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

Traditional eye tests in which a person is shown a chart with a set of letters in a line that gets progressively smaller near the bottom of the chart are designed to directly assess

Describe the notion of intersensory redundancy. How might knowledge of this be useful to the parent of a new infant?

REM sleep becomes significantly more common between birth and age 2 years.

Carla is researching temperament by determining the extent to which different babies can focus attention and not be distracted. Which dimension of temperament is Carla assessing?

What criterion is used to indicate malnourishment in children under age 5?

Why are African American and Native American babies more likely to die from SIDS?

Parker is a typical 7-month-old. In terms of locomotion, the best he is able to do is to

Which best describes the impact of myelin on a neuron?

Your psychology professor asks you to assist her in her experiment. She is studying brain activity by monitoring blood flow to different areas of the brain. This indicates that your professor is most likely using ____ in her study.

If a baby is breastfed, it is more likely to

In order to assess newborn June with the NBAS, Dr. Lee is determining how long she stays awake. Which system is Dr. Lee assessing?

Two-month-old Mulan is lying quietly with her eyes wide open and appears very interested in a toy dangling in front of her face. Mulan is exhibiting

Two-month-old Chucky does not exhibit the Moro reflex. What kind of problem will he most likely exhibit?

Wendell can tell that the trees on the mountain are very far away, because rather than being able to see individual trees and the spaces between them, he just perceives a big green patch. Which depth cue best describes this?

Which piece of advice is most appropriate for individuals in developing nations who are considering bottle-feeding?

Infants

Because Akosua is a typical 9-month-old, she is most likely to use

Malnutrition seems to be most damaging if it occurs during

How would you respond to an expectant mother who claims that her 8-month-old fetus gets excited every time her unusually loud cellphone plays a custom ringtone of her recorded voice?

Describe how the seemingly contrary concepts of brain plasticity and synaptic pruning are both beneficial to development.