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

While viewing a picture of a 3-week-old embryo, Dr. Pecoraro points to something and says, "This flat structure will soon become a tube from which the brain and spinal cord will develop." Dr. Pecoraro is pointing at

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

Breastfed babies are ill less often than bottle-fed babies.

Bruce and Wayne are twins. They are both assessed with Rothbart's three dimensions of temperament. Bruce scored low on surgency/extroversion and Wayne scored high. Bruce scored low on negative affect and Wayne scored high. Bruce scored high on effortful control and Wayne scored low. Given this information, how would you describe the characteristics displayed by each of the twins.?

In some traditional African cultures, children receive training to sit and walk at younger ages than in Europe and North America.

Experts define a mad cry as a

Which statement concerning co-sleeping is accurate?

Five-day-old Max has his eyes closed and a breathing pattern that alternates between regularity and irregularity. This indicates that he is currently in the ____ newborn state.

Encouraging parents to have newborns sleep on their backs has led to a significant reduction in the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome.

In an effort to lower the age at which his infant son will begin to walk, Mr. Simmons puts eight-month-old Richard on a program that emphasizes leg strength. What is the most likely outcome of this intervention?

What differentiates a basic cry from a mad cry?

Goldie offers her 10-day-old daughter, Kate, a taste of some juices she is sampling in the grocery store. Based on the fact that Kate is a typical infant, you would suspect that Kate preferred

The fact that brain wiring is organized by experiences common to humans is referred to as

Siroun is informed that both of her 1-year-old twin daughters are of "normal" weight. She is then informed that one weighs 16 pounds and the other weighs 26 pounds. How is this possible?

Amanda's baby is awake and squirming around, oblivious to anything happening around her. Amanda's baby is most likely in the ____ state.

When Mia uses motion to determine the depth of an object, she is using a ____ cue.

Synaptic pruning significantly increases the number of neural connections in the brain.

The neural plate ultimately forms the

Jeffrey is a 3-year-old diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder who does not make connections between people's thoughts, intentions, and behaviors. Jeffery may be experiencing

Dr. Helmholtz is studying the sensing of color by researching the structure and development of cones. Where does she need to look to find these structures?