Exam 4: Physical,Sensory,and Perceptual Development in Infancy

Most experts recommend that an infant's first solid food be

Which of the following terms represents the smooth movement that allows the eyes to follow a moving object?

A developmental psychologist is showing a four-month-old infant a series of drawings.Each drawing shows a series of heavy black dots arranged in the shape of a square.After seeing a series of such pictures,the infant looks for shorter and shorter periods of time until she is barely glancing at each new version of the black dots in a square.Suddenly the researcher presents a new drawing of heavy black dots in the shape of a circle,and the baby shows renewed interest by gazing for a longer period of time.What is illustrated by this research project?

Moesha and Nick have a newborn.If their baby is an average infant,by his first birthday he will have had which of the following?

Describe the difference in visual acuity between a newborn and a two-year-old.

In the United States,which group has the highest infant mortality rate?

Infants who show increasingly ________ sleep periods during the early months are at a lower risk of dying from SIDS.

Women born outside of the United States tend to show ________ rates of alcohol and tobacco use than U.S.women.

The disease kwashiorkor is caused by which of the following?

Kaye has just mastered sitting up without support.About how old would you expect Kaye to be?

Explain why the ability to perceive depth is more than a matter of visual acuity.List three factors that contribute to the development of depth perception.

What is the leading cause of death in the United States among infants between the ages of one month and one year?

Which of the following is true of the process of ossification?

An infant has lost interest in a familiar stimulus.After the stimulus has been removed for a time,and then re-appears,the infant shows renewed interest.This defines which of the following?

Which of the following is true of synaptogenesis?

How likely is infant mortality among African Americans,Native Americans,and Hawaiian natives?

Many theorists believe that walking is simply a matter of biological programming.What would Esther Thelen say in response to this idea?

An infant's sleep/wake cycle lasts approximately how long?

Attention is regulated by which of the following structures?

What does your text suggest about the persistence of the Moro reflex or the Babinski reflex beyond six months of age?