Question 1

Infants' auditory preferences and abilities seem to focus them on important sounds needed for language learning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What is the leading cause of children's injuries that are fire-related?

Accepted Answer

A)  children playing with matches or lighters 
B)  portable electric heaters 
C)  adults' alcohol and tobacco use 
D)  children in contact with stoves 
A)  children playing with matches or lighters 
B)  portable electric heaters 
C)  adults' alcohol and tobacco use 
D)  children in contact with stoves

Question 3

Which of the statements are true about immigrant mothers compared to non immigrant mothers?

Accepted Answer

A)  immigrant mothers are more sensitive to their babies' needs 
B)  immigrant mothers are less sensitive to their babies' needs 
C)  immigrant mothers have more knowledge of infants' development 
D)  immigrant mothers have less knowledge of infants' development 
A)  immigrant mothers are more sensitive to their babies' needs 
B)  immigrant mothers are less sensitive to their babies' needs 
C)  immigrant mothers have more knowledge of infants' development 
D)  immigrant mothers have less knowledge of infants' development

Question 4

Infants who have learned to manage slopes as crawlers are able to negotiate the same slopes easily as walkers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which is not an auditory preference of infants?

Accepted Answer

A)  melodies 
B)  human conversation 
C)  child-directed speech 
D)  Western music 
A)  melodies 
B)  human conversation 
C)  child-directed speech 
D)  Western music

Question 6

Sleeping with parents has been shown to have negative long-term effects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Mother's lower education is associated with less knowledge of infant development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

An uncertainty about whether enough food will be available when it is needed is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  food insecurity. 
B)  nutrition poverty. 
C)  malnutrition. 
D)  marasmus. 
A)  food insecurity. 
B)  nutrition poverty. 
C)  malnutrition. 
D)  marasmus.

Question 9

What does the difference in smiling rates between infants who are born premature and infants born on time tell us about the roots of the earliest smiles?

Accepted Answer

A)  the first smiles are prompted by normal social relationships 
B)  beginning smiles requires advanced cognitive development 
C)  first smiles are controlled by older portions of the brain 
D)  first smiles require advanced motor control 
A)  the first smiles are prompted by normal social relationships 
B)  beginning smiles requires advanced cognitive development 
C)  first smiles are controlled by older portions of the brain 
D)  first smiles require advanced motor control

Question 10

The tendency for growth, if disturbed or deflected to return to an expected path, is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  directionality. 
B)  independence of systems. 
C)  canalization. 
D)  epiphyses. 
A)  directionality. 
B)  independence of systems. 
C)  canalization. 
D)  epiphyses.

Question 11

Kwashorkor usually strikes:

Accepted Answer

A)  during prenatal development. 
B)  in bottle-fed infants in the first year. 
C)  during puberty. 
D)  after weaning. 
A)  during prenatal development. 
B)  in bottle-fed infants in the first year. 
C)  during puberty. 
D)  after weaning.

Question 12

A typical 2-year-old is:

Accepted Answer

A)  about 22 inches tall. 
B)  about 27 inches tall. 
C)  about 34 inches tall. 
D)  about 42 inches tall. 
A)  about 22 inches tall. 
B)  about 27 inches tall. 
C)  about 34 inches tall. 
D)  about 42 inches tall.

Question 13

Anna is an accomplished cellist. She has been playing for 20 years and practices every day. The region of her brain that controls hand-eye coordination has different brain circuitry than typical people's brain circuitry. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  experience-dependant plasticity. 
B)  experience-expectant plasticity. 
C)  synaptic pruning. 
D)  apoptosis. 
A)  experience-dependant plasticity. 
B)  experience-expectant plasticity. 
C)  synaptic pruning. 
D)  apoptosis.

Question 14

Researcher Robert Frantz is known for:

Accepted Answer

A)  determining the most important risk factors associated with SIDS. 
B)  mapping the developmental milestones for normal children. 
C)  designing an apparatus to follow babies' eye movements. 
D)  designing the first infant car safety seat. 
A)  determining the most important risk factors associated with SIDS. 
B)  mapping the developmental milestones for normal children. 
C)  designing an apparatus to follow babies' eye movements. 
D)  designing the first infant car safety seat.

Question 15

When a woman breast-feeds her baby, her body releases a hormone that:

Accepted Answer

A)  helps the uterus regain its prepregnancy size. 
B)  prevents pregnancy. 
C)  promotes bonding between mother and child. 
D)  keeps the mother healthy. 
A)  helps the uterus regain its prepregnancy size. 
B)  prevents pregnancy. 
C)  promotes bonding between mother and child. 
D)  keeps the mother healthy.

Question 16

Parents' knowledge of infant development and developmental milestones is positively associated with more sensitive parenting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Cross-cultural research in toilet-training indicates:

Accepted Answer

A)  that the timing of training success is primarily a matter of physical maturity. 
B)  that the timing of training success is partly a matter of cultural beliefs. 
C)  that American parents use toilet-training techniques that are too intense. 
D)  that American parents are too flexible about toilet-training. 
A)  that the timing of training success is primarily a matter of physical maturity. 
B)  that the timing of training success is partly a matter of cultural beliefs. 
C)  that American parents use toilet-training techniques that are too intense. 
D)  that American parents are too flexible about toilet-training.

Question 18

One study of parents who abuse their children found that:

Accepted Answer

A)  their children had slower than normal motor development. 
B)  their children had faster than normal motor development. 
C)  these parents overestimated what their child should be able to do. 
D)  these parents underestimated what their child should be able to do. 
A)  their children had slower than normal motor development. 
B)  their children had faster than normal motor development. 
C)  these parents overestimated what their child should be able to do. 
D)  these parents underestimated what their child should be able to do.

Question 19

Which is not a risk factor for SIDS?

Accepted Answer

A)  gender 
B)  season 
C)  birth weight 
D)  bottle-feeding 
A)  gender 
B)  season 
C)  birth weight 
D)  bottle-feeding

Question 20

Children gain control of their head first, then their trunk, and finally their legs; this is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  proximodistal development. 
B)  cephalocaudal development. 
C)  independence of systems. 
D)  canalization. 
A)  proximodistal development. 
B)  cephalocaudal development. 
C)  independence of systems. 
D)  canalization.

Infants' auditory preferences and abilities seem to focus them on important sounds needed for language learning.

What is the leading cause of children's injuries that are fire-related?

Which of the statements are true about immigrant mothers compared to non immigrant mothers?

Infants who have learned to manage slopes as crawlers are able to negotiate the same slopes easily as walkers.

Which is not an auditory preference of infants?

Sleeping with parents has been shown to have negative long-term effects.

Mother's lower education is associated with less knowledge of infant development.

An uncertainty about whether enough food will be available when it is needed is known as:

What does the difference in smiling rates between infants who are born premature and infants born on time tell us about the roots of the earliest smiles?

The tendency for growth, if disturbed or deflected to return to an expected path, is known as:

Kwashorkor usually strikes:

A typical 2-year-old is:

Anna is an accomplished cellist. She has been playing for 20 years and practices every day. The region of her brain that controls hand-eye coordination has different brain circuitry than typical people's brain circuitry. This is an example of:

Researcher Robert Frantz is known for:

When a woman breast-feeds her baby, her body releases a hormone that:

Parents' knowledge of infant development and developmental milestones is positively associated with more sensitive parenting.

Cross-cultural research in toilet-training indicates:

One study of parents who abuse their children found that:

Which is not a risk factor for SIDS?

Children gain control of their head first, then their trunk, and finally their legs; this is an example of:

Introduction to Child Development Basic Concepts and Issues

Heredity, Environment, and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn

Cognitive and Language Development

Social and Emotional Development

Physical Growth and Health

Cognitive Development

Social and Emotional Development During Earlychildhood Development

Physical Growth and Health in Middle Childhoodgrowth

Cognitive Development During Middle Childhoodpiagets Theory

Social and Emotional Development

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Infants' auditory preferences and abilities seem to focus them on important sounds needed for language learning.

What is the leading cause of children's injuries that are fire-related?

Which of the statements are true about immigrant mothers compared to non immigrant mothers?

Infants who have learned to manage slopes as crawlers are able to negotiate the same slopes easily as walkers.

Which is not an auditory preference of infants?

Sleeping with parents has been shown to have negative long-term effects.

Mother's lower education is associated with less knowledge of infant development.

An uncertainty about whether enough food will be available when it is needed is known as:

What does the difference in smiling rates between infants who are born premature and infants born on time tell us about the roots of the earliest smiles?

The tendency for growth, if disturbed or deflected to return to an expected path, is known as:

Kwashorkor usually strikes:

A typical 2-year-old is:

Anna is an accomplished cellist. She has been playing for 20 years and practices every day. The region of her brain that controls hand-eye coordination has different brain circuitry than typical people's brain circuitry. This is an example of:

Researcher Robert Frantz is known for:

When a woman breast-feeds her baby, her body releases a hormone that:

Parents' knowledge of infant development and developmental milestones is positively associated with more sensitive parenting.

Cross-cultural research in toilet-training indicates:

One study of parents who abuse their children found that:

Which is not a risk factor for SIDS?

Children gain control of their head first, then their trunk, and finally their legs; this is an example of:

Introduction to Child Development Basic Concepts and Issues

Heredity, Environment, and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn

Cognitive and Language Development

Social and Emotional Development

Physical Growth and Health

Cognitive Development

Social and Emotional Development During Earlychildhood Development

Physical Growth and Health in Middle Childhoodgrowth

Cognitive Development During Middle Childhoodpiagets Theory

Social and Emotional Development

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