Exam 5: Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development

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

Activities that use large muscles develop

Janice strokes the cheek of newborn Robby. He turns his head toward that cheek and opens his mouth. This is an example of the _____ reflex.

Will is going to have surgery to remove a thick layer on his eye that is causing cloudy vision. He has

Ilene has difficulty visually negotiating steps and street curbs. She is having a problem with

Robert Fantz measured how long an infant looks at different visual stimuli. Which experimental method is this?

According to the dynamic systems theory, how do infants develop motor skills?

Baby Jasmina is sitting in her high chair and picks up Cheerios using her thumb and forefinger. This newfound ability is due to the development of

Eyedrops are used to treat

Peak physical performance usually occurs during

Forty-seven-year-old Dixie is able to read better when she holds the book further from her face. The recent decline in her visual acuity is common among individuals her age and is known as

What component of the process of walking do infants first master?

What percentage of adults over 70 years of age has some type of hearing problem?

Al avoids driving at night because it is difficult for his eyes to adjust after he passes oncoming cars. Al is having a problem with

We know that fetuses can hear before birth because newborns

Well-developed gross motor skills allow infants to become more independent. Independence is important because it:

Define perceptual-motor coupling, and describe how this concept applies to an infant's development.

As measured on the Snellen chart, a newborn's vision is estimated to be

Gross motor skills include activities such as running, whereas fine motor skills include activities such as

Three-year-olds scribble all over the page, but 4-year-olds can make more precise drawings because 4-year-olds have more developed