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Quiz Chapter 5: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy
Name_______________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the alternative that best completes the statement of
answers the question.
1. Which of the following is part of the cortex?
a. frontal lobe
b. occipital lobe
c.
parietal lobe
d. temporal lobe
e. all of the above
2. Afferent neurons carry information ________while efferent neurons carry information
__________.
a.
to the spinal cord and brain; away from the spinal cord and brain
b. to the spinal cord, to the brain
c. away from the spinal cord and brain; to the spinal cord and brain
d. via myelinated tracts; via unmyelinated nerves
e. to the myelin sheath; away from the myelin sheath
3. The limbic system is a complex part of the forebrain that is involved in
a. sleep and wakefulness.
b. emotions and memory.
c.
coordination and balance.
d.
sex and aggression
e.
thinking and problem solving
4.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Memories are stored in the connections between the neurons in the brain. These
connections are known as
junctions.
synapses.
nodes.
myelin.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Angie’s four-month-old, Josh, recently began suffering from mild seizures and is
scheduled to undergo a procedure that measures blood flow associated with brain
activity. This type of procedure is called
magnetic resonance imaging.
positive emission tomography.
an electroencephalogram.
computed axial tomography.
6.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Although formula is higher in protein than breast milk, it cannot
confer protection against disease.
provide adequate nutrition.
satisfy the infant’s need for bonding.
promote regular sleep patterns.
7.
a.
b.
c.
d.
A(n)__________________ is an automatic response to a certain stimuli.
reflex
instinct
reaction
impulse
8.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The term apnea refers to
heart arrhythmias.
sleep cycle disturbances.
brief periods of suspended breathing.
digestive problems.
9.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The term neonate refers to
the fetus during the last month of pregnancy.
the infant during the first 3 months after birth.
the infant during the first month after birth.
the infant during the first 6 months after birth.
10.
a.
b.
c.
d.
What does a score of zero on the Apgar scale indicate?
an absence of noticeable difficulties.
mild problems
severe problems
perfect health
5.
11.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Neurological testing is used to evaluate the infant’s
heart rate and respiration.
skin color and muscle tone.
state of consciousness.
reflexes.
12.
Infant development that proceeds in a cephalocaudal fashion is going in a
__________________ direction.
head to foot
foot to head
body to the extremities
trunk to head
a.
b.
c.
d.
13.
a.
b.
c.
d.
14.
a.
b.
c.
d.
15.
a.
b.
c.
d.
An infant exhibiting typical physical maturation should be able to crawl by the age
of
4 months.
7 months.
9 months.
12 months.
Infants who are in the bottom three percent of height and weight measures are
suffering from what is known as
respiratory distress syndrome.
trisomy 13.
failure to thrive.
institutional dwarfism.
Which of the following statements concerning sudden infant death syndrome
(SIDS) is NOT correct?
Boys are more vulnerable than girls by an almost 3:2 margin.
Most cases of SIDS are preceded by severe respiratory distress that lasts for several
days.
Most cases of SIDS occur in the late winter or early spring.
Infants before the age of 1 month and after the age of 1 year rarely succumb to
SIDS.
16.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Munchausen by proxy is the term used to describe parental behavior that involves
intentionally harming a child to gain attention.
severe disciplinary measures to gain compliance.
neglect and rejection of a child.
unwarranted and severe paranoia over the health of a child.
17.
__________________ is the term for an infant’s becoming increasingly inattentive
to a familiar stimuli.
Aversion
Activation synthesis
Habituation
Assimilation
a.
b.
c.
d.
18.
a.
b.
c.
d.
19.
a.
b.
c.
d.
20.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The experiments with the visual cliff suggest that infants begin to discriminate
depth
between 2 and 4 months of age.
between 3 and 5 months of age.
as soon as they begin crawling.
as soon as they can sit up and balance.
According to Piaget, the sensorimotor period of infant development is characterized
by the child’s
egocentrism.
empathy
accommodation.
actualization.
An infant who does not attempt to retrieve or seek out a stuffed animal she and her
father have been playing with after he hides it behind his back has likely not yet
developed a sense of
habituation.
seriation.
causality.
object permanence.
21.
a.
b.
c.
d.
22.
Which of the following is not one of the developmental outcomes of Piaget’s
sensorimotor period?
conservation
object permanence
a sense of time sequences
a sense of spatial relationships
a.
b.
c.
d.
Piaget believed development occurred in __________________, whereas current
researchers are looking at development as being __________________.
stages; continuous
continuums, stage-like
critical periods; truncated
interchangeable levels; age-related
23.
a.
b.
c.
d.
What is the correct sequence of language development during the child’s first year?
crying, cooing, babbling, single words
babbling, crying, cooing, single words
cooing, crying, babbling, single words
crying, babbling, cooing, single words
24.
When children learn how to pronounce the word “no,” they are learning
__________________, whereas when they learn that the word “no” means to stop
or not start an activity, they are learning __________________.
phonology; semantics
phonology; syntax
semantics; phonics
pragmatics; semantics
a.
b.
c.
d.
25. The two- to three-word utterances used by the child during language development
are called
a.
telegraphic speech.
b. holophrastic speech.
c.
inner speech.
d. overgeneralizations.