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

If asked to identify a kinetic cue to depth, you should say,

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

During an experiment, you record the brain activity of a child using an EEG. As a result of reading your text, you would predict that the left hemisphere would exhibit the most electrical activity when the child is

Of all the senses, the sense of smell is probably the least developed in infants.

Dr. Gribble has completed an Apgar assessment of newborn baby boy Noah.  Noah's father is informed by Dr. Gribble that the Apgar assessment score is a 7. As a person who understands the scoring system, he would most likely

Waking activity means that a baby is awake, calm, and attentive.

Which best describes a newborn's sense of smell?

Dr. Snellen is planning a demonstration on infant visual perception for her developmental psychology class. In order to demonstrate the sharpness of an infant's vision at 20 feet, Dr. Snellen should have students look at an object about ____ feet away.

Gina perceives the car to be far away because the sides of the road upon which it is moving seem to come together to be no wider than the car itself. This is an example of the ____ cue to depth.

The fact that coarser objects are perceived as further away than more solid objects forms the basis of the concept of linear perspective.

While observing brain activity, Dr. Ogama proclaims, "This brain is definitely experiencing a downsizing in the number of connections between neurons." This indicates that the brain Dr. Ogama is studying is undergoing

If you were going to check for the Babinski reflex in a newborn, which part of the newborn's body would you be observing?

Bruce and Kaitlin are expecting a baby girl, and are shopping for decorations for the nursery. Kaitlin is concerned about making sure that they buy colored decorations that will stimulate their newborn daughter's

What response would you expect if you attempted to hand toys to a typical 13-month-old infant?

Use differentiation and integration in describing how an infant might learn to walk.

A mad cry is a more intense version of a basic cry.

A ____ is best described as any unlearned response triggered by a specific form of stimulation.

Dr. Ramone is interested in studying how babies are different in terms of their behavior toward other people, how energetic they are, and how easily they are upset. It is most likely that Dr. Ramone is studying

Marcie sings the same lullaby to her infant son every night because she believes he has learned to recognize it. Does recent research support her claim?

Describe early motor skill development by focusing on the topics of grasping and handedness.