Exam 5: Physical Development in Infants and Toddlers

Each neuronal cell body consists of

Brazilian babies who are preterm and who do not spend much time prone have shown lags in

Differences in ________ are related to differences in colour perception.

The gap between one neuron and another is a(n)

Most children use a spoon like an adult by the time they are

Because the taste of her mother's milk is affected by what her mother has just eaten, Baby Bonita is likely to prefer nursing after her mother has eaten

In newborns, upright posture is impossible due in part to their tendency to

"Average" physical growth

Full auditory capacity for most babies likely is not reached until

Overall, Canadians are consuming more _____ and less _____.

Growth during infancy and childhood follows the ________ in which growth occurs first in the head and trunk and later in the hips, legs, and feet.

Beth is interested in finding out whether infants can distinguish between bitter and salty tastes. How would you advise her to investigate her question?

Ten-year-old Bruce moved to a house in the opposite direction from school as his old house. Every day when he left school, he walked in the direction of his old house, not his new one. The difficulty that Bruce was having in keeping himself from travelling the old route home suggests that Bruce may have damage in the ________ of his brain.

Kamar has just learned to sit without support. Which motor milestone would you expect he has not yet achieved but will master the soonest?

For most people, the right hemisphere of the brain controls

Which is a form of locomotion?

The majority of the crawling infants in the Gibson and Walk study of depth perception using a visual cliff

Haley is looking at Bill. The two retinal images of Bill in Haley's eyes are nearly identical. This suggests that

One-month-old Godfrey is shown a picture of a human face. How is he most likely to look at the face?

In 2010, Calgary researcher Elliott found out which of the following about baby food?