Exam 4: Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

A statement that describes imitation in the newborn is that the newborn ______.

The loss of unused connections between nerve cells occurs through a process called ______.

What is your earliest memory of operant conditioning? Explain how you recognize that this memory is one of operant conditioning.

Which meal is an appropriate first solid food for a baby between 4 and 6 months of age?

Which areas of the brain show activity when newborns are discriminating different speech patterns?

Paid maternity leave is associated with higher rates of breast-feeding.

The creation of new nerve cells is called ______.

What is the earliest age that infants show a preference for viewing their mother's face?

Growth norms are expectations for typical gains and variations in ______.

Based on what researchers have learned regarding experience and neural development, which statement best reflects their findings?

Which child is most likely to experience growth stunting?

If an infant fails to demonstrate reflexive behavior, he or she may have a neurological deficit.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children be vaccinated against most vaccine-preventable disease by the time they are which age?

After birth, which part of the body grows last according the proximodistal development principle?

Newborns tend to require repeated exposures to conditioning stimuli because they ______.