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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A a variety of caregivers every day.
B each infant having his or her own playpen.
C sensorimotor exploration.
D a regular nap and quiet time for all infants.
Question #2
A is both hungry and angry.
B has become habituated to the new stimulus.
C is annoyed by the change.
D perceives some differences between stimuli.
Question #3
A at age 5 or 6.
B at conception.
C at birth.
D about one month following conception.
Question #4
A the family dog as it dashes into the nursery.
B his mother’s face as she holds him in her arms.
C the checkerboard pattern in the wallpaper covering the ceiling of his room.
D stuffed animals on a bookshelf across the room from his crib.
Question #5
A worry, because this may indicate increased vulnerability to a later learning disability.
B know that this process, in which axons become coated, is normal.
C smile, because they knoe their daughter’s brain is developing new neural connections.
D are alarmed, because this news indicates that the frontal lobe area of Anna’s cortex is immature.
Question #6
A marasmus.
B stunting.
C wasting.
D head-sparing.
Question #7
A imitation.
B accommodation
C assimilation.
D historical context.
Question #8
A solitary fear.
B separation anxiety.
C fear of isolation.
D general anxiety.
Question #9
A more growth hormones are released during sleep than during wakefullnes
B they are generating new leukocytes to fight infection during that time
C their parasymphathetic nervous system develops with the help of sleep neurotransmitters
D sleep is the only time when memories can be consolidated into permanency
Question #10
A trust vs. mistrust.
B industry vs. inferiority.
C autonomy vs. shame and doubt.
D the oral stage.
Question #11
A transient exuberance.
B plasticity.
C pruning.
D neuron deactivation.
Question #12
A stage four.
B stage six.
C stage five.
D stage three.
Question #13
A neurons
B the cortex
C dendrites
D axon
Question #14
A are well developed in newborns.
B assist with self control
C are responsible for visual functions
D help us understand spoken words
Question #15
A the blood brain barrier
B cephalo-sequential primary default
C brain overrride
D head sparing
Question #16
A 6 months
B 18 months
C 1 year
D 2 years
Question #17
A the parietal cortex
B the prefrontal cortex
C the striate cortex
D the temporal cortex
Question #18
A solves a math problem correctly
B understands what someone is telling him
C is able to hear someone whispering
D believes that two pizzas are the same size, regardless of the number of slices
Question #19
A self-centered.
B try to talk.
C cling to the mother.
D willing to explore.
Question #20
A object awareness.
B imitative learning.
C adaptation.
D sensorimotor intelligence.
Question #21
A difficult.
B hard to classify.
C an extrovert.
D slow to warm up.
Question #22
A controlling bodily functions.
B learning trust or mistrust.
C learning pain and pleasure.
D obtaining oral gratification.
Question #23
A dynamic perception.
B social referencing.
C perceptual constancy.
D self awareness.
Question #24
A affordances.
B object permanence
C conservation.
D egocentrism.
Question #25
A think of past and future events.
B learn to use language to express sensations.
C use senses and motor skills to understand the world.
D think logically and critically.
Question #26
A 4 years
B 6 years
C 2 years
D 3 years
Question #27
A upsets the baby’s digestive system more often than formulas.
B is more likely than formula to produce alleries.
C is deficient in iron and vitamin C.
D provides more iron and vitaminC and A than cow’s milk.
Question #28
A dendrites
B axons
C neurons
D synapses
Question #29
A occurs only if the infant can hear.
B is found only in infants from the Western Hemisphere.
C precedes cooing.
D is universal.
Question #30
A secure attachment.
B well being.
C anger.
D sadness.
Question #31
A stage one of Piaget’s sensorimotor stages.
B stage four of Piaget’s sensorimotor stage.
C stage two of Piaget’s sensorimotor stage.
D stage three of Piaget’s sensorimotor stage
Question #32
A the stomach.
B the hands and feet.
C the mouth.
D the anus.
Question #33
A scientist who experiments to see.
B mime who imitates behavior of all kind.
C neurotic who cannot take no for an answer.
D child in terrible twos.
Question #34
A mental combinations and trial and error.
B assimilation and accommodation.
C goal- directed behavior and habituation.
D object permanence and circular reactions.
Question #35
A language learning depends on specific structure in the brain.
B children have an inborn ability to learn language.
C children learn language through a complex process of imitation and reinforcement.
D the inability to learn language is due to specific brain dysfunctions.