Question 1

In the United States, physical education classes

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A)  should meet more frequently each week to promote physical fitness. 
B)  usually require high levels of activity during most of the class. 
C)  should emphasize team sports that are fun for the children. 
D)  do not need to emphasize lifetime physical activity. 
A)  should meet more frequently each week to promote physical fitness. 
B)  usually require high levels of activity during most of the class. 
C)  should emphasize team sports that are fun for the children. 
D)  do not need to emphasize lifetime physical activity.

Question 2

Your friend Alex and Katya are concerned that their 9-month-old daughter Mariana often uses her left hand to pick up objects. Alex and Katya are both right-handed, and they do not want Mariana to be left-handed because it is a right-handed world. What can you tell your friends about the roles of heredity and environment in the development of hand preference?

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A good answer will be similar to the fol

Question 3

Fred and Wilma's 5-year-old son Frank has just been diagnosed as having attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Fred and Wilma believe that now that Frank is taking the drug Ritalin everything will be fine. What can you tell Fred and Wilma about other treatments for ADHD?

Accepted Answer

A good answer will be similar to the fol

Question 4

Babies pay attention when a novel stimulus is first presented, but they pay less attention as it becomes more familiar. This phenomenon is called

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A)  discrimination. 
B)  interposition. 
C)  an orienting response. 
D)  habituation. 
A)  discrimination. 
B)  interposition. 
C)  an orienting response. 
D)  habituation.

Question 5

Newborns are able to detect which of the following tastes?

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A)  salty and sour tastes 
B)  sweet and salty tastes 
C)  bitter and sour tastes 
D)  salty, sour, bitter, and sweet tastes 
A)  salty and sour tastes 
B)  sweet and salty tastes 
C)  bitter and sour tastes 
D)  salty, sour, bitter, and sweet tastes

Question 6

ADHD is often treated with stimulant drugs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

When an infant habituates to a stimulus, such as a picture,

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A)  the infant will pay more attention to the stimulus as it becomes more familiar. 
B)  the infant's heart rate will drop as the stimulus becomes more familiar. 
C)  the infant's behavior does not change as the stimulus becomes more familiar. 
D)  the infant will pay less attention to the stimulus as it becomes more familiar. 
A)  the infant will pay more attention to the stimulus as it becomes more familiar. 
B)  the infant's heart rate will drop as the stimulus becomes more familiar. 
C)  the infant's behavior does not change as the stimulus becomes more familiar. 
D)  the infant will pay less attention to the stimulus as it becomes more familiar.

Question 8

The cues for balance come from the eyes, not from the inner ears.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

__________ is the process by which we select information that will be processed further.

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A)  Executive network 
B)  Orienting network 
C)  Attention network 
D)  Differentiation network 
A)  Executive network 
B)  Orienting network 
C)  Attention network 
D)  Differentiation network

Question 10

According to the information in your textbook, what recommendation do you think would be most effective in improving the physical fitness of elementary-school aged children?

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A)  Have school physical education classes focus more on team sports. 
B)  Have physical education classes spend more time on discussion of fitness and less time on exercising. 
C)  Have physical education classes focus more on individual activities that can be done throughout life. 
D)  Continue offering physical education classes in the same way as they are now because they have been shown to be very effective in improving children's fitness. 
A)  Have school physical education classes focus more on team sports. 
B)  Have physical education classes spend more time on discussion of fitness and less time on exercising. 
C)  Have physical education classes focus more on individual activities that can be done throughout life. 
D)  Continue offering physical education classes in the same way as they are now because they have been shown to be very effective in improving children's fitness.

Question 11

Which of the following children is illustrating the impact of motor-skill development on the development of perceptual skills?

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A)  Jason, a 6-month-old infant, can hold, turn, and stroke the toy duck which allows him to learn about the three-dimensional nature of the toy duck. 
B)  Franklin, a 4-month-old infant, is able to tell that the banana and the apple are different objects because of the differences in shape and color. 
C)  Veronica, an 8-month-old infant, demonstrates knowledge of depth by avoiding crawling over the deep side of a visual cliff. 
D)  Carina, a 3-month-old infant, will focus almost entirely on the interior of the face, particularly the eyes and the lips. 
A)  Jason, a 6-month-old infant, can hold, turn, and stroke the toy duck which allows him to learn about the three-dimensional nature of the toy duck. 
B)  Franklin, a 4-month-old infant, is able to tell that the banana and the apple are different objects because of the differences in shape and color. 
C)  Veronica, an 8-month-old infant, demonstrates knowledge of depth by avoiding crawling over the deep side of a visual cliff. 
D)  Carina, a 3-month-old infant, will focus almost entirely on the interior of the face, particularly the eyes and the lips.

Question 12

Michael has difficulty keeping still, is unable to concentrate on schoolwork, and often acts without thinking. Michael is showing signs of

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A)  intellectual disability. 
B)  giftedness. 
C)  ADHD. 
D)  typical childhood behavior. 
A)  intellectual disability. 
B)  giftedness. 
C)  ADHD. 
D)  typical childhood behavior.

Question 13

Most 4-month-olds

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A)  do not have the muscles necessary to keep their balance. 
B)  use cues from the inner ears to maintain balance. 
C)  use only visual cues to maintain balance. 
D)  cannot maintain balance if they are blindfolded. 
A)  do not have the muscles necessary to keep their balance. 
B)  use cues from the inner ears to maintain balance. 
C)  use only visual cues to maintain balance. 
D)  cannot maintain balance if they are blindfolded.

Question 14

Based on what you know about the infant's visual system, how would you decorate a child's nursery so that it is consistent with the young infant's visual ability? Include information on acuity and pattern perception.

Accepted Answer

A good answer will be similar to the fol

Question 15

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

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A)  demonstrated no fear of crawling over the deep side. 
B)  demonstrated depth perception. 
C)  would crawl over the deep side when called by their mothers. 
D)  could not discriminate the shallow side from the deep side. 
A)  demonstrated no fear of crawling over the deep side. 
B)  demonstrated depth perception. 
C)  would crawl over the deep side when called by their mothers. 
D)  could not discriminate the shallow side from the deep side.

Question 16

Kerry placed a baby on a glass-covered platform with one side that looked shallow under the glass and another side that looked deep under the glass. He then asked the mother to call the baby to come to her. Dr. Kerry appears to be interested in

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A)  visual acuity. 
B)  depth perception. 
C)  color perception. 
D)  object permanence. 
A)  visual acuity. 
B)  depth perception. 
C)  color perception. 
D)  object permanence.

Question 17

The fact that when a person views an object, the retinal images in the left and right eyes differ is called

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A)  a linear perspective. 
B)  a texture gradient. 
C)  retinal disparity. 
D)  relative size. 
A)  a linear perspective. 
B)  a texture gradient. 
C)  retinal disparity. 
D)  relative size.

Question 18

By what age do infants typically have vision as good as that of normal adults?

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A)  at birth 
B)  by 2 months of age 
C)  by 1 year of age 
D)  by 2 years of age 
A)  at birth 
B)  by 2 months of age 
C)  by 1 year of age 
D)  by 2 years of age

Question 19

The realization that an object's actual size remains the same despite changes in the size of its retinal image is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  retinal disparity. 
B)  size constancy. 
C)  object permanence. 
D)  shape constancy. 
A)  retinal disparity. 
B)  size constancy. 
C)  object permanence. 
D)  shape constancy.

Question 20

By 4 to 6 months of age, infants use retinal disparity as a depth cue.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

In the United States, physical education classes

Fred and Wilma's 5-year-old son Frank has just been diagnosed as having attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Fred and Wilma believe that now that Frank is taking the drug Ritalin everything will be fine. What can you tell Fred and Wilma about other treatments for ADHD?

Babies pay attention when a novel stimulus is first presented, but they pay less attention as it becomes more familiar. This phenomenon is called

Newborns are able to detect which of the following tastes?

ADHD is often treated with stimulant drugs.

When an infant habituates to a stimulus, such as a picture,

The cues for balance come from the eyes, not from the inner ears.

__________ is the process by which we select information that will be processed further.

According to the information in your textbook, what recommendation do you think would be most effective in improving the physical fitness of elementary-school aged children?

Which of the following children is illustrating the impact of motor-skill development on the development of perceptual skills?

Michael has difficulty keeping still, is unable to concentrate on schoolwork, and often acts without thinking. Michael is showing signs of

Most 4-month-olds

Based on what you know about the infant's visual system, how would you decorate a child's nursery so that it is consistent with the young infant's visual ability? Include information on acuity and pattern perception.

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

Kerry placed a baby on a glass-covered platform with one side that looked shallow under the glass and another side that looked deep under the glass. He then asked the mother to call the baby to come to her. Dr. Kerry appears to be interested in

The fact that when a person views an object, the retinal images in the left and right eyes differ is called

By what age do infants typically have vision as good as that of normal adults?

The realization that an object's actual size remains the same despite changes in the size of its retinal image is referred to as

By 4 to 6 months of age, infants use retinal disparity as a depth cue.

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Exam 5: Perceptual and Motor Development

In the United States, physical education classes

Fred and Wilma's 5-year-old son Frank has just been diagnosed as having attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Fred and Wilma believe that now that Frank is taking the drug Ritalin everything will be fine. What can you tell Fred and Wilma about other treatments for ADHD?

Babies pay attention when a novel stimulus is first presented, but they pay less attention as it becomes more familiar. This phenomenon is called

Newborns are able to detect which of the following tastes?

ADHD is often treated with stimulant drugs.

When an infant habituates to a stimulus, such as a picture,

The cues for balance come from the eyes, not from the inner ears.

__________ is the process by which we select information that will be processed further.

According to the information in your textbook, what recommendation do you think would be most effective in improving the physical fitness of elementary-school aged children?

Which of the following children is illustrating the impact of motor-skill development on the development of perceptual skills?

Michael has difficulty keeping still, is unable to concentrate on schoolwork, and often acts without thinking. Michael is showing signs of

Most 4-month-olds

Based on what you know about the infant's visual system, how would you decorate a child's nursery so that it is consistent with the young infant's visual ability? Include information on acuity and pattern perception.

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

Kerry placed a baby on a glass-covered platform with one side that looked shallow under the glass and another side that looked deep under the glass. He then asked the mother to call the baby to come to her. Dr. Kerry appears to be interested in

The fact that when a person views an object, the retinal images in the left and right eyes differ is called

By what age do infants typically have vision as good as that of normal adults?

The realization that an object's actual size remains the same despite changes in the size of its retinal image is referred to as

By 4 to 6 months of age, infants use retinal disparity as a depth cue.

The Science of Child Development

Genetic Bases of Child Development

Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn

Growth and Health

Theories of Cognitive Development

Cognitive Processes and Academic Skills

Intelligence and Individual Differences in Cognition

Language and Communication

Emotional Development

Understanding Self and Others

Moral Understanding and Behavior

Gender and Development

Family Relationships

Influences Beyond the Family

Filters