Exam 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

________ is the densely nutritious, yellowish, sticky breast milk secreted during the first 2 to 3 days after birth.

Billy has had the same mobile hanging above his crib since he was born. When his mother lays him down for a nap, Billy does not look at the mobile likely because he has become _________ to what was once a novel stimulus.

According to Piaget, the sensorimotor stage of development is divided into 12 substages.

The repetition of single-syllable sounds is a type of speech known as:

Juliette is a new mother who has made the decision to breastfeed. She notices that the more her baby suckles and stimulates her nipples, the more milk she produces. This is due to the release of the hormone:

The 1998 study on associations between the MMR and autism stirred significant controversy because:

Two maternal hormones, _____________ and _____________ directly affect milk production and, indirectly, the breastfeeding experience for mother and infant.

Infants crave touch and have inborn behaviors that encourage others to come close to and hold them. These features of early infant-caregiver interactions categorize humans as a ____________ species.

George is 2 months old. Although not in a single segment, he is likely to be sleeping between _______ hours a day.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development designed the _______ campaign to reduce the number of SIDS-related deaths.

Breastfeeding has many benefits, including but not limited to:

The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.

Developmental science research offers evidence that infants do experience pain.

When baby Brielle wiggles her fingers and her toes, she is practicing her __________ skills.

The highest rate of SIDS occurs in infants between _______ months.

The MMR vaccine is delivered to children around their third birthday.

_____________ is a sense that is highly developed prior to birth and facilitates the baby's ability to latch on to the mother's nipple for the first time.

MMR stands for the standard measles, mumps, rubella vaccine given to infants.

Following stimulation, the high-order interpretation of physical sensatiion is experienced as a cognitive perception of the same event.

SIDS is the ______ leading cause of infant mortality.