Exam 5: Motor, sensory, and Perceptual Development

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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

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DeCasper and Spence (1986)measured babies' sucking rates as they listened to a story they had heard in the womb (The Cat in the Hat)and to a story they had not heard (The King,the Mice,and the Cheese).The study concluded that

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According to Esther Thelen,motor behaviors are assembled for perceiving and acting.Her theory is called the _____ theory.

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Which sound is an infant most likely to hear?

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Which of the following is TRUE of infants' auditory development?

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Which of the following is used in habituation studies?

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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

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Which reflex involves many responses from the whole body?

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William James said that the newborn's perceptual world is "a blooming,buzzing confusion." What did he mean by this (now disproved)idea?

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Activities that use large muscles develop

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

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About _____ newborns are deaf,and ______ newborns have some level of hearing problems.

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Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding gross motor activity during middle and late childhood?

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Baby Ty reaches and grips a toy using his whole hand.This ability is called the

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Many preschool children are _____,and first graders ______.

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Baby Mary recognizes the table as in the same shape,even though the table appears in different shapes depending on the angle from which it is observed.This is an example of

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

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Which reflex enables an infant to obtain nourishment?

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When a 2-day-old infant consistently shows a visual preference for a bull's-eye pattern over a checkerboard pattern,we know that the infant

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Third-grader Thania forms her cursive letters in small even rows.What BEST accounts for her improving dexterity?

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