Exam 3: Infancy: Physical and Cognitive Development

If a psychology professor is explaining the difference between primary and secondary circular reactions, which statement should he make?

After lavishly forming synapses, each brain region undergoes a phase of _____.

According to Piaget, babies learn about the world through _____, or habits that are continually repeated.

The body part that grows most during childhood is the _____.

_____ are automatic behaviors programmed by the lower centers of the brain.

Which family is LEAST likely to co-sleep?

Which is a criticism of Piaget's theory?

When baby Merri says "Ba!" her father goes to the refrigerator to get Merri a bottle. Merri is using:

Which social policy effort is LEAST likely to improve the health of babies?

Co-sleeping is:

A baby who knows that her teddy bear continues to exist even when it falls behind the sofa has mastered the beginnings of:

In normal infants, there is no relationship between the age of reaching motor milestones, such as walking, and later intelligence test scores.

Sanjit hides an interesting object in a certain place several times, and his 10-month-old niece finds it. But, when she watches Sanjit hide it in a second place, she looks in the first location. This is called _____.

Which is a possible advantage of breast-feeding?

Douglas, a 1-year-old baby, throws his spoon off the highchair tray in different directions, just to see where it lands. Douglas is showing:

A baby's brain is especially plastic because of excessive:

During Jean Piaget's sensorimotor stage of development, children from _____ years of age pin down the basics of _____.

When babies _____, MOST parents begin disciplining them.

At age 1, humans have more synapses in the visual cortex but far fewer synapses in the _____ than they will at age 10.

The function of the myelin sheath is to: