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Question 31

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What is the possible function of the swimming reflex in infants?

A) It prepares the infant for independent locomotion.
B) Its function is unknown.
C) Avoidance of danger.
D) It is similar to primates' protection from falling.

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

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Question 32

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The Canadian Paediatric Society advocates that for the first 6 months of life there is no better food for an infant than

A) bottle formula.
B) cow's milk.
C) solid food.
D) a mother's breast milk.

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

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What is the term for an organized pattern of functioning that adapts and changes with mental development?

Manuel and Sarah keep a daily log of the times that their baby eats, sleeps, remains awake, and even the baby's excretions.They are keeping track of the baby's

What is the term for the reflex that scientists feel represents a leftover response that humans inherited from their nonhuman ancestors?

Processes that require relatively little attention are ___________; however, processes that require relatively large amounts of attention are ________

Infants are able to pick up small objects like marbles off the ground at

Sources from neuroscience suggest that which two separate systems are involved in long-term memory?

Piaget's Substage 4 (Coordination of secondary circular reactions stage) occurs for infants in the age range of

Erikson's theory of psychosocial development considers how an adult can maintain memories from when he/she was an infant that affect life as an adult.

What is the term that refers to a style of attachment in which children do not seek proximity to the mother and, after the mother has left, seem to avoid her when she returns as if they are angered by her behaviour?

Four-year-old Alex and his mother visited the zoo.While they were there, Alex's mother took him to see the squirrel exhibit.Alex saw many different types of squirrels, but when he saw a flying squirrel glide from one branch to the next he pointed and said, "A bird." Considering Piaget's work, Alex is demonstrating an example of

Which theory of language acquisition combines several schools of thought to hypothesize that language development is produced through a combination of genetically predetermined predispositions and environmental circumstances that help teach language?

When an infant uses his/her abilities to interpret others' facial and vocal expressions that carry emotional meaning, this is called

Which researcher developed the "nativist approach" and "universal grammar" to explain how children learn their language skills?

Current research on autism suggests that

SIDS strikes about __________ infants in Canada each year.

Information processing focuses on _________ changes in infants, while Piaget's theory focuses on _________ changes in infants.

There are no gender differences in weight and length of infant children.

The outdated term for infant-directed speech is