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

The _______________ is the wrinkled surface portion of the brain that regulates many human functions.

The neural plate develops into the brain and spinal cord.

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

What would be the best example of a fine motor skill?

Tomomi has mastered balancing, stepping, and the perceptual skills necessary to negotiate her way around. Putting all these skills together to enable her to walk is a process called

To locomote means to move.

Infants typically triple their body weight by the time of their first birthday.

Which best describes the impact of myelin on a neuron?

Nathan suddenly lets out a high-pitched cry, lowers his eyebrows, and purses his lips. You would be safest in assuming that Nathan is

____ are chemicals that transmit information from one neuron to another.

Adults tend to be able to hear ____ sounds better than infants.

Surgency, negative affect, and effortful control are three dimensions of_______________.

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

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

Gina has just given birth and hears that the Apgar score for her newborn son is a 3. As a person who understands the scoring system, she would most likely

Which best describes a basic cry?

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

The early, unsteady form of walking is called _______________.

A child with high effortful control is able to maintain focus and is less distractible.