Exam 3: Prenatal Development and Birth

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Diane notices that sudden stimulation causes her 2-month-old to arch his back,throw back his head,fling out his arms and legs,and then rapidly close them to the center of his body.Diane's baby is exhibiting the __________ reflex.

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Maturation is to __________ as dynamic system is to __________.

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This theorist has studied the ability of infants to imitate facial expressions.This theorist argues that infants' imitative abilities are biologically based,and the skill is apparent within the first few days after birth.

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At age 4½,Michael Rehbein began to experience uncontrollable seizures.To stop this,doctors removed portions of the left hemisphere of his brain where the seizures were occurring when he was 7 years old,and again when he was 10 years old.This case study has shown that the brain

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Skills that involve finely tuned movements such as drawing or painting.

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Infants begin to communicate at

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The specialization of function in each of the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex in the brain is called

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The ecological view of perception states that perception

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Two or more short word utterances that children use at about age 1½ to 2 years old.The word combination is short and precise without grammatical markers such as articles and auxiliary verbs (e.g.,ball mine).

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Schemes are

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A theoretical construct,proposed by Noam Chomsky.It refers to an inborn biological endowment that enables children to acquire language.

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In which sensorimotor substage does an infant develop the ability to use primitive symbols?

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Built-in reactions to stimuli that govern the newborn's movements.These reactions are automatic and beyond the newborn's control.

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Define scheme.What are the processes of assimilation and accommodation? How are they related to schemes?

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The sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the top-the head-with physical growth in size,weight,and feature differentiation gradually working from top to bottom.

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Jean Piaget's concept to describe the cognitive conflict that occurs when information in the environment is inconsistent with the child's current schemes.This conflict is the motivation to modify schemes or develop new schemes that are more consistent with the outside world.

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People remember very little about what happened in the early years of their lives.This is called

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A nerve cell that handles information processing in the brain.

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Language is made up of:

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Which is correct regarding the swimming reflex?

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