Exam 4: Physical, Sensory, and Perceptual Development in Infancy

What is the process in neuronal development in which a sheath covers individual axons and electrically insulates them from one another to improve the conductivity of the nerve?

Which of the following is the best example of gender differences in child development?

North American parents tend to expect infants to acquire stable sleeping patterns naturally,without parental intervention,during the first two years of life.

Define the term "marasmus," and describe the effect it has on an infant.

Babies are born with much poorer visual acuity than their eventual adult ability.At which age do most children reach adult visual acuity standards?

In Canada,mass vaccinations have lowered the rate of some infectious diseases.

The process by which unused or unnecessary neural pathways and connections are eliminated is called

Infant mortality rates among Inuit infants are two to four times the national average.

The infant's sense that may well be the best developed of all is

Improved lung efficiency and increased heart muscle strength mean that children have increased

Post-term babies have higher rates of fetal and neonatal mortalities.

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding an infant's ability to perceive colour?

Manufactured formula is superior nutritionally to breast milk.

Which of the following is NOT a true statement regarding newborns and their ability to discriminate between individual voices?

What action did Canada take almost 50 years ago that lowered rates of micronutrient malnutrition in babies and young children?

The ability of the brain to reorganize brain structures in response to experience is called

Researchers first present a baby with a particular sight,sound,or object over and over until he________-that is,until he stops looking at it or showing interest in it.

There can be good reasons to warrant a doctor's recommendation for a patient to not breast-feed her child.

If baby Vincent is an average infant,by his first birthday he will have had

It is important to teach infants how to sleep through the night as soon as possible.