Exam 4: Physical Development in Infancy

Child-care authorities agree that for the first 12 months of life,there is no better food for an infant than

There are no gender differences in weight and length of infant children.

Severe malnutrition during the first year can produce __________,a disease in which infants stop growing.

What is the principle that different body systems grow at different rates?

What is the term for unlearned,unorganized,involuntary responses that occur automatically in the presence of certain stimuli?

A newborn infant's sense of smell is so well developed that the infant can distinguish its mother on the basis of smell alone.

Neurons have a distinct ability to communicate with other cells using a cluster of fibers called

Infant norms are useful only to the extent that they are based on data from a large heterogeneous and culturally diverse sample of children.

What term refers to an infant's various levels of wakeful behaviors,such as alertness,fussing,and crying,and different levels of sleep?

Researchers know the causes of and preventive measures for SIDS.

What is the term for the reflex that disappears around 6 months of age,and is activated when support for the neck and head is suddenly removed? The arms of the infant are thrust outward and then appear to grasp onto something.

Mary is preparing to breast feed her infant daughter,and,in doing so,the baby's cheek brushes across her mother's blouse.The baby immediately turns its head toward Mary's chest in preparation for feeding.This is called the _______ reflex.

Which of the following is an explanation as to why a newborn's body lacks easy mobility?

Some researchers think that _________ provide(s)a means for an infant's brain to stimulate itself.

Babies need to consume at least twice the amount of calories per pound of body weight per day that adults would need to consume.

One of the most important ways that behavior becomes integrated is through the development of

Synaptic pruning means

What is the term for the reflex that protects the eye from too much direct light that might damage the retina?

The swimming reflex lasts throughout a lifetime.

The term for the sorting out,interpretation,analysis,and integration of stimuli involving the sense organs and brain is