Exam 4: Physical Development in Infancy

When do the hemispheres of the cerebral cortex begin to specialize?

Which of the following statements is true about the involvement of the left and right hemispheres of the brain in performing different functions?

Name the theorist who believed that infants assemble motor skills for perceiving and acting. He/she proposed the dynamic systems theory to explain these findings.

Name the researcher who carefully observed and documented the development of motor skills in the 1930s. Based on this work, he/she concluded that motor development is entirely due to maturation.

Amanda is 6 days old. Which of the following statements is true about Amanda's hearing?

Which of the following statements is true about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)?

The "visual cliff" experiment was used to measure

A technique that can be used to determine if an infant can see or hear is the ________ response, which involves turning one's head toward a sight or sound.

According to the neuroconstructivist view of brain development, which of the following is true of the plasticity of the brain?

________ refers to the process of encasing axons with fat cells.

In the context of neurons, which of the following statements is true of the myelin sheath?

How would you connect the concepts of the overproduction of synaptic connections and their subsequent retraction, or pruning, with the nature-versus-nurture issue?

From an evolutionary perspective, which of the following is true of sleep?

Baby Tobias turns his head when his mother strokes his cheek. Tobias also turns his head toward the side that is touched. This reflex is called the ________.

The view of development that sees motor skills development as a solution to an infant's problems is known as ________ systems theory.

Identify a true statement about REM sleep in infancy.

Identify the condition that occurs when infants stop breathing, usually during the night, and die suddenly without an apparent cause.

In the context of the fibers that extend from a neuron's cell body, the fiber that carries signals away from the neuron's cell body is called a(n)

John believes that his six-month-old baby, Ali, was born with the ability to perceive the world in an organized way. In the field of perceptual development, John would be described as a(n)

While scooting on the floor, baby Giovanni fell down the stairs. If he can no longer see, it is likely that the ________ lobe of his brain was damaged.