Exam 3: Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development

Mariposa just called out to her son Lou by saying his name to him. Lou just turned and looked in his mother's direction, demonstrating recognition of his own name. How old would you say that Lou must be?

Two-month-old Sheldon is sitting in his mother's arms. He is quietly looking around, and appears to be simply 'absorbing' his environment. He is attentive to sounds around him, and is very calm. Sheldon's current state would be described as

At about the age of four, children begin to realize that a person's actions are often connected to the thoughts that he or she has. What kind of study is often used to determine when children grasp this concept?

Most one-year-old children have already developed a theory of mind.

Which child's vision would have most recently matched that of an adult with 20/20 vision?

Your textbook discusses three different types of cries that a baby can produce. Which of the following is not one of them?

Because children with autism spectrum disorders tend to master false belief tasks very slowly, researchers have speculated that an absence of ________ is the primary component of these conditions.

Xavier wants to see if his daughter knows that she exists. While he is wiping her face, he puts a red dot on her nose and then shows her own reflection in a mirror. If she is aware of her own existence, what would we expect her to do when she sees her red nose?

Modern industrial cultures tend to favor people who are ______-handed, as you may see from the way simple objects and machines are often designed.

In order to assess the physical health of a newborn baby, an obstetrician would assign ratings according to the ________ scale. If the baby receives a score of 7 or higher, (s)he is considered to be in good physical condition.

Cher offers her 10-day-old daughter, Chastity, a taste of some juice she is drinking. Based on the fact that Chastity makes a terrible face when she tastes the juice, you would suspect that it was

Which of the following provides some evidence that there is, in fact, a genetic component to handedness?

Caleb is four months old. If he is like others his age, when he grasps a rattle, he will grasp it with

By what age would you expect to see a child running with ease, effortlessly changing their speed and direction?

If Tori is a proponent of dynamic systems theory, then you know that she is most interested in

If a child's cry starts softly and gradually becomes more intense and occurs when the child is hungry or tired, (s)he is producing a(n) ________ cry.

If you were to follow the advice of your authors, which of the following articles of clothing would you avoid giving to a two- or three-year-old child?

When you look at the cord coming out of the lamp on your desk, you will notice that there is a protective coating that surrounds and encapsulates the electricity-conducting wire inside. If you were to relate that model to the human neuron, the protective coating would refer to the

Some researchers have suggested that a phenomenon called "mindblindness" underlies the autism spectrum disorders.

Imagine that you are standing on a pair of railroad tracks. As you look down at your feet, the tracks look a certain distance apart. As you lift your head and watch the tracks move away from you, they appear to get closer together until they converge at the farthest point. This bit of visual trickery is called