Child Development 135 - Child Growth and Development » Winter 2022 » Quiz II Chapters 5-7 Part I

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Question #1
Neurons
A.   transmit messages from one part of the body to another.
B.   are completely covered with myelin from birth.
C.   form slowly during the first two years of life, speeding up when children start school.
D.   are the basic unit of the nervous system.
Question #2
Children produce their first word
A.   shortly after birth.
B.   around 12 months.
C.   based on how much their parents talk to them at 7 months.
D.   between 6 and 9 months.
Question #3
Social Referencing is the process infants use to understand their caregivers emotions.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #4
The Sensitive Period is
A.   the time when there is a great increase in the number of dendrites that occur in the brain.
B.   the first year of life.
C.   a time when a certain kind of development happens most readily.
D.   a time when infants are easily frightened.
Question #5
In Piaget's [word] stage, the infant thinks about the world by coordinating sensory and motor information.
A.   concrete operational
B.   preoperational
C.   sensorimotor
D.   formal operational
Question #6
The synapse is the point of connection between neurons and axons.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #7
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt, according to Jean Piaget, represents the first crisis of life.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #8
The newborn brain is about 25% or its adult size but grows to about _______________ of its adult size by 2 years of age.
A.   95%
B.   75%
C.   30%
D.   50%
Question #9
Object permanence
A.   is evident when babies search for hidden objects.
B.   occurs during substage 2 of sensori-motor development.
C.   emerges around 12 months.
D.   reflects babies disorganized attachment.
Question #10
Sensori-motor intelligence
A.   is made up of 8 stages.
B.   begins at birth at lasts 36 months.
C.   describes the way babies think by using their senses and motor skills.
D.   is a concept developed by Vygotsky.
Question #11
The elimination of extra synapses during development is called
A.   synaptogenesis.
B.   myelination.
C.   pruning.
D.   catch-up-growth.
Question #12
With stranger anxiety, an infant displays less distress to unfamiliar people compared to familiar people.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #13
Anna, born yesterday, was looking toward her parents and around the room in a sort of fuzzy way. With newborns, vision is the [word]developed sense.
A.   behind
B.   least
C.   most
D.   normally

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