Test 2 - PSYC 221 questions well
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Which of the following is a locomotor reflex?
a. walking
b. shivering
c. rooting
d. blinking - correct answer ✔✔a. walking
Who among the following is at the greatest risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)?
a. Curt, who is 1 month old and whose mother is addicted to alcohol
b. Barry, who is 2 weeks old and has irregular sleep patterns
c. Alexandria, who is 10 months old and has frequent colds
d. Samantha, who is 6 months old and had a difficult birth - correct answer ✔✔a. Curt, who is 1 month
old and whose mother is addicted to alcohol
If a psychologist wants to observe the development of a child's fine motor skills, he or she is most likely
to ask the child to
a. draw a circle.
b. read a storybook.
c. narrate a story.
d. sing a song. - correct answer ✔✔a. draw a circle.
The overall improvement in U.S. infant mortality rates since 1990 is attributable largely to
, a. eduction of cesarean births.
b. prevention of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
c. prevention of toxoplasmosis.
d. reduction of miscarriages and preterm births. - correct answer ✔✔b. prevention of sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS).
Which of the following statements is true of the Babinski reflex?
a. Babies display this reflex by fanning out their toes.
b. It typically appears during 4 months of age.
c. It typically disappears by 1 year.
d. Babies display this reflex when they hear a loud noise. - correct answer ✔✔a. Babies display this reflex
by fanning out their toes.
According to the cephalocaudal principle, the
a. order of development of body parts depends on environmental influences.
b. lower parts of the body develop before the upper parts.
c. upper parts of the body develop before the lower parts.
d. upper and lower parts of the body develop simultaneously. - correct answer ✔✔c. upper parts of the
body develop before the lower parts.
The American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP] Section on Breastfeeding (2005) recommends that babies be
exclusively breast-fed for ________ because breast-feeding has economic as well as health benefits.
a. 10 months
b. 18 months
c. 9 months
d. 6 months - correct answer ✔✔d. 6 months
answered
Which of the following is a locomotor reflex?
a. walking
b. shivering
c. rooting
d. blinking - correct answer ✔✔a. walking
Who among the following is at the greatest risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)?
a. Curt, who is 1 month old and whose mother is addicted to alcohol
b. Barry, who is 2 weeks old and has irregular sleep patterns
c. Alexandria, who is 10 months old and has frequent colds
d. Samantha, who is 6 months old and had a difficult birth - correct answer ✔✔a. Curt, who is 1 month
old and whose mother is addicted to alcohol
If a psychologist wants to observe the development of a child's fine motor skills, he or she is most likely
to ask the child to
a. draw a circle.
b. read a storybook.
c. narrate a story.
d. sing a song. - correct answer ✔✔a. draw a circle.
The overall improvement in U.S. infant mortality rates since 1990 is attributable largely to
, a. eduction of cesarean births.
b. prevention of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
c. prevention of toxoplasmosis.
d. reduction of miscarriages and preterm births. - correct answer ✔✔b. prevention of sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS).
Which of the following statements is true of the Babinski reflex?
a. Babies display this reflex by fanning out their toes.
b. It typically appears during 4 months of age.
c. It typically disappears by 1 year.
d. Babies display this reflex when they hear a loud noise. - correct answer ✔✔a. Babies display this reflex
by fanning out their toes.
According to the cephalocaudal principle, the
a. order of development of body parts depends on environmental influences.
b. lower parts of the body develop before the upper parts.
c. upper parts of the body develop before the lower parts.
d. upper and lower parts of the body develop simultaneously. - correct answer ✔✔c. upper parts of the
body develop before the lower parts.
The American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP] Section on Breastfeeding (2005) recommends that babies be
exclusively breast-fed for ________ because breast-feeding has economic as well as health benefits.
a. 10 months
b. 18 months
c. 9 months
d. 6 months - correct answer ✔✔d. 6 months
