have a full range of emotional expression at birth. |
| | D) | imitation is a form of emotional expression. |
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Meltzoff has found that infants demonstrate the ability to engage in deferred imitation by age ____ months. |
| | A) | 3 |
| | B) | 6 |
| | C) | 9 |
| | D) | 18 |
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Lorenzo is a normal 4-month-old infant. Thus we would expect him to have _________ memory. |
| | A) | both implicit and explicit |
| | B) | neither implicit nor explicit |
| | C) | implicit but not explicit |
| | D) | explicit but not implicit |
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Sarula is 18 years old. She finds it frustrating that she cannot remember anything prior to the time she was 3 years old. According to the research on memory: |
| | A) | she is "normal," since most adults cannot remember anything from the first 3 years of their life. |
| | B) | her memory is deficient, since it is common for adults to remember back to the time when they were at least 2 years old. |
| | C) | she should be concerned, because it appears she is suffering from a loss of memory called infantile amnesia. |
| | D) | her inability to remember before age 3 may be an indicator that she was sexually molested as an infant. |
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The developmental quotient (DQ) is a global developmental score that combines subscores in all of the following domains EXCEPT: |
| | A) | motor. |
| | B) | language. |
| | C) | physical. |
| | D) | personal-social. |
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The Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence: |
| | A) | estimates intelligence by comparing the amount of time a baby looks at a new object with the amount of time spent looking at a familiar object. |
| | B) | assesses infants' overall development in terms of motor, language, adaptive, and personal-social domains. |
| | C) | has been successful at measuring infant intelligence in industrialized nations, but not in third-world countries. |
| | D) | was the first measure of infant intelligence. |
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The __________ has been predictive of academic achievement at 6 or 8 years of age. |
| | A) | Piagetian Sensorimotor Scales |
| | B) | Bayley Scales of Infant Development |
| | C) | Gesell Developmental Schedules |
| | D) | Brazelton Neonatal Behaviour Assessment Scales |
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Infant intelligence scales are useful for all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | assessing the effects of malnutrition. |
| | B) | predicting childhood intelligence. |
| | C) | determining developmental effects of environmental stimulation. |
| | D) | measuring detrimental effects of a mother's prenatal drug-taking habits. |
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The child's first word is typically uttered at around __________ months. |
| | A) | 3 to 6 |
| | B) | 6 to 9 |
| | C) | 9 to 10 |
| | D) | 10 to 15 |
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Which statement about the two-word utterances of 18- to 24-month old children is NOT correct? |
| | A) | The child relies heavily on gesture, tone, and context to help convey meaning. |
| | B) | These utterances are used by children around the world. |
| | C) | These utterances are difficult for adults to understand. |
| | D) | These utterances can communicate a wealth of meaning. |
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Which of the following statements is NOT correct about infant-directed speech? |
| | A) | It is sometimes called "parentese." |
| | B) | It involves the use of simple words and sentences. |
| | C) | Much of it is automatic when an adult is talking to a baby. |
| | D) | It has a lower than normal pitch. |
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When Jennifer said, "The deer was running," Mother asked, "Where was the deer running?" Mother's strategy is: |
| | A) | echoing. |
| | B) | expanding. |
| | C) | recasting. |
| | D) | labeling. |
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