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

The newborn is to sleeping ________ hours at a time as the six-month old is to sleeping _______ hours at a time.

The newborn has no innate, unlearned reflexes. Reflexes are a result of environmental input, and usually start to appear by two weeks of age.

The newborn state of ________ is defined as a period where the baby's eyes are open but they seem unfocused, and its arms and legs move in bursts of uncoordinated motions.

By about ________ months of age, infants begin to process faces in a manner similar to adults; that is, they see the internal elements (eyes, nose, mouth) as arranged and spaced in a unique way.

Some scientists believe that the development of language skills, especially ________ words, is essential in the development of a child's theory of mind.

Your authors note that the various components of a child's self-concept all share a common feature. What is it?

Which of the following is an example of intersensory redundancy?

A waning of newborn reflexes may be partially responsible for the fact that ________ is most likely to occur between the ages of 2 and 4 months.

From birth, infants will grasp objects using their fingers and thumbs.

The Apgar score is calculated by assessing 7 vital areas of functioning in a newborn on a scale of 1 to 3 points. The higher the score, the healthier the baby.

Roughly half of a newborn's sleep time is spent in the ________ stage.

You are looking out into your yard at a beautiful Japanese maple tree. You notice that from the trunk extends many branches with lovely purple leaves on them. The leaves are capturing raindrops from the current storm. If this tree were actually a neuron, the leaves that capture incoming information would be the ________.

Transmit is to receive as

Which of the following really underlies the theme of intersensory redundancy?

Roughly 90% of a newborn's sleep time is spent in a non-Rapid Eye Movement (non-REM) state.

Paula is a developmentalist who believes that learning to walk involves many distinct skills that are organized and reorganized over time to meet a specific goal. Clearly, Paula is a proponent of the ________ theory.

Which of the following is the best way to make sure that babies get their appropriate levels of nourishment?

The wrinkled surface of the brain, made up of about 10 billion neurons, is called the

According to your textbook, approximately one in every ________ children born in the US will one day be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

The ________ scale is to the physical health of a newborn child as the ________ scale is to a comprehensive evaluation of children from birth through two years of age.