Exam 4: Physical Development in Infancy

Fourteen-year-old Michael Rehbein had the left hemisphere of his brain removed to end uncontrollable seizures.His right hemisphere gradually began to reorganize and take over functions that normally occur in the brain's left hemisphere.This case study is cited in the chapter in order to demonstrate that:

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the pace of myelination in the brain?

In the cerebral cortex,the _____ lobe is involved in voluntary movement,thinking,personality,and intentionality or purpose.

Infants would nearly have tripled their birth weight by the age of:

In the first several days of life,most newborns lose _____ percent of their body weight before they adjust to feeding by sucking,swallowing,and digesting.

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

The adult density of synapses in the prefrontal cortex is achieved in:

Briefly explain MEG (magnetoencephalography)and its uses?

Which of the following statements about perceptual-motor coupling in infants is TRUE?

The _____ pattern of growth is the sequence in which growth starts at the center of the body and moves toward the extremities.

Four-month-old infants rely greatly on _____ to determine how they will grip an object; 8-month-olds are more likely to use _____ as a guide.

Amber knows that a dinner plate is the same object whether it is flat on the table or standing in the dish drainer.Amber has developed:

Mauricio takes his baby to the doctor for a one-month check-up.His doctor does a test where he presents an object or a sound and checks if baby turns his head towards it.What response is the doctor testing?

Reaching in four-month-old infants is guided by:

While watching a football game,Martin jumped up to cheer and dropped baby Theresa to the floor.If she later has trouble with higher order thinking,planning,problem solving,or voluntary movement it would indicate that her _____ lobe was damaged.

Baby Kendra,who is 6 days old,is presented with two breast pads.One comes from her mother,and the other has not been used.Which one will Kendra probably prefer?

Nadine's doctor is assessing her fine motor skills.This means that her doctor is going to look at her ability to:

Identify the condition that occurs when infants stop breathing,usually during the night,and die suddenly without an apparent cause.

In the "sticky mittens" research project,it was found that:

Which of the following statements about reflexes is true?