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

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