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The sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the top-the head-with physical growth in size, weight, and feature differentiation gradually working from top to bottom.

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Cephalocaudal pattern

Children who grow up in a deprived environment are likely to show:


A) depressed brain activity.
B) active neural development.
C) accelerated development of the forebrain.
D) better decision-making skills in middle childhood.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Infants control the muscles of their trunk and arms before they control their hands and fingers, and they use their whole hands before they can control several fingers. This indicates a _____ pattern of growth.


A) proximodistal
B) cephalocaudal
C) proximocaudal
D) cephalodistal

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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One reason older children and adults have difficulty recalling events from their infant and early childhood years is that during these years the _____ of the brain are immature.


A) temporal lobes
B) prefrontal lobes
C) occipital lobes
D) parietal lobes

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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When Martha wants to feed her newborn son, she gently brushes her nipple against his cheek and he demonstrates a _____ reflex by turning his head toward the side that was touched and immediately latches on to her breast.


A) Moro
B) sucking
C) rooting
D) Babinski

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Fransisco has learned to wave bye-bye and does so every chance he gets. Sometimes he starts waving bye-bye before the grown-ups' conversation is finished, but everyone just laughs and waves with him. He is demonstrating that he is learning to use _____ to communicate.


A) cooing
B) babbling
C) crying
D) gestures

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following is NOT true of the neuroconstructivist view?


A) The development of the brain and the child's cognitive development are closely linked.
B) The brain has plasticity.
C) Biological processes and environmental experiences influence the brain's development.
D) The brain is context independent.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Infants begin to use gestures such as showing and pointing at about:


A) 2 to 4 weeks of age.
B) 2 to 3 months of age.
C) 5 to 7 months of age.
D) 8 to 12 months of age.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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By two years of age, children have reached about _____ of their adult weight and about _____ of their adult height.


A) one-half; one-fourth
B) one-fifth; one-half
C) one-third; two-thirds
D) one-fourth; one-fourth

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The view of human development that emphasizes the ways biological processes and environmental conditions influence the brain's development, particularly as it is applies to infancy.

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Neuroconstructivist view

Baby Jane, three days old, is shown four drawings: a bright blue square, a white oval, a yellow circle, and a drawing of a face. Consistent with Fantz's work, which drawing would she probably prefer to look at?


A) The white oval
B) The face
C) The blue square
D) The yellow circle

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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The ability to produce an endless number of meaningful sentences using a finite set of words and rules.

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Mariah has suffered brain damage to the left frontal lobe of her brain. When she tries to speak, she struggles to produce words and is unable to say them correctly. Mariah has damage to her:


A) Broca's area.
B) Wernicke's area.
C) SMA area.
D) Morton's area.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Janelle, a college student volunteering at a local preschool, noticed that one child started to stand without holding on to furniture, then others quickly started to develop the same skills. This motivation to create new patterns of movement is best explained by the:


A) dynamic systems theory.
B) maturational theory.
C) neuroconstructivist view.
D) environmental sequential theory.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Child-directed speech is the:


A) ability of parents to understand their children's holographic speech.
B) unique way that parents (and others) talk to babies.
C) continual correcting of children's syntax by parents.
D) special way parents speak to each other in front of their children.

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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The use of fetal fMRI to studying hearing in infants has revealed that response to sounds occurs at:


A) 21 weeks of gestation.
B) 34 weeks of gestation.
C) birth.
D) 3 weeks of age.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following is a requirement of joint attention?


A) An ability to manipulate objects
B) An ability to track another's behavior
C) A lack of interest in others
D) An intense interest in a particular object

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Of the following babies, who are between two and four months old, who is at the highest risk of SIDS?


A) Malachi, who shares a bed with his mother
B) Tyrell, whose mother smoked during pregnancy
C) Chaz, who sleeps on his stomach (prone sleeping)
D) Isaiah, who is Hispanic American

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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Briefly describe shaken baby syndrome and the likely perpetrators.

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Infants can see objects before they can control their torso, and they can use their hands long before they can crawl or walk. This would indicate that they have a _____ pattern of growth.


A) proximodistal
B) proximocaudal
C) cephalodistal
D) cephalocaudal

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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