Human Developement Lifespan Exam
Questions And Correct Answers
Chapter 3- - answer✔✔Chapter 3
Winchester notices that every time he touches his newborn son's cheek, the infant turns his head
and appears to try and suck. This behavior exemplifies a ________ reflex. - answer✔✔rooting
Experts define a mad cry as a: - answer✔✔more intense version of a basic cry.
Why are African American babies twice as likely to die from SIDS? - answer✔✔They were
more likely to be put to bed on their stomachs.
Which person is most likely experiencing the most rapid physical growth? - answer✔✔Jose, who
is 18 months old.
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Malnutrition seems to be most damaging if it occurs during: - answer✔✔infancy.
Each neuron contains many ________ but only one ________. - answer✔✔dendrites; cell body
Which is least associated with the frontal cortex? - answer✔✔vision
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Whose brain is most likely to have the most synapses? - answer✔✔Elaine, who is one year old.
To locomote is to: - answer✔✔move.
Caleb is 4 months old. If he is like others his age, when he grasps a rattle, he will grasp it with: -
answer✔✔his fingers only.
Nathan suddenly lets out a high-pitched cry, lowers his eyebrows, and purses his lips. You would
be safest in assuming that Nathan is: - answer✔✔experiencing pain.
Which innate preference is used to help researchers assess infants' visual abilities? - answer✔✔A
preference for striped objects over plain objects.
What infant response did Gibson and Walk (1960) measure in their visual cliff research? -
answer✔✔heart rate
The image of a person is identical on the retinas of a child, whereas the image of a dog is much
different on the left retina than it is on the right. This means that the child will perceive: -
answer✔✔the dog to be closer than the person.
The fact that 6-month-olds will look for long periods of time at toys they previously had only
been able to touch suggests that infants: - answer✔✔are able to integrate visual and tactile
information.
Chapter 3 true or false - answer✔✔Chapter 3 true or false
Reflexes are learned responses. - answer✔✔false
Waking activity means that a baby is awake, calm, and attentive. - answer✔✔false
Infant crying is typically accompanied by agitated and uncoordinated movement. -
answer✔✔true
REM sleep becomes significantly more common between birth and age 2 years. -
answer✔✔false
Encouraging parents to have newborns sleep on their backs lead to a significant reduction in the
incidence of sudden infant death syndrome. - answer✔✔true
A child with high effortful control is able to maintain focus and is less distractible. -
answer✔✔true
Body size is the key determinate of malnutrition in infancy. - answer✔✔true
Less than 1% of American children do not have adequate food. - answer✔✔false
Neurotransmitters are released by the terminal buttons. - answer✔✔true
The neural plate develops into the brain and spinal cord. - answer✔✔true
Synaptic pruning significantly increases the number of neural connections in the brain. -
answer✔✔false
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) tracks blood flow in the brain. - answer✔✔true
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) tracks blood flow in the brain. - answer✔✔false
Handedness is unaffected by culture. - answer✔✔false
Of all the senses, the sense of smell is probably the least developed in infants. - answer✔✔false
Visual expansion is a form of depth perception based on the retinal size of an image. -
answer✔✔true
Chapter 4 - answer✔✔Chapter 4
Salvador has a scheme for drawing with a crayon that had to be changed in order to learn how to
paint a picture with a brush. This adaptation is an example of: - answer✔✔accommodation.
Dr. Eco has a strong belief that global warming is a theoretical myth. In recent years, however,
the increased rate of polar ice cap melt has forced him to alter his theory, and he is now a strong
advocate against greenhouse pollutants. A Piagetian would most likely describe Dr. Eco's
theoretical conversion in terms of: - answer✔✔equilibration.
Six-month-old Teddy is playing with his favorite toy, a stuffed bear. Suddenly a blanket falls off
the shelf and covers his bear. According to Piaget, Teddy would most likely: - answer✔✔neither
reach nor search for the bear.
When Andy bumps into a table, he says to it, "You bumped into me because you're mean." Andy
is exhibiting: - answer✔✔animism.
Seven-month-old LeBron appears to possess a sense of "naive physics." Which of LeBron's
actions would indicate that he does possess this sense? - answer✔✔His surprise when a
basketball appears to be hanging in mid air when it is not attached to a string or other supporting
device.
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Which statement best exemplifies the concept of essentialism? - answer✔✔"Fish have a special
'fishness' that allows them to breathe underwater."
Which is the best example of a question designed to assess autobiographical memory? -
answer✔✔Who taught you how to ride a bike?
What can be done to improve the credibility of the testimony of a child? - answer✔✔Use
questions that test a number of different explanations concerning the event.
When asked to count the 4 beer bottles placed in from of him, 3-year-old Bud says, "1, 3, 4, there
are 4!" When asked to count the bottles a second time, he says, "2, 5, 7, 4, there are 4!" Bud's
counting skills demonstrate that he is capable of demonstrating the ________ principle of
counting. - answer✔✔cardinality
Dr. Gunga is attempting to determine the zone of proximal development for Dinn when Dinn
works on complex mazes. In order to do so, Dr. Gunga must measure Dinn's personal
performance on the maze and: - answer✔✔Dinn's maze performance when assisted by a skilled
helper.
Which is the best example of a phoneme? - answer✔✔The consonant sound "d."
When six-month-old Gabby says "tahtahtah," she is: - answer✔✔babbling.
The processes in which children acquire new words to referents at such a speed that they cannot
be considering all meanings for the new word is called: - answer✔✔fast mapping.
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Two year-old Sam's limited vocabulary consists of words like "book," "dog," and "hat."
Apparently, Sam: - answer✔✔has a referential style.
Which statement by a 17-month-old best represents telegraphic speech? - answer✔✔"Go store"
When discussing the acquisition of grammar, which type of theorist would be most likely to say,
"Context and genetics are overrated, what really matters is imitation and reinforcement?" -
answer✔✔a behaviorist
During accommodation a new experience is incorporated into an existing scheme without
modification.
correct: false
2
The sensorimotor period of thinking last from about age 2 to age 6 years old.
correct: false
3
Object permanence involves understanding that something exists even when it is out of our
sensory awareness (e.g., cannot be currently be seen).
correct: true
4
Piaget is often criticized for overestimating the impact of sociocultural factor on cognitive
development.
False
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The core knowledge hypothesis is very compatible with notions of naive physics and naive
biology.
correct: true
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