Exam 4: Physical Development in Infancy

In the context of studying newborns' perception, which of the following is true of the method of high-amplitude sucking?

________ is a dynamic process that is linked with sensory information in the skin, joints, and muscles, which tell us where we are in space; in vestibular organs in the inner ear that regulate balance and equilibrium; and in vision and hearing.

Your ability to process language in the left hemisphere of the brain and spatial thinking in the right hemisphere of the brain is called

Name the nerve cell that handles information processing in the brain.

Carson, a 6-month-old infant, grabs a toy by gripping with his whole hand. In the context of fine motor skills, which of the following grasps does Carson exhibit in this scenario?

Identify an outcome, which is supported by research, for infants who are breast fed when compared with bottle-fed infants.

Name the theorist who developed and used the "looking chamber" to study the vision of infants in the early 1960s.

A message in the brain is "ferried" across the synapse by a ________, which pours out information contained in chemicals when it crosses the synapse.

In the brain, the ________ lobes have an active role in hearing, language processing, and memory.

Infants control the muscles of their trunk and arms before they control their hands and fingers, and they use their whole hands before they can control several fingers. This indicates a ________ pattern of growth.

In the context of the brain's development, which of the following statements is true of lateralization?

According to theorists Eleanor and James Gibson, who developed the ecological view of perceptual development in infancy, which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following statements is true of the development of posture?

Which of the following statements about perceptual-motor coupling in infants is true?

In the field of perceptual development, nature proponents are referred to as ________.

Donna's doctor recommends that she breast feed her newborn. Research conclusively indicates that breast feeding has several positive outcomes for the mother, including a

In the context of the debate over whether breast feeding is better for an infant than bottle feeding, which of the following is true?

________ motor skills are skills that involve large-muscle activities, such as moving one's arms and walking.

Decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations of the stimulus is referred to as ________.

Which of the following reflexes is most likely to occur when something touches an infant's palms?