Exam 4: Infancy: Physical, Neurocognitive, Sensorimotor and Cognitive Development

In the first week after birth babies had four distinct crying sounds.

A three- month- old baby who had a chain of rattles hanging over their cot would glance up at the rattles before pulling the chain. The baby seemed to anticipate the sound they were about to make and to connect it with their own action of pulling. This is an example of the cognitive abilities associated with secondary ___________.

According to Checkik et al. (2000) the human brain loses about ___________ of its synapses by puberty.

According to Brackbill (1979), all methods of soothing a baby's crying involve intense steady stimulation to one of the baby's sense organs.

In Erikson's theory of personality, the most important developmental achievement of infancy is the acquisition of a realistic sense of ___________.

Newborns sleep for about how many hours per day?

Which of the following best describes a four- month- old infant's ability to perceive faces?

Research currently indicates that both ___________ and ___________ interact in the growth of almost all motor skills.

Aboriginal infants and children in TV- owning families have poorer health and delayed physical growth outcomes as compared to non- TV- owning families.

The cortex is responsible for many higher cognitive functions and becomes fully functional around six months after birth.

There is a rapid burst of myelination from birth to age ___________ , and then a steady but slower increase up to adolescence.