Human Growth and Dev 2

The sample taken during an amniocentesis comes from

When her physician mentions the term “crowning,” Erica, who is giving birth, should realize that means that her

By definition, premature infants are born prior to _____ weeks after conception

A _____ is best described as any unlearned response triggered by a specific form of stimulation.

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

Gina has just given birth and hears that the APGAR score for her newborn son is a 3. As a person who understands the scoring system she would most likely

Of all the behavioral states, newborns spend the most time each day in the _____ state.

What differentiates a basic cry from a mad cry?

Three-week-old Toni is in a sleep state characterized by arm movements and grimaces. This would suggest that Toni is in _____ sleep

Benji is a 4-year-old who has a very difficult time falling asleep at night. According to your text, what would the best remedy be for this problem?

If Andrew is shy when he is 2 years old, he is more likely to be _____ when he is 4 years old

If a baby is breast-fed, it is more likely to

Malnutrition seems to be most damaging if it occurs during

Terminal buttons are located on which part of a neuron?

What type of brain cell forms the basis of all thought and behavior?

The neural plate ultimately forms the

Which best describes the impact of myelin on a neuron?

To locomote is to

The process by which the brain selects, modifies, and organizes incoming nerve impulses is referred to as

Which best describes a newborn’s sense of smell?

Newborns

A visual cliff is designed to assess

Which is considered a pictorial cue to depth?

The correct order of prenatal development is zygote to embryo to fetus

The period of the fetus is the longest period of prenatal development

Encouraging parents to have newborns sleep on their backs lead to a significant reduction in the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome

Infants typically triple their body weight by the time of their first birthday

Breast-fed babies are ill less often than bottle-fed babies

Handedness is unaffected by culture

Piaget described a scheme as a psychological structure that

Piaget used the term _____ to describe the process by which new experiences are easily incorporated into existing schemes

According to Piaget, when a scheme is modified based on some experience, _____ has occurred

What is the correct sequence (from first to last) of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

The phrase “out of sight, out of mind” best exemplifies the Piagetian concept of

Piaget used the term _____ to describe the difficulty children often have in taking another person’s perspective

Animism occurs when lifelike properties are attributed to

The theory that human infants are born with a rudimentary knowledge of the world and they use their experience to expand this knowledge underlies the _____ hypothesis

Which is the best example of habituation?

Pavlov’s research involving a dog, salivation, and a bell is correctly associated with _____ theory

One-year-old Payton notices that when his dad, Archie, is watching football on television, he shouts at the screen. The next time a football game come on, Payton shouts at the screen. Payton’s behavior best exemplifies

A memory for some significant life event is called a(n) _____ memory

The _____ principle of counting states that there must be only one number name for each item counted

The mutual shared understanding among participants in an activity is referred to as

If you believed in the concept of the zone of proximal development, what advice should you give to a child who is attempting to learn how to throw a ball?

According to Vygotsky, private speech is aimed at

The unique sounds that are combined to create spoken words are called

How many phonemes are in the word “test?”

Barry walks up to his 9-month-old son and says (very slowly and with major fluctuations in his voice’s pitch and loudness), “Ohhhhhhhhh, are you Daddy's little baaaaaaaby?” Barry is illustrating

When dealing with young infants, why is infant-directed speech preferred over normal adult speech?

When six-month-old Gabby says “tahtahtah,” she is

Which is the best example of underextension?

The best predictor of a large vocabulary in a young child is

Preschoolers who watch the television show Sesame Street have been shown to _____ in kindergarten than children who have not watched the show

According to Erikson, which is the foundation of human development?

Autonomy is most synonymous with

Which is the last of Bowlby’s four phases in the growth of attachment?

Securely attached infants tend to show _____ when reunited with a caregiver

secure infant attachment predicts _____ during later childhood

How does temperament contribute to attachment?

Parental responses to infant crying and laughing are part of the _____

Which would not be considered a basic emotion

Complex emotions differ from basic emotions in that complex emotions require some understanding of

Who is most likely exhibiting a complex emotion?

An example of _____ occurs when a child interprets her parent’s facial expression as a cue to determine whether or not to pick up a strange object

The phrase, “interest but no interaction” best describes _____ play

Children typically begin to exhibit simple social play around _____ months of age

Which statement is true regarding make-believe?

Will is playing Ferrell in a game and attempts to win by saying, “If you try to do well, I will smack you!” What term best describes this statement

Concerning parental influence on play,

An altruistic act

Young Jim experiences the sadness of his friend Abdul when Abdul’s dog runs away. Jim is exhibiting

A social role is best described as

Gender role stereotypes involves beliefs that

Gender stereotypes influence behavior by providing

In general, boys are _____ than girls

As a typical 10-year-old American female, Brianna is more likely to ____ than a same-age male counterpart

The statement “girls always grow up to be women” provides an example of

Betsy does not want to play football, because she believes that if she plays, she will turn into a boy! Betsy is failing to demonstrate

Dee used to think that everyone else liked the same people she did and hated the same people she did. She now realizes that different people have different opinions toward others. Piaget would suggest that Dee has recently become a _____ thinker.

The main limitation of concrete-operational thinking in that such thought is limited to

In deductive reasoning

If you are reading this test question for the first time, it is

Which most accurately describes long-term memory?

The first memory strategy acquired by most children is

Metamemory is defined as an individual’s