Chapter 5: Perceptual and Motor Development Flashcards
Symptoms of hearing impairment? (at 12 months)
by 12 months
- should be looking in direction of sounds
- respond to name
- make some speech-like sounds of their own
newborns prefer ___ tasting substances
sweet
infants can best hear sounds pitched ____
in range of human voices
if an infant does not respond to his or her name by _____ months, this may be sign of hearing impairment
8 or 9 months
by 3-4 months of age, infants colour perception is similar to that of adults, including the fact that infants see the spectrum as representing different ____ of colour
categories
according to ____, infants are particularly sensitive to amodal information that is presented in more than one sensory system simultaneously
intersensory redundancy theory
infants use many cues to object unity, including common motion, colour, ____, and aligned edges
texture
infants use kinetic cues to judge depth, including visual expansion and ____
motion parallax
between 3 and 9 months of age, face processing becomes ____
more finely tuned
when infants encounter an unfamiliar stimulus, they often show a(n) ____ in which they startle, they stare at the stimulus, and their heart rate changes.
orienting response
maintaining an upright posture is particularly challenging for infants because their body _____
shape makes them top-heavy
3 defining symptoms of attention deficit hyeractivity disorder include hyperactivity, inattention, and ____
impulsivity
___ refers to breaking down complex motor skill into its component parts
differentiation
4-month olds use both hands to explore an object, but the 2 hands ____
are not well coordinated, each acts as it if has a mind of its own
by their ____ birthday, most children show a preference for one hand over the other (for most, its right)
first
