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

Question 1

Research has found that the own-race effect is the result of innate prejudice against those who look unfamiliar.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

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

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The average American newborn weighs about 8 pounds.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

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

Question 5

Recognition of diverse faces improves with early exposure.

Question 6

The last part of the brain to develop is the prefrontal cortex.

Question 7

At birth, the brain contains more than 100 trillion neurons.

Question 8

Pruning neural connections improves neural communication and increases thinking ability.

Question 9

Most 2-year-olds weigh almost 28 pounds.

Question 10

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

Question 11

Axons and dendrites meet at a synapse.

Question 12

Dendrite growth is the major reason that brain weight triples in the first two years.

Question 13

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

Question 14

Infants require toys that make noise, play music, beep, and sing in order for their brains to develop adequately.

Question 15

The speed of physical growth in the first year is continued during the second year.

Question 16

Brain maturation is one factor that influences an infant's sleep patterns.

Question 17

Two-year-olds are about 20 percent of their adult weight.

Question 18

Shaking a baby causes neural connections to break and ruptures blood vessels in the brain.

Question 19

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

Question 20

The temporary increase in the number of dendrites in the first two years of life is known as transient exuberance.

Question 21

The MMR vaccine causes autism.

Question 22

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

Question 23

The five senses serve no purpose in comforting infants.

Question 24

It is probable that up to 4 billion children born between the years 1950 and 2010 would have died without the institution of public health practices.

Question 25

Motor skills are used to control actions.

Question 26

Newborns are especially responsive to rhythmic sounds such as lullabies.

Question 27

Some herbs and plants contain natural substances that are medicinal, and thus the foods a particular culture eats may aid human survival.

Question 28

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

Question 29

Immunizations are useful in protecting children from diseases but not from the serious complications that result from childhood illness.

Question 30

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

Question 31

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

Question 32

Perception takes place in the corpus callosum.

Question 33

It has been proven that infants feel as much pain as adults.

Question 34

The food enjoyed in different cultures may aid in human survival.

Question 35

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.

Question 36

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

Question 37

An example of a fine motor skill is transferring objects from one hand to the other.

Question 38

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

Question 39

Perception requires experience in addition to normal brain functioning.

Question 40

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

Question 41

The thick, high-calorie fluid secreted by the mother's breasts soon after childbirth is known as callosum.

Question 42

The fats and sugars used in formula make it more digestible than breast milk.

Question 43

Stunting is a disease directly caused by malnutrition.

Question 44

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