Exam 4: Infancy: Early Learning, Motor Skills, and Perceptual Capacities

Right before baby Dom's mother leaves for work every morning, she takes her car keys off of a hook on the wall. As soon as Dom's mother unhooks the keys, Dom cries. In this example, __________ is the conditioned stimulus.

Which of the following is a protective measure to reduce the incidence of SIDS?

Three-month-old Royal holds his rattle and shakes it. He is most likely using

Which of the following infants is the most likely to engage in a game of pat-a-cake with a caregiver?

By __________, infants recognize the same melody when it is played in different keys.

Babies with poor sleep organization are likely to

Which of the following pairs are examples of fine-motor activities?

In some hospitals, health professionals use the NBAS to

Which of the following motor achievements, on average, occurs last?

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) usually occurs

In __________, infants act on the environment, and stimuli that follow their behavior change the probability that the behavior will occur again.

ERP brain-wave recordings reveal that around 5 months, babies

Newborns prefer to look at photos and simplified drawings of faces with features arranged

Sweet liquid increases the occurrence of the sucking response in baby Basil. Sweet liquid is a(n)

Baby Charlotte prefers looking at a checkerboard with many small squares compared to looking at one with a few large squares. Charlotte is demonstrating

Habituation studies test

Habituation and recovery make learning more efficient by

The newborn baby responds to touch, especially around the

Which of the following statements is true regarding adult responsiveness to infant cries?

In Wayne Dennis's research, Iranian babies who spent their days lying on their backs