Exam 5: Seciton 4: the First Two Years: Biosocial Development

In order for sensation to occur, one must be able to understand and comprehend the incoming stimuli.

Pruning neural connections improves neural communication and increases thinking ability.

Sensation begins when an outer sense organ detects an incoming stimulus.

The typical newborn sleeps about 15 to 17 hours out of 24.

The MMR vaccine causes autism.

The child's abdomen typically swells with fluid with the disease called kwashiorkor.

The circumference of the brain increases three times in the first year of life.

In a newborn, vision is not as well developed as hearing.

The average American newborn weighs about 8 pounds.

Most 2-year-olds weigh almost 28 pounds.

Henry is demonstrating his gross motor skills when he picks up Cheerios from his high-chair tray.

Axons and dendrites meet at a synapse.

Between 12 and 24 months, infant growth is generally slower than it was in the first year.

The space between neurons in the brain most likely contributes to complex thinking in humans.

Motor skills are used to control actions.

A child who begins walking independently at 12 months is close to the average age for accomplishing this skill.

Infants usually triple their birth weight by the end of their first year.

Self-righting helps the brain development of infants who do not have enriching environments.

Eli is 6 months old. He slaps the water repeatedly each time he is in the bathtub, squealing as the water splashes. His tendency to continue splashing water demonstrates his sensation and his attempt to make sense of it.

Binocular vision is the ability to focus both eyes in a coordinated manner in order to see one image.