CH3 Quiz

Question 1

A baby’s first word usually appears by _____ months of age.

Answer 1

11

Question 2

Which of the following is the first person–environment fit that MOST humans experience?

Answer 2

baby-proofing

Question 3

Piaget referred to babies as “little scientists” when they are in the _____ stage.

Answer 3

tertiary circular

Question 4

When newborns fall asleep, they immediately go into the _____ phase of sleep and spend most of their time in this state.

Answer 4

REM

Question 5

All of the behaviors listed may quiet a young baby EXCEPT:

Answer 5

letting the baby “cry it out.”

Question 6

After a person grows familiar with an event, he or she is less interested in that stimulus. The name for this principle is:

Answer 6

habituation.

Question 7

The concept of _____, which is the knowledge that objects continue to exist when they can no longer be seen, develops _____ during the sensorimotor stage.

Answer 7

object permanence; gradually

Question 8

A baby’s ability to discriminate (or see differences) between the faces of the members of other ethnic groups _____ during the first nine months of life.

Answer 8

declines

Question 9

The infant motor milestones are lifting one’s head, pivoting the upper body, sitting, and standing. They follow which developmental sequence?

Answer 9

cephalocaudal

Question 10

The sensory motor stage ends with the development of:

Answer 10

language, symbolic thought, and object permanence.

Question 11

Understanding the need to do something different to achieve a goal is called:

Answer 11

means-end behavior.

Question 12

Synaptogenesis occurs:

Answer 12

throughout life.

Question 13

Baby Abigail is 20 months old and uses two-word combinations. She is using:

Answer 13

telegraphic speech.

Question 14

Recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicate that approximately 1 in _____ households in the United States with children can be categorized as food insecure.

Answer 14

6

Question 15

The social-interactionist perspective emphasizes that:

Answer 15

the desire to communicate with each other promotes developing language.

Question 16

Co-sleeping may:

Answer 16

increase the likelihood of SIDS.

Question 17

_____ is a set of skills that allows one to manage one’s own emotions as well as understand others’ emotions.

Answer 17

Social cognition

Question 18

By _____ months of age, infants show preference for human speech.

Answer 18

3

Question 19

Shelly is 6 months old and has started grabbing for toys. She is demonstrating:

Answer 19

secondary circular reactions.

Question 20

In the United States, the occurrence of stunting and undernutrition is:

Answer 20

rare.

Question 21

Based on the text, why do many women stop breast feeding before their babies are six months old?

Answer 21

They need to go back to work.

Question 22

Early walking:

Answer 22

is unrelated to intelligence.

Question 23

Chomsky was inspired by:

Answer 23

Skinner.

Question 24

The research strategy used to demonstrate depth perception is called:

Answer 24

the visual cliff.

Question 25

Which statement about crawling is false?

Answer 25

Early crawlers become less sensitive to their caregivers’ facial expressions.

Question 26

Several days after seeing another child have a temper tantrum, a 16-month-old toddler does similar behavior. She is showing:

Answer 26

deferred imitation.

Question 27

After a person grows familiar with an event, he or she is less interested in that stimulus. The name for this principle is:

Answer 27

habituation.

Question 28

The process of making connections between neurons is called:

Answer 28

synaptogenesis.

Question 29

The social-interactionist perspective emphasizes that:

Answer 29

the desire to communicate with each other promotes developing language.

Question 30

According to Piaget, object permanence is NOT fully attained until a child is almost:

Answer 30

2 years old.