Deck 3: Introduction to Infancy

Question 1

In comparing extreme premature birth children with normal birth children, you would expect the former to have …

A)distinctive facial deformity
B)high pitched and excessive crying
C)low body weight
D)unstable heart rate

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which motor reflex is NOT present with human infants?

A)Sucking
B)Standing
C)Gripping
D)Stepping

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The inability of orphans in Teheran to sit or stand securely can likely be attributed to …

A)lack of affection
B)restriction of opportunity to practise movement
C)premature birth
D)use of cradles while carried on the backs of adults

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The study by Wolke and Meyer showed that ________________ may be the underlying problem of the learning difficulties experienced by preterm children.

A)a low IQ
B)difficulty in serial processing
C)difficulty with language skills
D)difficulty in simultaneous processing

Question 5

Contemporary belief holds that …

A)babies experience the world 'as one great blooming, buzzing confusion'
B)babies are a 'blank slate'
C)babies are already familiar with some features of the world at birth
D)an infant's senses are fully formed at birth

Question 6

After being able to lift their heads, babies can then normally …

A)raise themselves on all four limbs
B)raise themselves on their arms in hands
C)raise their head and chest
D)bottom shuffle

Question 7

Longer gestations periods in various animals are correlated with …

A)the intelligence of the offspring
B)the survival viability of the offspring
C)the size of the offspring
D)the type of offspring

Question 8

Which reaching skill is defined as being able to successfully attain a desired object?

A)Precision reaching
B)Goal-directed reaching
C)Bi-manual reaching
D)Pre-reaching

Question 9

Infant symptoms of facial deformity, retarded growth, and intellectual instability are signs of …

A)poor nutrition by the mother
B)high stress levels of the mother
C)alchohol consumption by the mother
D)illegal drug use by the mother

Question 10

In Macfarlane's 1975 study, babies found their mother's milk by …

A)tasting
B)touching
C)hearing
D)smelling

Question 11

The auditory system …

A)develops such that the cochlea forms last
B)continues gaining acuity throughout the first year after birth
C)is able to only detect the strong heartbeat and internal organs of the mother in the prenatal environment
D)develops from the inside out

Question 12

It is expected that most people have an IQ score of about …

A)100
B)82
C)120
D)50

Question 13

A reduced blood supply to the foetus can be caused by …

A)high stress levels for the mother
B)alchohol use by the mother
C)poor nutrition
D)cocaine use by the mother

Question 14

Locomotion milestones with various infants …

A)are accomplished in the same timeframe and in the same order
B)vary in time but are accomplished in the same order
C)vary in time and are not always done in the same order
D)are accomplished in the same time frame but vary in order

Question 15

Newborns can only focus their vision sharply on objects …

A)within 21 cm
B)at about 21 cm
C)they cannot visually focus until three months
D)further than 21 cm

Question 16

In a study that interviewed mothers after a severe ice storm, a correlation was found between the IQs of the children and …

A)the mother's stress level
B)the mother's diet
C)the mother's use of illegal drugs
D)the mother's use of alchohol

Question 17

Babies have been observed blinking inside the womb …

A)when they are read to
B)when they hear a sound
C)when the mother's tummy is pressed
D)when the mother is stressed

Question 18

Which would you not expect from a child who was born extremely prematurely?

A)Higher body weight then average
B)Lower IQ than average
C)More likely to have difficulty with rhyming
D)More like to have a twin sibling

Question 19

High levels of cortisol indicate …

A)a high stress level
B)the use of illegal drugs
C)a low stress level
D)normal prenatal development