Question 1

Which item is least associated with the frontal cortex?

Accepted Answer

A) Sadness 
B) Vision 
C) Happiness 
D) Planning

Question 2

Which child's visual acuity would have most recently matched that of an adult with 20/20 vision?

Accepted Answer

A) Junior, who is one month old 
B) Gugu, who is one year old 
C) Siya, who is three years old 
D) Bongani, who is six years old

Question 3

Three-week-old Lindi is in a sleep state characterised by arm movements and grimaces. This would suggest that Lindi is in ____ sleep.

Accepted Answer

A) rapid-eye-movement (REM) 
B) regular 
C) nonREM 
D) alert inactivity

Question 4

What infant response did Gibson and Walk (1960) measure in their visual cliff research?

Accepted Answer

A) Heart rate 
B) Visual acuity 
C) Muscle tone 
D) Visual fixation

Question 5

Dumi and Wandile are twins. They are both assessed with Rothbart's three dimensions of temperament. Dumi scored low on surgency/extroversion and Wandile scored high. Dumi scored low on negative affect and Wandile scored high. Dumi scored high on effortful control and Wandile scored low. Given this information, how would you describe the characteristics displayed by each of the twins.?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Dumi and Wandile are twins. They are...

Question 6

REM sleep becomes significantly more common between birth and age two years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

To locomote means to move.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Blessing's mother is trying to teach him how to catch a ball. As the ball approaches Blessing, it takes up more and more space on his retinas. Blessing perceives the change in size to mean that the ball is getting closer to him rather than perceiving it to mean the ball is getting larger. Which term does the best job of describing this phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A) Texture gradient 
B) Linear perspective 
C) Motion parallax 
D) Visual expansion

Question 9

Two-month-old Melanie is lying quietly with her eyes wide open and appears very interested in a toy dangling in front of her face. Melanie is exhibiting

Accepted Answer

A) alert inactivity. 
B) crying. 
C) waking activity. 
D) nonREM sleep.

Question 10

Which one-year-old would not be able to utilise binocular disparity to perceive depth?

Accepted Answer

A) Blessing, who was born colour blind 
B) Boipelo, who was born blind in one eye 
C) Bongi, who was born one month premature 
D) Bandile, who has the acuity of a typical six-month-old

Question 11

If Zane is shy when he is two years old, he is likely to be ____ when he is four years old.

Accepted Answer

A) highly sociable 
B) happy 
C) argumentative 
D) shy

Question 12

Describe how developmental psychologists determine whether infants have a sense of self.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe how developmental psychologists determine whether infants...

Question 13

Terminal buttons are located on which part of a neuron?

Accepted Answer

A) The end of the dendrite 
B) Cell body 
C) Neurotransmitter 
D) The end of the axon

Question 14

Anele's baby is awake and squirming around, oblivious to anything happening around her. Anele's baby is most likely in the ____ state.

Accepted Answer

A) alert inactivity 
B) crying 
C) waking activity 
D) REM

Question 15

While viewing a picture of a three-week-old embryo, Dr Khumalo points to something and says, 'This flat structure will soon become a tube from which the brain and spinal cord will develop.' Dr Khumalo is pointing at

Accepted Answer

A) the neural plate. 
B) the corpus callosum. 
C) the frontal cortex. 
D) an axon.

Question 16

Describe Wellman's phases of theory of mind and provide an example that illustrates the behaviours associated with each phase.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe Wellman's phases of theory of mind...

Question 17

Saleema is studying how blood flows through the brain when people listen to different kinds of music. Which sort of research tool is she most probably using in her study?

Accepted Answer

A) Electroencephalography 
B) Positron emission tomography 
C) Functional magnetic resonance imaging 
D) Synaptic pruning

Question 18

Infants tend to be able to

Accepted Answer

A) hear tones lower than the human speech range better than adults. 
B) hear tones higher than the human speech range better than adults. 
C) pick out a sound from background noise, though not as skilfully as adults. 
D) all of these are correct

Question 19

If a baby is breastfed, it is more likely to

Accepted Answer

A) transition to solid food more easily. 
B) be constipated. 
C) be ill. 
D) be exposed to contaminants.

Question 20

Which child is most likely to be the shortest?

Accepted Answer

A) Rethabile, who has a tall father and a short mother 
B) Ayanda, who has a short father and a tall mother 
C) Hlengiwe, who has a tall mother and a tall father 
D) Lesedi, who has a short father and a short mother

Exam 3: Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development