Exam 3: Infancy: Physical and Cognitive Development

Infants don't understand anything about human emotions and motivations until age 2.

The myelin sheath is fully formed during the:

Omar is 2 months old;describe how his motor abilities are likely to unfold during the next year or so.

Motor milestones from turning,to sitting,to walking follow the _____ sequence.

Where in the world would you see the most stunted young children?

The sucking and _____ reflexes are essential to newborn feeding.

Mothers and fathers use infant-directed speech with their babies because:

One-week-old Gabrielle turns toward her mother every time she touches the baby's cheek.Gabrielle is demonstrating the _____ reflex.

Which BEST describes twenty-first-century global trends in undernutrition and stunting?

Six-month-old Nestor adores his electronic baby seat and spends hours bouncing his legs hard to see the lights flash on and off.Nestor's behavior is an example of:

Babies are highly motivated to learn to speak.

The BEST way to stimulate early language development is to:

Dr.Hooten is lecturing about brain development.Which statement should she make?

_____,or crib death,is a leading cause of infant mortality in the developed world.

Dr.Updayte is explaining to his class that babies know much more than Piaget has given them credit for.Give some concrete examples that Dr.Updayte might include in his talk.

For a very young baby,with regard to objects,the MOST relevant motto is:

The research strategy that is used to demonstrate infant depth perception is called:

To study depth perception,researchers use a procedure called the ______.

Marta says,"Recently,I am beginning to see my little boy as an individual with his own ideas.I now find myself getting angry and disciplining him." The MOST likely reason for these feelings is that the baby:

Five-month-old Theresa is engaging in what Jean Piaget called secondary circular reactions.Theresa is MOST likely: