Exam 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Noam Chomsky said that children are born into the world with a _____,a biological endowment that enables the child to detect certain features and rules of language,including phonology,syntax,and semantics.

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Question 81

Which of the following statements is TRUE about brain development?

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Question 82

It is a special way that children and adults speak to babies.It is characterized by language spoken in a higher pitch than normal,the use of simple words,and the use of simple sentences.

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Question 83

Sarah shows her baby a colorful block several times.The baby looks carefully at the block at first,but then turns her attention to a different toy after seeing the block a few times.The baby is showing:

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Question 84

In which of the following circumstances is it recommended that a mother NOT breast feed?

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Question 85

Sheena would like to hang a picture above her baby's crib.Which of the following is likely to attract the MOST attention from the infant?

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Question 86

Children who grow up in a deprived environment are likely to show:

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Question 87

The most important recent advance in measuring infant perception

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Question 88

Parents can expect their newborn infant to sleep through the night starting at

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Question 89

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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Question 90

What is the foundation needed for gross motor skills to develop?

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Question 91

Infants are better at recognizing all the phonemes from all languages:

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Question 92

Briefly explain the cephalocaudal and proximodistal patterns of development.Provide an example of how each are evidenced in a baby.

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Question 93

At birth,the newborn's brain is about _____ percent of its adult weight.

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Question 94

A national study of more than 3,000 randomly selected 4- to 24-month-olds documented that:

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Question 95

In which of the following circumstances should the mother NOT breast feed her baby?

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Question 96

Which of the following statements is TRUE of how neurons change in the first years of life?

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Question 97

According to Zamuner,Fais,and Werker,infants use _____ information to begin to segment the continuous stream of speech they encounter.

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Question 98

One reason older children and adults have difficulty recalling events from their infant and early childhood years is that during these years the _____ of the brain are immature.

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Question 99

The interactionist view of language development emphasizes that:

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Noam Chomsky said that children are born into the world with a _____,a biological endowment that enables the child to detect certain features and rules of language,including phonology,syntax,and semantics.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about brain development?

It is a special way that children and adults speak to babies.It is characterized by language spoken in a higher pitch than normal,the use of simple words,and the use of simple sentences.

Sarah shows her baby a colorful block several times.The baby looks carefully at the block at first,but then turns her attention to a different toy after seeing the block a few times.The baby is showing:

In which of the following circumstances is it recommended that a mother NOT breast feed?

Sheena would like to hang a picture above her baby's crib.Which of the following is likely to attract the MOST attention from the infant?

Children who grow up in a deprived environment are likely to show:

The most important recent advance in measuring infant perception

Parents can expect their newborn infant to sleep through the night starting at

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.

What is the foundation needed for gross motor skills to develop?

Infants are better at recognizing all the phonemes from all languages:

Briefly explain the cephalocaudal and proximodistal patterns of development.Provide an example of how each are evidenced in a baby.

At birth,the newborn's brain is about _____ percent of its adult weight.

A national study of more than 3,000 randomly selected 4- to 24-month-olds documented that:

In which of the following circumstances should the mother NOT breast feed her baby?

Which of the following statements is TRUE of how neurons change in the first years of life?

According to Zamuner,Fais,and Werker,infants use _____ information to begin to segment the continuous stream of speech they encounter.

One reason older children and adults have difficulty recalling events from their infant and early childhood years is that during these years the _____ of the brain are immature.

The interactionist view of language development emphasizes that:

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood

Death, Dying, and Grieving

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