Exam 3: Infancy

What may be a function of REM sleep in neonates?

The term "goodness of fit" describes how well a child's perceived reality matches with the actual world.

Tanya's infant daughter is ready to begin solid foods. As her pediatrician, what advice would you give her?

Which brain region helps a child maintain balance, control motor behavior, and coordinate eye movements with bodily sensations?

How do sweet solutions typically affect neonates?

Which neonatal reflex is characterized by turning the head to one side, extending the arm and leg on that side, and flexing the limbs on the opposite side?

Ten-month-old Despina crawls over to the wall sockets and begins to stick her finger into the socket. As usual, her mother begins to say "no" and shake her head. To her mother's delight, for the first time, Despina responds to her mother by saying "no" and shaking her head. Which of Piaget's sensorimotor substage is Despina demonstrating?

A research study in which rats were exposed to "amusement parks" containing ladders, platforms, and boxes demonstrated that rats exposed to these enriched environments had ____.

According to a study conducted by the Children's Hospital Boston, SIDS may be caused by ____.

Children with an expressive style of speech use more pronouns and many words involved in social routines, such as stop, more, and all gone.

What were the findings of Harry and Margaret Harlow's attachment study using rhesus monkeys?

As an infant, Naimh was diagnosed with failure to thrive (FTT). Her parents worked very hard with their pediatrician to address Naimh's FTT disorder. Now in first grade, Naimh has almost caught up in height with her peers; this illustrates which process?

Which study supports the idea that smell is a vehicle for mother-infant recognition and attachment?

Infancy is the period of very early childhood, before two years of age, and characterized by a lack of ____.

Which study showed that classical conditioning is possible in neonates?

Raul is a healthy infant who is on schedule with his growth milestones. Compared with his body proportion on his first birthday, what will Raul's body proportion be like on his second birthday?

Jeff and Dan are identical twins. Jeff was raised by their grandmother and Dan was raised by their aunt. Because of her age, the grandmother's interactions with Jeff were mostly sedentary as she spent a lot of time reading him books; in contrast the aunt interacted with Dan on a very physical level, showing him how to stack blocks, climb stairs and crawl. Based on the research findings of Arnold Gesell, what would you conclude about the twins' motor skills?

What is the evidence in rhesus monkeys that social deprivation has a strong developmental impact?

Fifteen-month-old Latisha enjoys playing with her pet kitten at home, whom she calls "kit-cat." At the park, she runs over to a group of ducks and excitedly shouts out "kit-cat;" she then runs over to a woman walking her dog and points to the dog shouting out "kit-cat." Latisha's verbalizations illustrate ____.

Three month old Ruchi holds her pointer finger out in front of her face, repeating this behavior over and over again. Her mother believes that Ruchi first noticed her finger by chance, but now baby Ruchi seems fascinated with her finger. Which of Piaget's sensorimotor stages is Ruchi demonstrating?