Exam 4: Physical Development

Researchers have found that when infants are trained to manage slopes as crawlers, later they:

SIDS mostly strikes at what age in infancy?

The typical infant will take their first steps:

What purpose does infants' rapid weight gain serve in their development?

Give evidence that infants become better at discriminating familiar stimuli as an adaptation to the environment in which they live.

Infants can reach for objects earlier if:

Jamie is moving around on two feet while holding onto the couch for support. He is:

Cross-cultural studies of motor development indicate that:

Infants do not understand that photos or pictures serve as representations of objects.

There is some evidence that being breast-fed as an infant is associated with higher adult intelligence.

In a darkened room, infants prefer to play with smooth objects than rough ones. This indicates that they have achieved:

A condition in which infants who are otherwise normal show excessive crying, is known as:

By what age is infants' clarity of vision equal to adults' vision?

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends:

When Holly was an infant she could discriminate between the phonemes of other languages. As a toddler, she can no longer do so; this is known as:

Gracie has been walking for 2 months. However, when her mom puts a backpack on her with her lunch and nap needs, she keeps falling down. Researchers suggest that this indicates that: