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.   form slowly during the first two years of life, speeding up when children start school.
C.   are completely covered with myelin from birth.
D.   are the basic unit of the nervous system.
Question #2
Children produce their first word
A.   around 12 months.
B.   based on how much their parents talk to them at 7 months.
C.   shortly after birth.
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 first year of life.
B.   the time when there is a great increase in the number of dendrites that occur in the brain.
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.   sensorimotor
B.   preoperational
C.   concrete operational
D.   formal operational
Question #6
The synapse is the point of connection between neurons and axons.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #7
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt, according to Jean Piaget, represents the first crisis of life.
A.   False
B.   True
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.   50%
C.   30%
D.   75%
Question #9
Object permanence
A.   occurs during substage 2 of sensori-motor development.
B.   reflects babies disorganized attachment.
C.   emerges around 12 months.
D.   is evident when babies search for hidden objects.
Question #10
Sensori-motor intelligence
A.   is a concept developed by Vygotsky.
B.   is made up of 8 stages.
C.   describes the way babies think by using their senses and motor skills.
D.   begins at birth at lasts 36 months.
Question #11
The elimination of extra synapses during development is called
A.   myelination.
B.   catch-up-growth.
C.   pruning.
D.   synaptogenesis.
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.   most
B.   behind
C.   least
D.   normally

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