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Chapter 5 - Perceptual and Motor Development Flashcards

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1
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What is sensation?

A

Energy from the environment sending changes to sense receptors

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2
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What is perception?

A

Interpreting stimuli

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3
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What is habituation?

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Paying less attention to something as it becomes familiar.
Automatic decrease in the intensity of a response after the repeated stimulus.

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4
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Our brain is wired to react to:

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novel stimuli

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5
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Researchers use the idea of habituation to study:

A

perception

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6
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What is the auditory threshold?

A

The quietest sound a person can hear

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7
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Babies’ hearing is best primed to hear ______ in human speech

A

pitches

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8
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Infants also demonstrate early _______ to music

A

sensitivity

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9
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Babies can hear at __ months prenatally

A

5

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10
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Hearing impairments can be caused by _______ or_______

A

heredity; disease

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What is visual acuity?

A

the smallest pattern that can be dependently distinguished.
The sharpness of vision
Allows us to see detail

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12
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What is music sensitivity?

A

Babies can differentiate the different kinds of music and respond to separate genres.

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13
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By _________, the infants visual acuity is fully developed like an adults

A

6 months

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14
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What are cones?

A

Structures in the retina of the eye - they detect colour

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15
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If the pupils do not dilate it probably means:

A

there is something wrong with the brain stem

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16
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By __ or __ months, infant’s colour perception is like adults colour perception

A

3 or 4

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17
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Up until ______, the baby scans its environment and can see an edge

A

2 months

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18
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By __ to __ months, they can start to identify things

A

2 to 3

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19
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What is sensory integration?

A

Multiple sensory systems become active in any setting and those systems have to be put together and reconstructed so that what you see is a continuous reality.

20
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Motion, colour, texture, and aligned edges are used to:

A

perceive objects

21
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By __ months, infants have size, shape, brightness, and colour constancy

A

4

22
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Many cues are used to infer depth:

A

kinetic cues, visual expansion, motion parallax, retinal disparity, pictorial cues

23
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As motor skills develop, so does:

A

perception

24
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Q
when you allow the baby to explore the world themselves, they better develop their ______ and ________ skills.

A

perception; motor

25
Q

Infants have ____ preferences

A

face

26
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Children with ___ have deficits in the perception of objects and faces

A

ASD

27
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What is attention?

A

The selection of information that will be processed further.

28
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What does ADHD stand for?

A

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

29
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ADHD occurs more often in ____ than in ____, with a : ratio

A

boys; girls, 4;1

30
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What are the three key symptoms of ADHD?

A

Hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity

31
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What is hyperactivity?

A

A lot of energy, boundless energy

32
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What is inattention?

A

Attention is always shifting

33
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What is impulsivity?

A

Acting without thinking

34
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Signs vs Symptoms

A

Signs are what you see, Symptoms are what you have

35
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How many of the ADHD symptoms do you need to have in order to get a diagnosis?

A

All 3

36
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________ is an important factor to ADHD

A

Heredity

37
Q

_____ doesn’t stay in the synapse for that long because the proteins that pick it up are working too fast.

A

Dopamine

38
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Dopamine is a ___________

A

neurotransmitter

39
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Drugs combined with __________ are the best solution for ADHD

A

psychosocial treatment

40
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What is the dynamic systems theory?

A

Motor development involves many distinct skills that are developing at the same time in a dynamic way.

41
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_______ and _________ of component skills are necessary for coordination

A

Differentiation; integration

42
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Reaching and grasping becomes more coordinated throughout _________

A

infancy

43
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What is locomotion?

A

The ability to walk or move

44
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over-use of modern technology may be having _____ effects on the development of fine movement and strength in finger muscles.

A

negative

45
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Hand preference becomes stronger during the:

A

preschool years

46
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The fitness levels of Canadian children are considered:

A

low

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