Exam 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Mariah has suffered brain damage to the left frontal lobe of her brain.When she tries to speak,she struggles to produce words and is unable to say them correctly.Mariah has damage to:

The _____ includes the cerebral cortex and several structures beneath it.

_____ occurs when information interacts with sensory receptors-the eyes,ears,tongue,nostrils,and skin.

Recent research supports the notion that _____ are the easiest words to learn.

Mandy sees a little girl in the grocery store throwing a screaming tantrum to get a toy.The next week at the mall,Mandy begins screaming and crying to get some candy.Mandy is showing:

When Abraham describes to his friend what he did last summer on vacation,he is relying on his _____ memory.

Your professor says that our perception brings us into contact with the environment in order to interact with and adapt to it.This indicates that he holds a(n)_____ view on perceptual development.

Baby Jane,three days old,is shown four drawings: a bright blue square,a white oval,a yellow circle,and a drawing of a face.In view of Fantz's work,which drawing would she probably prefer to look at?

Amanda is 6 days old.Which of the following statements about Amanda's hearing is true?

Who is at the highest risk of SIDS?

When 4-year-old Melanie ties shoelaces on her own and skillfully uses fork and spoon,she is demonstrating her:

The newborn's vision is estimated to be _____ on the Snellen eye examination chart.

Baby Luis is interacting with grandma and makes gurgling sounds in the back of his throat to express his pleasure.This demonstrates:

Chemical interactions between ____ connect axons and dendrites,allowing information to pass from neuron to neuron.

Define receptive vocabulary and spoken vocabulary.What is the relationship between the two?

Long before infants speak recognizable words,they produce a number of vocalizations.Describe some of these vocalizations in the order that they appear in infants.What do researchers think is the value of babbling?

A(n)_____ is a layer of fat cells that encases and insulates many axons and helps electrical signals travel faster down the axon.

As he is rolling his truck up and down the sides of the couch,Nezzy points to his truck and says,"My truck." His father responds with,"What's the truck doing?" This is an example of:

Identify the correct sequence of vocalization in infants.

This is Jean Piaget's concept that describes 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.