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Question #1

Infant day care is of high quality if caregivers emphasize, among other things:,,

A a regular nap and quiet time for all infants.

B each infant having his or her own playpen.

C a variety of caregivers every day.

D sensorimotor exploration.

Question #2

Six month old Sarah sucks harder on a nipple, evidences a change in heart rate, or stares longer at one image than at another when presented with a change of stimulus. This indicates that she:,Six month old Sarah sucks harder on a nipple, evidences a change in heart rate, or stares longer at one image than at another when presented with a change of stimulus. This indicates that she:,

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

Most of the nerve cells a human brain will ever need are present:

A at conception.

B at age 5 or 6.

C about one month following conception.

D at birth.

Question #4

Three week old Nathan should have the least difficulty focusing on the sight of:

A the checkerboard pattern in the wallpaper covering the ceiling of his room.

B the family dog as it dashes into the nursery.

C his mother’s face as she holds him in her arms.

D stuffed animals on a bookshelf across the room from his crib.

Question #5

Anna’s pediatrician informs her parents that Anna’s one year old brain is exhibiting transient exuberance. In response to this news, Anna’s parents;

A worry, because this may indicate increased vulnerability to a later learning disability.

B smile, because they knoe their daughter’s brain is developing new neural connections.

C know that this process, in which axons become coated, is normal.

D are alarmed, because this news indicates that the frontal lobe area of Anna’s cortex is immature.

Question #6

When nutrition is temporary inadequate, the body stops growing but the brain does not. This is called:

A marasmus.

B head-sparing.

C stunting.

D wasting.

Question #7

When we revamp our old ways of thinking because of new information, Piaget calls this

A historical context.

B accommodation

C imitation.

D assimilation.

Question #8

When a baby is upset because a caregiver is leaving, the baby is exhibiting:

A fear of isolation.

B solitary fear.

C general anxiety.

D separation anxiety.

Question #9

The text indicates that one of the possible reasons that growing infants sleep as much as they do is that:

A sleep is the only time when memories can be consolidated into permanency

B more growth hormones are released during sleep than during wakefullnes

C their parasymphathetic nervous system develops with the help of sleep neurotransmitters

D they are generating new leukocytes to fight infection during that time

Question #10

The second “crisis of life,” according to Erikson, is:

A industry vs. inferiority.

B the oral stage.

C autonomy vs. shame and doubt.

D trust vs. mistrust.

Question #11

The process by which underused neurons are inactivated is known as:

A pruning.

B neuron deactivation.

C plasticity.

D transient exuberance.

Question #12

The Piagetian sensorimotor stage, new means through active experimentation is in:

A stage four.

B stage three.

C stage five.

D stage six.

Question #13

The nerve cells of the brain are called:

A axon

B the cortex

C neurons

D dendrites

Question #14

The frontal areas of the cortex:

A are well developed in newborns.

B help us understand spoken words

C assist with self control

D are responsible for visual functions

Question #15

The biological protection of the brain when malnutrition temporarily affects body growth is known as:

A the blood brain barrier

B cephalo-sequential primary default

C brain overrride

D head sparing

Question #16

The average child can walk well unassisted at about:

A 18 months

B 6 months

C 2 years

D 1 year

Question #17

The area in the brain that plans, anticipates, and controls impulses is the last part of the brain mature. This area is:

A the parietal cortex

B the temporal cortex

C the prefrontal cortex

D the striate cortex

Question #18

Sensation is demonstrated when a person:

A understands what someone is telling him

B is able to hear someone whispering

C solves a math problem correctly

D believes that two pizzas are the same size, regardless of the number of slices

Question #19

Secure attachment makes a toddler:

A try to talk.

B cling to the mother.

C self-centered.

D willing to explore.

Question #20

Piaget called the active intellectual functioning of infants:

A imitative learning.

B adaptation.

C object awareness.

D sensorimotor intelligence.

Question #21

Jan’s mother calls him “high strung” because he is disturbed by even the slightest noise, is very hard to distract, and extremely fussy. The New York Longitudinal Study would call him:

A hard to classify.

B difficult.

C an extrovert.

D slow to warm up.

Question #22

In Erikson’s theory, the infant’s earliest task is described as that of:

A learning trust or mistrust.

B controlling bodily functions.

C learning pain and pleasure.

D obtaining oral gratification.

Question #23

If we place a dot of rouge on an 18 month old’s nose and stand the child in front of a mirror, she may then touch her nose. This shows that the child has some:

A social referencing.

B self awareness.

C dynamic perception.

D perceptual constancy.

Question #24

Hugh enjoys playing with your keys. When you take them away and place them in your pocket, Hugh does not search for them. Piaget would say that Hugh does not understand:

A egocentrism.

B conservation.

C affordances.

D object permanence

Question #25

During the sensorimotor stage, the main task is to:

A think of past and future events.

B think logically and critically.

C learn to use language to express sensations.

D use senses and motor skills to understand the world.

Question #26

Children reach half their adult height by age:

A 6 years

B 2 years

C 3 years

D 4 years

Question #27

Breast milk:

A is more likely than formula to produce alleries.

B upsets the baby’s digestive system more often than formulas.

C provides more iron and vitaminC and A than cow’s milk.

D is deficient in iron and vitamin C.

Question #28

Brain weight triples in the first two years of life primarily because of the growth of:

A synapses

B dendrites

C neurons

D axons

Question #29

Babbling:

A is universal.

B is found only in infants from the Western Hemisphere.

C precedes cooing.

D occurs only if the infant can hear.

Question #30

An increased level of cortisol is associated with an infant’s:

A anger.

B secure attachment.

C sadness.

D well being.

Question #31

An awareness of things—responding to people and objects

A stage two of Piaget’s sensorimotor stage.

B stage four of Piaget’s sensorimotor stage.

C stage three of Piaget’s sensorimotor stage

D stage one of Piaget’s sensorimotor stages.

Question #32

According to psychoanalytic theory, the prime focus of pleasure in early infancy is:

A the hands and feet.

B the mouth.

C the stomach.

D the anus.

Question #33

According to Piaget, the stage-five infant is like:

A mime who imitates behavior of all kind.

B child in terrible twos.

C scientist who experiments to see.

D neurotic who cannot take no for an answer.

Question #34

According to Jean Piaget, the two elements of adaptation are:

A goal- directed behavior and habituation.

B mental combinations and trial and error.

C assimilation and accommodation.

D object permanence and circular reactions.

Question #35

According to Chomsky’s theory of language acquisition:

A children have an inborn ability to learn language.

B the inability to learn language is due to specific brain dysfunctions.

C language learning depends on specific structure in the brain.

D children learn language through a complex process of imitation and reinforcement.

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