Chapter 5 midterm questions Flashcards
The nervous system receives, selects, modifies, and organizes stimulation from the world by using
Sensory and perceptual processes
Babies pay attention when a novel stimulus is first presented, but they pay less attention as it becomes
more familiar. This phenomenon is called
Habituation
When an infant habituates to a stimulus, such as a picture
The infant will pay less attention to the stimulus as it becomes more familiar
In newborns, the sense of smell is
Well developed
Newborns’ sense of smell
Is well-developed at birth
Newborns are able to detect which of the following tastes?
Salty, sour, bitter, and sweet tastes
Most newborns prefer which of the following tastes?
Sweet and salty tastes
The pain cry in infants
Is often accompanied by agitated movements of hands and arms
The leading cause of hearing impairments that occur after birth is
Meningitis
________ is the smallest pattern that can be visually distinguished dependably
Visual acuity
Visual acuity assesses how
Clearly an infant can see
Infant Nina will probably look longest at
Black and white stripes
At what age can babies track movement with their eyes?
At birth
By what age do infants typically have vision as good as that of normal adults?
By one year of age
Colour is detected with specialized neurons in the retina of the eye called
Cones
The realization that an object’s actual size remains the same despite changes in the size of its retinal image is referred to as
Size constancy
A visual cliff is used to assess
Depth perception
It does appear that children with ________ have difficulty in recognizing faces and with interpreting
facial emotional expression
Nutritional issues
________ is the process by which we select information that will be processed further
Attention
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Is more common in boys than in girls
