Question 1

Jungle gyms, slides, and climbing equipment can help young children develop:

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A) handedness. 
B) fine motor skills. 
C) gross motor skills. 
D) concentration.

Question 2

Define gross and fine motor skills, and give an example of each.

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Question 3

What is the condition common in children that can temporarily impair hearing?

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A) diabetes 
B) glaucoma 
C) otitis media 
D) presbyopia

Question 4

Eleanor and James Gibson purport that all objects have opportunities for interactions called:

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A) sensations. 
B) affordances. 
C) perceptions. 
D) slopes.

Question 5

Compare and contrast the nativist vs.empiricist view of perceptual development.

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Question 6

The disease marked by retina deterioration is called:

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A) glaucoma. 
B) cataracts. 
C) macular degeneration. 
D) retinal hardening.

Question 7

Infant Autumn begins to fuss and appears to be bored with her bouncer seat toys after several minutes.Autumn's mother does not put Autumn in the seat for a few days.When Autumn returns to the seat, she is very content to sit and play.This is an example of:

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A) tracking. 
B) habituation/dishabituation. 
C) visual preference. 
D) sensation and perception response.

Question 8

Contrast sensation with perception.

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Question 9

Which statement BEST describes the relationship between the rooting and sucking reflexes?

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A) Both involve avoiding toxic substances. 
B) Rooting involves locating food; sucking involves eating food. 
C) Sucking involves eating; rooting involves bonding with a caregiver. 
D) Rooting involves grasping food source; sucking involves locating food.

Question 10

Which of the following is a small, electronic device that directly stimulates the auditory nerve?

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A) auditory laser implant 
B) hearing aid 
C) cochlear implant 
D) otitis media intervention

Question 11

Infant boys often drift into a deep sleep after circumcision.This is most likely:

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A) a mechanism to cope with the pain. 
B) a coincidence because infants do not feel pain. 
C) due to the medication used to numb the area. 
D) an Eriksonian developmental trust crisis.

Question 12

Infants are likely to reach motor milestones at different ages depending on culture.This is probably due to:

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A) climate. 
B) activity opportunities. 
C) genetic disposition. 
D) nutrition.

Question 13

Activities that use large muscles develop:

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A) the Moro reflex. 
B) fine motor skills. 
C) gross motor skills. 
D) visual tracking.

Question 14

If infants are able to engage in intermodal perception, this means they are able to:

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A) isolate the sensory source of information. 
B) coordinate information across different senses. 
C) sense visual and auditory stimuli at the same time. 
D) generate an internal representation of the sensory information.

Question 15

Which sound is an infant most likely to hear?

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A) low-pitched, whisper volume 
B) low-pitched, conversational volume 
C) high-pitched, whisper volume 
D) high-pitched, conversational volume

Question 16

Playing organized sports can have which of the following negative effects on a child?

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A) undo pressure and stress 
B) overly developed muscle mass 
C) decreased cognitive functioning 
D) increased peer pressure for substance abuse

Question 17

Tom wants to attend his son's little league game.His son is embarrassed by Tom's loud cheering, though, and asks Tom not to come.What should Tom do?

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A) go anyway and cheer 
B) go but not cheer 
C) go but hide so his son can't see him 
D) respect his son's wishes and stay home

Question 18

Hearing can start to decline by the age of 40.What usually declines first?

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A) sensitivity to soft sounds 
B) functioning of the cochlea 
C) sensitivity to low pitches 
D) sensitivity to high pitches

Question 19

measured babies' sucking rates as they listened to a story they had heard in the womb (The Cat in the Hat) and to a story that they had not heard (The King, the Mice, and the Cheese).The study concluded that:

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A) amniotic fluid blocks sound waves from reaching the fetus. 
B) increased heart rate showed that an infant could learn even before it is born. 
C) different sucking styles showed that an infant could learn even before it is born. 
D) the cadence of the reading material, not previous experience, altered sucking style and rate.

Question 20

Adaptive, built-in reactions to stimuli are called:

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A) fine motor skills. 
B) gross motor skills. 
C) Moro. 
D) reflexes.

Exam 5: Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development