Question 1

By the infant's first birthday, the average infant's weight has

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A)  doubled.
B)  tripled.
C)  quadrupled.
D)  increased nearly five times.

Question 2

Alex and Nadine watch their 8-month-old baby as he tries to pick up an item.What type of grasp is the baby likely to use?

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A)  whole hand
B)  pincer grasp
C)  3 finger
D)  5 finger

Question 3

What is the term for a sequence of eight staged episodes that illustrates the strength of attachment between child and (typically)  his/her mother?

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A)  secure attachment pattern
B)  Harlow experiment
C)  Ainsworth Strange Situation
D)  Bowlby care-giver theory

Question 4

Ainsworth argued that attachment depends upon how the infant acts upon the mother's emotional cues.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Babies across diverse cultures express basic facial expressions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is the term for the reflex that makes a baby, who is lying face down in a body of water, paddle and kick?

Accepted Answer

A)  rooting
B)  swimming
C)  Moro
D)  Babinski

Question 7

What is the term for the degree of awareness an infant displays to both internal and external stimulation?

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A)  rhythm
B)  attention
C)  sensitive period
D)  state

Question 8

The researcher Robert Fantz discovered that

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A)  newborn infants prefer to look at simple stimuli rather than complex stimuli.
B)  when given a choice of visual stimuli, newborn infants do not show a preference.
C)  newborn infants prefer to look at complex stimuli rather than simple stimuli.
D)  newborn infants are too young to concentrate on visual stimuli; therefore, it is impossible to measure their preference.

Question 9

Neurons have a distinct ability to communicate with other cells using a cluster of fibres called

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A)  nucleus.
B)  myelins.
C)  synapses.
D)  dendrites.

Question 10

Rebecca wants her baby to stop playing and come across the room to her.Rebecca uses a short phrase such as "Come to Mommy" to prompt her baby.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  holographic speech.
B)  universal grammar.
C)  learning theory approach.
D)  infant-directed speech.

Question 11

A child who does not seek proximity to the mother, and, after she leaves the room, does not look distressed is exhibiting

Accepted Answer

A)  avoidant attachment pattern.
B)  secure attachment pattern.
C)  Ainsworth Strange Situation.
D)  anxious situation pattern.

Question 12

Babies are typically able to crawl between _______ months of age.

Accepted Answer

A)  5 and 8
B)  6 and 10
C)  8 and 10
D)  10 and 12

Question 13

Which principle states that development proceeds from the centre of the body outward.

Accepted Answer

A)  cephalocaudal principle
B)  principle of independence of systems
C)  proximodistal principle
D)  principle of hierarchical integration

Question 14

The vigour of the Moro reflex varies across cultural and ethnic groups, such as among aboriginal communities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Baby Billy calls his favourite blanket a "blankie." When he sees other blankets in the house, however, he does not refer to them as a "blankie" because he uses that name only for his favourite blanket.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  underextension.
B)  overextension.
C)  referential style.
D)  holophrasic speech.

Question 16

Piaget used the term _______ to describe changes in existing ways of thinking that occur in response to encounters with new stimuli or events.

Accepted Answer

A)  accommodation
B)  scheme
C)  preoperational
D)  assimilation

Question 17

Piaget's theory of development assumed that all children pass through a series of ____ universal stages in a fixed order from birth to adolescence.These are ______.

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A)  5; sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational concrete operational, and maturation
B)  4; sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational
C)  3; preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational
D)  6; sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, assimilation, and accommodation

Question 18

What is the principle that is based on the Latin words for "near" and "far"?

Accepted Answer

A)  proximodistal principle
B)  cephalocaudal principle
C)  principle of hierarchical integration
D)  principle of independence of systems

Question 19

What is the principle that states that growth follows a pattern that begins with the head and upper body parts and then proceeds down to the rest of the body?

Accepted Answer

A)  cephalocaudal principle
B)  principle of hierarchical integration
C)  principle of the independence of systems
D)  proximodistal principle

Question 20

The elimination of neurons as the result of non-use or lack of stimulation is called

Accepted Answer

A)  independence of systems.
B)  synaptic pruning.
C)  myelination.
D)  hierarchical integration.

Exam 3: Infancy

The elimination of neurons as the result of non-use or lack of stimulation is called

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Which principle states that development proceeds from the centre of the body outward.

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The vigour of the Moro reflex varies across cultural and ethnic groups, such as among aboriginal communities.

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Rebecca wants her baby to stop playing and come across the room to her.Rebecca uses a short phrase such as "Come to Mommy" to prompt her baby.This is an example of

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Babies across diverse cultures express basic facial expressions.

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Babies are typically able to crawl between _______ months of age.

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Alex and Nadine watch their 8-month-old baby as he tries to pick up an item.What type of grasp is the baby likely to use?

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Piaget used the term _______ to describe changes in existing ways of thinking that occur in response to encounters with new stimuli or events.

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The researcher Robert Fantz discovered that

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A child who does not seek proximity to the mother, and, after she leaves the room, does not look distressed is exhibiting

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What is the term for the degree of awareness an infant displays to both internal and external stimulation?

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Ainsworth argued that attachment depends upon how the infant acts upon the mother's emotional cues.

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What is the term for the reflex that makes a baby, who is lying face down in a body of water, paddle and kick?

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Baby Billy calls his favourite blanket a "blankie." When he sees other blankets in the house, however, he does not refer to them as a "blankie" because he uses that name only for his favourite blanket.This is an example of

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By the infant's first birthday, the average infant's weight has

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What is the term for a sequence of eight staged episodes that illustrates the strength of attachment between child and (typically) his/her mother?

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What is the principle that is based on the Latin words for "near" and "far"?

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What is the principle that states that growth follows a pattern that begins with the head and upper body parts and then proceeds down to the rest of the body?

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Neurons have a distinct ability to communicate with other cells using a cluster of fibres called

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Piaget's theory of development assumed that all children pass through a series of ____ universal stages in a fixed order from birth to adolescence.These are ______.

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