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

Which most accurately reflects the advice given to individuals in developing nations who are considering bottle-feeding?

____ is (are) a fatty substance that surrounds the axon of a neuron.

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?

Most one-year-olds have a well-defined sense of self-concept.

What infant response did Gibson and Walk (1960) measure in their visual cliff research?

The four common behavioral states of newborns are alert inactivity, sleeping, waking activity, and _____.

Along with an improved diet, research indicates that ____ is also necessary to foster a malnourished child's development.

Which is the best evidence for the notion that sociocultural forces play a role in handedness?

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

Newborn crying typically involves

A friend hears that you are in a developmental psychology course and asks you how long his newborn daughter is suppose to sleep. Being a very bright student, you would give the correct answer of,

Dr. Lewinski decides that she wants to perform a complete evaluation of the health of a newborn infant she has just delivered. Which of these is most likely to provide the most thorough assessment of the infant's health?

Breast-fed babies are ill less often than bottle-fed babies.

Gina is studying how blood flows through the brain when people listen to different kinds of music. Which sort of research tool is she most likely using in her study?

The best description of neural development is that

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) tracks blood flow in the brain.

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

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

Experience-_____ growth focuses on brain changes not linked to a specific point in development and that which varies across cultures.

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