Child Development 135 - Child Growth and Development » Winter 2023 » Quiz II Chapters 5-7

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Question #1
Anna, born yesterday, was looking toward her parents and around the room in a sort of fuzzy way. With newborns, vision is the _____developed sense.
A.   least
B.   next
C.   every
D.   most
Question #2
With stranger anxiety, an infant displays less distress to unfamiliar people compared to familiar people.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #3
The newborn brain is about 25% or its adult size but grows to about _______________ of its adult size by 2 years of age.
A.   50%
B.   75%
C.   95%
D.   30%
Question #4
Separation Anxiety is
A.   worst during the first 6 months.
B.   is only evident in American babies.
C.   expressed with tears and/or anger when a familiar caregiver returns.
D.   one sign of attachment.
Question #5
Infants are capable of binocular vision
A.   as a result of brain maturation and experience.
B.   after specialized training experiences.
C.   immediately at birth.
D.   during the fetal period of prenatal development.
Question #6
A (n) ____ is a fixed motor action that always occurs in response to a stimulus.
A.   Auditory
B.   Reflex
C.   Sensory
D.   nerve
Question #7
In Piaget's _____ stage, the infant thinks about the world by coordinating sensory and motor information.
A.   preoperational
B.   sensorimotor
C.   formal operational
D.   concrete operational
Question #8
Experience -dependent refers to
A.   an inborn drive to remedy a developmental deficit.
B.   the way babies learn who their parents are.
C.   brain functions that require basic common experiences for normal development.
D.   brain functions that depend on particular experiences for normal development.
Question #9
Sensori-motor intelligence
A.   begins at birth at lasts 36 months.
B.   is made up of 8 stages.
C.   describes the way babies think by using their senses and motor skills.
D.   is a concept developed by Vygotsky.
Question #10
Children produce their first word
A.   between 6 and 9 months.
B.   around 12 months.
C.   shortly after birth.
D.   based on how much their parents talk to them at 7 months.
Question #11
The synapse is the point of connection between neurons and axons.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #12
The elimination of extra synapses during development is called
A.   catch-up-growth.
B.   myelination.
C.   synaptogenesis.
D.   pruning.

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