Exam 4: Physical Development in Infancy

Sensitivity to taste:

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

The "visual cliff" experiment was used to measure:

The peak of synaptic overproduction in the _____ takes place at around one year of age.

One day when Mark was crawling around,he fell down the stairs.After the doctor examined him,Mark's parents learned that he had damaged the parietal lobe.Mark's parents were told to expect that he would have difficulty with:

A fall from the changing table resulted in damage to Emily's temporal lobe.Her doctor has told her parents that this would most likely affect her:

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

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:

Identify the lobe in the cerebral cortex that is responsible for voluntary movement and thinking.

Jerome weighed four and a half pounds when he was born.Compared to other newborns in North America,his weight is:

Caleb is 14 months old.Which of the following activities would you expect that Caleb might be able to do?

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

While scooting on the floor,baby Giovanni fell down the stairs.If he can no longer see,it is likely that his _____ lobe was damaged.

By the second birthday,a toddler's brain is about _____ percent of its adult weight.

Briefly explain MEG (magnetoencephalography)and its uses?

Some people take Baruti's swollen belly to be a sign that he is well-fed and healthy.However,he suffers from a condition that causes his abdomen and feet to swell with water.Baruti's thin,brittle,and colorless hair; swollen feet and stomach; and listless behavior are all tell-tale signs that he suffers from:

Marasmus and kwashiorkor are two life-threatening conditions that can result from:

Which of the following technologies,a measure of the brain's electrical activity,have researchers been able to use successfully to learn about the brain's development in infancy?

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?

Identify a disadvantage of breast feeding in the context of impoverished African countries.