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Chapter 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers (Birth to Age 3)

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Chapter 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers (Birth to Age 3)

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3-1 §3.1 source ↗

The practice of safely wrapping an infant in a blanket to help calm the infant during sleep time is called________.
  1. a.
    swaddling
  2. b.
    the Ferber method
  3. c.
    A-B-C method
  4. d.
    papoosing

Answer

A. swaddling

3-3 §3.1 source ↗

The left hemisphere is typically specialized for language production and perception. This is an example of _______.
  1. a.
    synaptogenesis
  2. b.
    lateralization
  3. c.
    neurogenesis
  4. d.
    plasticity

Answer

B. lateralization

3-5 §3.2 source ↗

What newborn reflex can facilitate breast (or chest) feeding?
  1. a.
    rooting
  2. b.
    palmar grasp
  3. c.
    Moro
  4. d.
    Babinski

Answer

A. rooting

3-7 §3.2 source ↗

Teagan is eleven months old and just starting to walk and feed herself. Walking is an example of a ________ motor skill, and self-feeding is an example of a ________ motor skill.
  1. a.
    fine; gross
  2. b.
    gross; fine
  3. c.
    proximodistal; cephalocaudal
  4. d.
    cephalocaudal; proximodistal

Answer

B. gross; fine

3-9 §3.3 source ↗

What is typically the least fully developed sensory system in newborns and infants?
  1. a.
    taste
  2. b.
    smell
  3. c.
    touch
  4. d.
    vision

Answer

D. vision

3-11 §3.3 source ↗

Which is an example of intermodal perception?
  1. a.
    An infant touches a block and feels its sharp edges.
  2. b.
    A toddler hears a shaking rattle.
  3. c.
    A toddler smells cinnamon apples and smiles.
  4. d.
    A baby sees and hears a parent play peek-a-boo.

Answer

D. A baby sees and hears a parent play peek-a-boo.

3-13 §3.4 source ↗

Kyleen is playing with her toys and makes the vroom, vroom sound she heard her sister make yesterday. This response is an example of _________.
  1. a.
    scaffolding
  2. b.
    object permanence
  3. c.
    deferred imitation
  4. d.
    working memory

Answer

C. deferred imitation

3-15 §3.4 source ↗

Anna is playing a game with one of her parents. They have just hidden her favorite toy behind the toy box twice but now they decide to hide it behind another toy. Although Anna was watching her parent hide the toy, she still looks behind the toy box. Anna is demonstrating ________.
  1. a.
    deferred imitation
  2. b.
    violation of expectations
  3. c.
    object permanence
  4. d.
    the A not B error

Answer

D. the A not B error

3-17 §3.5 source ↗

If I were studying speech and interested in the meaning of words, on what would I focus most?
  1. a.
    phonemes
  2. b.
    morphemes
  3. c.
    syntax
  4. d.
    pragmatics

Answer

B. morphemes

3-19 §3.5 source ↗

Which statement supports a nativist approach to language development?
  1. a.
    Parents should praise children when they make sounds to encourage talking.
  2. b.
    Humans are born with the ability to learn any language.
  3. c.
    Language is the only form of communication.
  4. d.
    Children learn language by observing others using it.

Answer

B. Humans are born with the ability to learn any language.

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Problems and answers are adapted from Lifespan Development by Diana Riser, Rose Spielman and David Biek, OpenStax, and are used under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence. Access for free at https://openstax.org/books/lifespan-development/pages/1-what-does-psychology-say. Illustrations: Copyright Rice University, OpenStax, under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. This adaptation is released under the same licence, is non-commercial, and is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by OpenStax or Rice University.