Question 1

When does the second growth spurt of the brain occur?

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A)   during the fourth and fifth months of prenatal development
B)   between the 25th week of prenatal development and the end of the second year after birth
C)   during the second and third weeks of life
D)   starting in the third year of life and ending by age 5E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 2

What is the effect on a child when motor development has been deprived?

Accepted Answer

A)   The damage can be improved with intervention.
B)   The damage is irreversible, although minimal progress can be made.
C)   Social and intellectual functioning will also decline.
D)   The findings are inconsistent.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 3

Which of the following best describes what occurs when infants look at something?

Accepted Answer

A)   They are prewired to pay attention to subtle features.
B)   They bounce from feature to feature, rather than staring.
C)   They do NOT like anything out of the ordinary or different.
D)   They focus in on one feature and ignore all other features.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Joanna's 18-month-old son is looking at human faces.What parts of the face does her son prefer to look at?

Accepted Answer

A)   the eyes
B)   the mouth
C)   the entire face
D)   the edges, such as the chinE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 5

The medulla is responsible for higher level thinking and memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

MATCHING
-Cephalocaudal

Accepted Answer

A)  refuses to eat
B)  grabs without using the thumb
C)  breast-feed for at least one year
D)  the part of the neuron that receives information
E)  systematically scan within boundaries of objectsF) development from centre to outerG) fatty substance that coats neuronsH) controls heartbeat and breathingI) responsible for learning, thinking, memory and language.J) sends messages from the neuron's cell bodyK) grabs using the thumbL) development from top to bottomM) pay attention to edges of objectsN) perceive objects as same even from an angleO) returning to one's genetically determined pattern of growthP) myelination of nerves to musclesQ) facilitates motor controlR) perceive object as same even from a distanceS) associated with lower risk of child lymphomaT) chemical messengers released from neuronsU) H) and N)
V) L) and S)

Question 7

Camille is crawling but she stops before crawling off an edge.Why does Camille stop crawling?

Accepted Answer

A)   Like all infants, Camille is prewired to avoid danger.
B)   Like all crawling infants, Camille can perceive depth.
C)   Like all infants, Camille is afraid of changes in her environment.
D)   Like all infants, differences in thresholds are surprising to Camille.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 8

What finding provides evidence that nature, as opposed to nurture, plays an important role in infants' perceptual development?

Accepted Answer

A)   Infants are born with a tendency to track moving objects and to scan the horizon.
B)   Failure to receive adequate sensory stimulation can result in sensory deficits.
C)   Infants who have one eye patched for an extensive period of time may develop impaired visual acuity.
D)   Infants are born with an ability to recognize faces within three days.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Breast feeding has many benefits for the mother.Which of the following is NOT a benefit of breast feeding for the mother's physical health?

Accepted Answer

A)   It builds bone strength.
B)   It shrinks the uterus after delivery.
C)   It reduces risk of early breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
D)   It reduces the risk of osteoporosis.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

A baseball game has a pitcher and a catcher.Which part of the neuron sends something and might be compared to being a pitcher?

Accepted Answer

A)   the axon
B)   the cell body
C)   the synapse
D)   the dendritesE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

Where is the medulla located?

Accepted Answer

A)   in the midbrain
B)   in the forebrain
C)   in the hindbrain
D)   in the brain stemE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Children become more passive in response to their environments as they age.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which sequence of development means "from head to tail"?

Accepted Answer

A)   integration
B)   differentiation
C)   proximodistal development
D)   cephalocaudal developmentE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

MATCHING
-Proximodistal

Accepted Answer

A)  refuses to eat
B)  grabs without using the thumb
C)  breast-feed for at least one year
D)  the part of the neuron that receives information
E)  systematically scan within boundaries of objectsF) development from centre to outerG) fatty substance that coats neuronsH) controls heartbeat and breathingI) responsible for learning, thinking, memory and language.J) sends messages from the neuron's cell bodyK) grabs using the thumbL) development from top to bottomM) pay attention to edges of objectsN) perceive objects as same even from an angleO) returning to one's genetically determined pattern of growthP) myelination of nerves to musclesQ) facilitates motor controlR) perceive object as same even from a distanceS) associated with lower risk of child lymphomaT) chemical messengers released from neuronsU) J) and K)
V) D) and I)

Question 15

How do infant brains compare with adult brains?

Accepted Answer

A)   Infant brains have more neural connections.
B)   Infant brains have only about half the structures of adult brains.
C)   Infant brains have connections that are NOT activated by experience.
D)   Infant brains comprise a significantly smaller percentage of body size.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

MATCHING
-Ulnar grasp

Accepted Answer

A)  refuses to eat
B)  grabs without using the thumb
C)  breast-feed for at least one year
D)  the part of the neuron that receives information
E)  systematically scan within boundaries of objectsF) development from centre to outerG) fatty substance that coats neuronsH) controls heartbeat and breathingI) responsible for learning, thinking, memory and language.J) sends messages from the neuron's cell bodyK) grabs using the thumbL) development from top to bottomM) pay attention to edges of objectsN) perceive objects as same even from an angleO) returning to one's genetically determined pattern of growthP) myelination of nerves to musclesQ) facilitates motor controlR) perceive object as same even from a distanceS) associated with lower risk of child lymphomaT) chemical messengers released from neuronsU) H) and M)
V) D) and F)

Question 17

Myelination of the neurons involved in hearing begins about the sixth month of pregnancy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Unlike physical development, motor development does NOT follow cephalocaudal and proximodistal patterns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

How can we assess an infant's visual preferences?

Accepted Answer

A)   Infants do NOT have enough experience to have developed preferences.
B)   We can measure how long infants look at particular objects.
C)   We can assess the degree of peripheral vision, which approximates visual preference.
D)   An infant's neural responses are calculated.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Why do infants move in a bowlegged fashion when they first start to walk?

Accepted Answer

A)   They need to support the heavy weight of the head and torso.
B)   Their legs are NOT fully developed enough to allow regular walking.
C)   Being bowlegged is normal and we all learn NOT to walk this way.
D)   Their myelination is NOT completed, therefore neural connections are interrupted.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Exam 4: Infancy: Physical Development

MATCHING -Cephalocaudal

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The medulla is responsible for higher level thinking and memory.

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Which sequence of development means "from head to tail"?

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Myelination of the neurons involved in hearing begins about the sixth month of pregnancy.

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How do infant brains compare with adult brains?

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Which of the following best describes what occurs when infants look at something?

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What is the effect on a child when motor development has been deprived?

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Joanna's 18-month-old son is looking at human faces.What parts of the face does her son prefer to look at?

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Children become more passive in response to their environments as they age.

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MATCHING -Proximodistal

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Camille is crawling but she stops before crawling off an edge.Why does Camille stop crawling?

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When does the second growth spurt of the brain occur?

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Breast feeding has many benefits for the mother.Which of the following is NOT a benefit of breast feeding for the mother's physical health?

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Unlike physical development, motor development does NOT follow cephalocaudal and proximodistal patterns.

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How can we assess an infant's visual preferences?

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Where is the medulla located?

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Why do infants move in a bowlegged fashion when they first start to walk?

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A baseball game has a pitcher and a catcher.Which part of the neuron sends something and might be compared to being a pitcher?

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What finding provides evidence that nature, as opposed to nurture, plays an important role in infants' perceptual development?

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MATCHING -Ulnar grasp

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