Exam 3: Physical and Cognitive Dvelopment in Infancy

Name the developmental sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the top-the head-with physical growth in size, weight, and feature differentiation gradually working from top to bottom.

The ________ lobe area in the brain plays an important role in registering spatial location, attention, and motor control.

In the visual cliff experiment by Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk, which of the following did most babies do when encouraged to crawl onto the deep side of the visual cliff?

Clara, a one-year-old baby, recently started walking. According to research, we would also expect her to

Baby Tobias turns his head when his mother strokes his cheek. Tobias also turns his head toward the side that is touched. This reflex is called the ________.

Identify a disadvantage of breast feeding in the context of impoverished African countries.

Define gross and fine motor skills and give an example of each.

According to the ________, perception functions to bring organisms in contact with the environment so that they can adapt to it.

Provide three examples where a doctor would advise a mother to not breast feed their infants.

Which of the following does the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)?

Identify the type of error that occurs when infants make the mistake of selecting a familiar hiding place rather than a new hiding place as they progress into Piaget's fourth substage of the sensorimotor stage.

Which of the following is most likely to allow information to pass from neuron to neuron?

Fantz believes that we directly perceive information that exists in the world around us and that perception is designed for action. He most likely holds a(n) ________ perspective with regard to sensory and perceptual development.

Which of the following statements is true about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)?

The ________ includes the cerebral cortex and several structures beneath it.

Identify an outcome, which is supported by research, for infants who are breast fed when compared with bottle-fed infants.

Which of the following statements is true about perception in infants?

________ occurs when children adjust their schemes to take new information and experiences into account.

In the context of the debate over whether breast feeding is better for an infant than bottle feeding, which of the following is true?

Baby Jane, a three-day-old infant, is shown four drawings: a bright blue square, a white oval, a yellow circle, and a drawing of a face. According to Robert Fantz's visual preference method, which drawing would she probably prefer to look at for a longer time?