Question 1

Evangeline is 80 years old and is involved in a program designed to enhance speed of processing in an effort to reduce her risk of crashing while driving.This program involves:

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A) education. 
B) cognitive training. 
C) dynamic systems training. 
D) perceptual-action coupling.

Question 2

Ilene has difficulty negotiating steps and street curbs.She is having a problem with:

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A) dark adaptation. 
B) depth perception. 
C) presbyopia. 
D) her blind spot.

Question 3

List three positive and three negative consequences of participation in children's sports.

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Question 4

What is the currently accepted view of intermodal perception?

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A) Intermodal perception is developed early in infancy. 
B) Newborns are born with some intermodal capabilities, but they improve through experience. 
C) A person's intermodal perception is not coordinated until middle adulthood. 
D) Experience is not essential to the development of intermodal perception.

Question 5

Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between sensation and perception?

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A) Sensation and perception are independent processes. 
B) Sensation occurs after perception. 
C) Perception cannot occur unless sensation takes place first. 
D) Neither sensation nor perception occurs without environmental motivation.

Question 6

Jane views a chair differently whether she is sitting on the floor or standing next to it, but she knows it is a chair no matter the orientation.This is an example of:

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A) depth perception. 
B) size constancy. 
C) shape constancy. 
D) object constancy.

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of intermodal perception?

Accepted Answer

A) A child watches but cannot hear children playing outside in the snow. 
B) A child listens to soft music while falling asleep. 
C) A child watches and sings along with a favorite TV program. 
D) A child requires a cochlear implant for hearing.

Question 8

Walking takes more than leg strength gained through genetic maturation.In order to solve this biomechanical problem, infants are first motivated to walk and then must learn to stabilize balance and shift weight.What theory of development does this describe?

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A) bio-cognition 
B) bio-psycho-social 
C) motor systems 
D) dynamic systems

Question 9

From the top of the Ferris wheel, the people on the ground look small, but Allison knows they are regular-sized humans.This is an example of:

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A) object constancy. 
B) depth perception. 
C) shape constancy. 
D) size constancy.

Question 10

Dr.Jackson measures how long an infant regards different visual stimuli.Which experimental method is this?

Accepted Answer

A) visual perceptual 
B) sensory perception 
C) dynamic systems 
D) visual preference

Question 11

When a 2-day-old infant consistently shows a visual preference for a bull's-eye pattern over a checkerboard pattern, we know that the infant:

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A) has normal 20/20 vision. 
B) can see fine details as well as adults can. 
C) can see the difference between the two patterns. 
D) recognizes circles more quickly than squares.

Question 12

Marta is growing quickly.Many of the reflexes with which she was born are fading.She is developing new abilities such as sitting and standing but is not yet able to climb or ride on riding toys.Marta is in her:

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A) first year. 
B) second year. 
C) proximodistal period. 
D) reflexive development phase.

Question 13

Chauncey yells, "I hear a train!" This example describes the processes of:

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A) sensation. 
B) perception. 
C) both sensation and perception. 
D) neither sensation nor perception.

Question 14

Robert's teacher notices that he keeps blinking his eyes and squinting to see the board.These are signs that Robert may have:

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A) attention deficit disorder. 
B) vision problems. 
C) color blindness. 
D) presbyopia.

Question 15

Will is going to have surgery to remove a thick layer on his eye that is causing cloudy vision.He has:

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A) glaucoma. 
B) macular degeneration. 
C) cataracts. 
D) presbyopia.

Question 16

The "sticky mittens" study concluded that:

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A) gross motor coordination determines fine motor prowess. 
B) experience is irrelevant to the development of fine motor skills. 
C) experience plays a role in reaching and grasping. 
D) texture and sound play a role in grasping but not reaching.

Question 17

Baby Jasmina is sitting in her high chair and picks up Cheerios using her thumb and forefinger.This newfound ability is due to the development of the:

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A) palmer grasp. 
B) pincer grasp. 
C) Babinski grasp. 
D) Moro grasp.

Question 18

Which of the following methods should Dr.Kim use if she wants to determine whether infants can distinguish one stimulus from another?

Accepted Answer

A) accommodation/assimilation 
B) tracing 
C) tracking 
D) visual preference

Question 19

Briefly explain the concept of "affordances."

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Question 20

The Moro reflex is a response to _____, whereas the grasping reflex is a response to _____.

Accepted Answer

A) sound; touch 
B) touch; sound 
C) smell; sight 
D) sight; smell

Exam 5: Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development