Exam 5: Perception, Action, and Learning in Infancy

Perceptual learning is necessary for

A 6-month-old infant watches as his sister hides behind a door. While the infant is turned away from his sister for a moment, the sister moves from behind the door and hides under a bed. Suddenly, the wind pushes the partially open door even farther open, until it touches the wall. The 6-month-old is MOST likely to

Among infant-directed speech, adult-directed speech, infant-directed singing, and adult-directed singing, 6-month-old infants show a preference for

Cousins Bailey, Sofia, and Zola are playing at an indoor baby gym. Bailey has recently begun to crawl, Sofia has been crawling for a while, and Zola has recently begun to walk. The three cousins' attention is suddenly grabbed by the pleasing sounds of a familiar toy that has rolled down a too-steep incline. Which cousin(s) is/are likely to attempt to go down the incline?

A father puts his 5-month-old infant in his crib and then leaves the room. With which statement would Piaget be MOST likely to agree?

Infant pre-reaching movements generally emerge before _____ months of age.

Which factor is involved in active learning?

When Shelly picks up her sleeping baby quickly, her baby throws back his head and expends his arms and then rapidly draws them in. Her baby is demonstrating the _____ reflex.

The study discussed in the text in which infants were first presented with a cube and then were presented with the same cube and a larger cube that was placed farther away demonstrated that infants

Baby Janet has a patch over one eye because of an eye infection. She will be unable to use which depth perception cue?

The developmental maturity of infants' cones contributes to their

Research examining infants' sitting skills and their 3-D object completion skills suggests that

Research examining young infants' reaching for small and large objects in a darkened room demonstrated that young infants