Exam 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

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.

The part of the neuron that carries signals away from the cell body.

__________ motor skills involve large-muscle activity.

Approximately what percentage of an infant's sleep is REM sleep?

Jeff has just turned 2 years old.About how many words can he use?

Rachel Clifton and her colleagues (1993)demonstrated that reaching in 4-month-old infants is guided by:

"Baby-friendly" programs in impoverished countries encourage mothers to breast-feed their babies.One disadvantage of these programs,however,is that:

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

Children living in poverty tend to __________ children living in wealthier homes.

Damon asks his son to look at a picture book and name the objects he sees.Damon is using __________ to help his son learn language.

The __________ method of studying whether an infant can distinguish between two objects is done by measuring the length of time the infant looks at an object.

The basic unit of sound in a language;the smallest unit of sound that affects meaning.

This person has been described as "America's best-known pediatrician." He/she takes a family-centered approach to child development issues and communicates with parents in easy-to-understand ways.He/she founded the Child Development Unit at Boston Children's Hospital and created a widely used measure of a newborn's health and well-being.

Axon is to _________ as dendrite is to _________.

Melissa is 2 weeks old.She sleeps about 16 hours a day.She:

"Want ice cream," "fall down," and "Mommy give drink" are all examples of:

The most extensive research concerning brain lateralization has focused on

A theory that views motor development as a means for perceiving and acting is known as:

The part of the neuron that carries signals toward the cell body.

Define deferred imitation,explicit memory,and implicit memory.Give an example of each.