Exam 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

For years, debate has focused on whether breast feeding is better for the infant than bottle feeding. The growing consensus is that:

A national study of more than 3,000 randomly selected 4- to 24-month-olds documented that:

Memory without conscious recollection. This includes memories of skills and routine procedures (e.g., crawling) that are performed automatically.

In which of the following circumstances is it recommended that a mother NOT breast feed?

The recovery of a habituated response after a change in stimulation is called:

When an infant turns his head because his cheek was stroked, this is evidence that he responds to:

The most successful instrument used to assess infant's brain activity is a(n):

Amira is concerned about putting her baby on his stomach to sleep because of the risk that he might stop breathing, usually during the night, and die suddenly without an apparent cause. In other words, she is concerned about:

In cautioning that research on breast feeding is correlational, researchers cited characteristics of women who are more likely to breast feed that may influence the correlational findings. What are three of those characteristics?

Two-year-old Anita has learned the word "dog" to identify the family pet Rover. Now Anita says the word "dog" when she sees any animal. Anita has _____ these animals into her existing scheme.

_____ are built-in reactions to stimuli; they govern the newborn's movements, which are automatic and beyond the newborn's control.

Which statement is FALSE regarding Meltzoff's research and position on imitation?

Which of the following statements is TRUE about brain development?

When Anna took her infant daughter, Chloe, to the clinic for a checkup, it looked like the nurse was tickling Chloe's feet. Chloe would twist her foot and fan out her toes. The nurse was checking Chloe's _______ reflex.

Give an example of the way an infant might demonstrate the A-not-B error and two of the criticisms of Piaget's view of it.

As an infant, Mary suffered damage to _____ of the brain, causing her to have poor comprehension. Also, her speech is fluent, but incomprehensible.

Baby Luis is interacting with grandma and makes gurgling sounds in the back of his throat to express his pleasure. This demonstrates:

Jake, age 11 months, is able to pick up cereal and bits of fruit off the tray of his high chair by grasping them with his thumb and forefinger. Jake has developed the:

What is joint attention? Describe how it applies to language development.

Winnie is considering the use of anesthesia during the circumcision of her newborn son. She wants to know if newborns can feel pain. What would you tell her?