Exam 4: The Emergence of Action

Researchers were surprised to find that obesity directly and negatively impacts infants':

Infants are generally able to roll over and sit up on their own in the first ________ months.

Briefly describe how research with the Hopi Native Americans was important to the study of development.

Thelen's important contribution to our understanding of motor development was that an infant's reflexes:

Compared to many other species, human newborns are born:

Infants develop an impressive level of perceptual-motor skill early.For example, they are able to reach for an object they can hear but cannot see by ________ months of age.

Why do researchers interested in imitation study birdsongs? What have these researchers learned from their studies?

As described by Moro and others, when a baby experiences a lack of support, she will:

Classical conditioning begins with adding in a(n):

What are mirror neurons, how are they important for human development, and how unique are they?

The notion that perception, context, and an action-oriented goal drive motor development comes from:

When learning one response interferes with learning a second association to a stimulus, behaviorally, ________ has occurred.

Our understanding of mirror neurons in humans is limited compared to our understanding from primates.This is because researchers:

What are reflexes and why are they important to assess in infants? Be sure to include several examples of reflexes you have learned about.

An impressive amount of perceptual-motor development occurs within the first year of life.Infants can learn that objects may be out of their immediate reach when they are only ________ months old.