Exam 3: Physical and Cognitive Dvelopment in Infancy

________ refers to the process of encasing axons with fat cells.

In the Gibsons' ecological view on perceptual development in infancy, objects have ________, which are opportunities for interaction offered by objects that fit within our capabilities to perform activities.

Amber, a 4-month-old baby, knows that the form of a dinner plate remains the same whether it is flat on the table or standing in the dish drainer. In the context of perceptual constancy, Amber has most likely developed

The technique of ________ consists of measuring eye movements that follow a moving object and can be used to evaluate an infant's early visual ability.

Most researchers find that babies do not show ________ until the second half of the first year.

Melanie, a 4-year-old child, ties her shoelaces on her own and skillfully uses a fork and a spoon. In the context of motor development, which of the following is most likely involved in this scenario?

In the context of fine motor skills, which of the following is true of reaching by infants?

Infant nighttime waking problems have consistently been linked to

The peak of synaptic overproduction in the ________ occurs at about the fourth postnatal month.

The ability to relate and integrate information from two or more sensory modalities, such as vision and hearing, is referred to as ________.

Name the theorist who believed that infants assemble motor skills for perceiving and acting. He/she proposed the dynamic systems theory to explain these findings.

When Martha wants to feed her newborn son, she gently brushes her nipple against his cheek and, in the ________ reflex, he turns his head toward the side that was touched and immediately latches onto her breast.

Fourteen-year-old Michael Rehbein had the left hemisphere of his brain removed to end uncontrollable seizures. His right hemisphere gradually began to reorganize and take over functions that normally occurred in the brain's left hemisphere. This case study is cited in the chapter in order to demonstrate that:

Your ability to see faces and patterns with the right hemisphere of the brain and understand language with the left hemisphere is due to ________.

List five risk factors associated with an infant dying from SIDS.

Ingrid is getting ready to leave the hospital with her newborn and asks her doctor about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Her pediatrician suggests several things she can do to reduce the likelihood of SIDS in her infant. List five things that Ingrid can do to reduce the likelihood of SIDS.

In the context of grasping, which of the following statements is true of infants?

Name the researcher who carefully observed and documented the development of motor skills in the 1930s. Based on this work, he/she concluded that motor development is entirely due to maturation.

From an evolutionary perspective, which of the following is true of sleep?

Which of the following statements is true of the development of posture?