Exam 4: Physical Development in Infancy

Alice has just delivered her baby;however,because of financial constraints,she has to go back to working both of her jobs,and she can't give her baby the attention and stimulation it needs.Due to Alice's situation,her baby could suffer from

It's time for Margaret to give her baby his bath.The water is warm and she adds bubble bath to the water.When she puts her baby in the water,the baby splashes around and plays with the bubbles,and genuinely appears to enjoy himself because his _________ is/are being stimulated.

Why have the incidents of SIDS dropped dramatically in the U.S.?

_________ is the degree to which a developing structure or behavior is modifiable due to experience.

What else does the American Academy of Pediatrics suggest to prevent SIDS?

What is a specific,but limited,time usually early in an organism's life,during which the organism is particularly susceptible to environmental influences relating to some particular facet of development?

Babies are able to sit upright without additional support at _______ months of age.

What is the term for the approach that considers how information that is collected by various individual sensory systems is integrated and coordinated?

When a child has some deficiency in his/her diet,this is called

At about what age can a child build a tower of two cubes?

Maria and Thomas are preparing for the birth of their baby,and are trying to decide whether or not to breastfeed their new baby.Which of the following is a reason for them to decide on breastfeeding?

Like all cells in the body,________ have a cell body containing a(n)________.

What is the term for the reflex that does not disappear,and is demonstrated when an infant tries to clear his or her throat?

Name the principle: Simple skills typically develop separately and independently but are later integrated into more complex skills.

What is the term for the period of sleep that is found in older children and adults and is associated with dreaming?

If you "sleep like a baby," you sleep one long stretch with no interruptions.

The "visual cliff" study indicates that most infants in the age range of _________ months cannot be coaxed to cross the "cliff."

Communication with other neurons is done by means of _________,which travel across the small gaps called ________.

What is the fatty substance that helps insulate neurons and speeds the transmission of nerve impulses?

All reflexes,such as the eye-blink reflex,last a lifetime.