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One day when baby Mark was crawling around, he fell down the stairs. After the doctor examined him, Mark's parents learned that he had damaged the parietal lobe of the brain. Mark's parents were told to expect that he would have difficulty with


A) registering spatial locations.
B) processing auditory information.
C) vision.
D) initiating movement.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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In the context of fine motor skills, which of the following is true of reaching by infants?


A) Initially, infants reach by moving their wrists and coordinating their thumb and forefinger.
B) Initially, infants reach by seeing their own hands and then swinging their arms toward an object.
C) Cues from muscles, tendons, and joints guide reaching by 4-month-old infants.
D) Sight of the limb guides reaching by 4-month-old infants.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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In the visual cliff experiment by Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk, which of the following did most babies do when encouraged to crawl onto the deep side of the visual cliff?


A) They would crawl onto the cliff side.
B) They would not crawl onto the cliff side.
C) They would crawl onto the cliff side only when their mothers called them.
D) They would not crawl onto the cliff side but showed significant increases in heart rate, indicating anxiety.

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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The ________ pattern of growth is the developmental sequence in which growth starts at the center of the body and moves toward the extremities.


A) proximodistal
B) proximocaudal
C) cephalocaudal
D) cephalodistal

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Name the developmental sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the top-the head-with physical growth in size, weight, and feature differentiation gradually working from top to bottom.

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Which of the following statements is true of the forebrain?


A) It is the portion of the brain that is farthest from the spinal cord.
B) It includes the tectum, the tegmentum, and the cerebral peduncles.
C) It consists of the medulla, cerebellum, and pons.
D) It insulates axons and helps electrical signals travel faster down the axon.

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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When Martha wants to feed her newborn son, she gently brushes her nipple against his cheek and, in the ________ reflex, he turns his head toward the side that was touched and immediately latches onto her breast.


A) Moro
B) sucking
C) rooting
D) grasping

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Fantz believes that we directly perceive information that exists in the world around us and that perception is designed for action. He most likely holds a(n) ________ perspective with regard to sensory and perceptual development.


A) ethological
B) ecological
C) evolutionary
D) genetic

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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While watching a football game, Martin jumped up to cheer and dropped baby Theresa to the floor. If she later has trouble with higher-order thinking, planning, problem solving, or voluntary movement, it would indicate that the ________ lobe of her brain was damaged.


A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporal

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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In the context of the fibers that extend from a neuron's cell body, the fiber that carries signals toward the neuron's cell body is called a(n)


A) axon.
B) dendrite.
C) neurotransmitter.
D) synapse.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following statements is true about brain development?


A) The brain grows exponentially from conception to birth, causing the brain to be completely developed at birth.
B) The process of brain development continues through the first year after birth and then stops.
C) Extensive brain development continues after birth, through infancy and later.
D) Brain development continues after birth only among premature babies.

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following statements is true about circumstances when mothers should not breast feed their infants?


A) Mothers should not breast feed when they are infected with HIV.
B) Mothers who are above 35 years of age should not breast feed their infants.
C) Mothers who have type 2 diabetes should not breast feed their infants.
D) Mothers should not breast feed if they have a physical disability.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The most common infant sleep-related problem reported by parents is ________.


A) nighttime waking
B) sleepwalking
C) sudden infant death syndrome
D) choking

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Your ability to see faces and patterns with the right hemisphere of the brain and understand language with the left hemisphere is due to ________.

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Who is at the highest risk of SIDS?


A) Malachi who is four weeks old
B) Tyrell who is six weeks old
C) Chaz who is three months old
D) Isaiah who is ten months old

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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When you see an airplane flying away from you, it appears to get smaller. However, you know that it stays the same size. The difference between your sensation and your perception of the plane illustrates the concept of


A) perceptual constancy.
B) sensory confusion.
C) sensory consistency.
D) perceptual disparity.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Discuss developmentalist Arnold Gesell's view on motor skills development in infants. How does Arnold Gesell's view differ from Esther Thelen's dynamic systems theory on motor development?

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A fall from the changing table resulted in damage to the temporal lobe of Emily's brain. Her doctor told her parents that this would most likely affect her


A) memory.
B) taste.
C) vision.
D) voluntary movement.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Gustavo believes that motor skills represent solutions to an infant's goals. According to him, when a baby is offered a new toy, the baby attempts to grab the toy while also balancing itself. He believes that this active improvisation and adaptation to achieve one's goal demonstrates that nature, nurture, the infant, and the environment are all working together. Gustavo is a proponent of which theory?

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Baby Yoshi has a condition that is a risk factor for SIDS. Sometimes, she has a temporary cessation of breathing in which her airway is completely blocked, usually for 10 seconds or longer. This condition is known as


A) parasomnia.
B) arrhythmia.
C) sleep apnea.
D) catathrenia.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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