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WorksheetsReview of Chapter 4
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
The growth principle that states that development proceeds from the center of the body outward is known as the __________ principle.
hierarchical integration
systems independence
proximodistal
cephalocaudal
__________ are the basic cells of the nervous system.
Axons
Neurons
Synapses
Dendrites
When does the brain have the most plasticity?
During puberty
During the last several years of life
During the first several years of life
Does not vary across the life span
One of the most important ways behavior becomes integrated is through the development of various body (a) , which are repetitive, cyclical patterns of behavior.
What is the relationship between SIDS and SUID?
SIDS is a type of SUID.
SIDS and SUID are the same thing.
SUID is a type of SIDS.
SIDS and SUID are two different syndromes.
Baby Eva's mother keeps stroking her check with a feather, and Eva turns her head in the direction of the feather each time. This is an example of the __________ reflex.
sucking
Babinski
rooting
Moro
What should a parent consider if their infant is not yet walking well by their first birthday?
Infants who walk well before their first birthday will probably grow up to be track stars.
As nearly all infants can walk well by this time, physical therapy should be considered.
There is no data on when most infants begin to walk.
Only about half of infants can walk well by this time.
__________ represent the average performance of a large sample of children of a given age.
Quotients
Scales
Medians
Norms
__________, the condition of having an improper amount and balance of nutrients, can lead to a slower growth rate by age 6 months, lower IQ scores, and poorer performance in school.
Malnutrition
Poverty
Starvation
Obesity
Which of the following statements about breastfeeding is true?
Mothers know the exact amount of breast milk their babies drink.
The hormones produced during breastfeeding stimulate ovulation.
Breast milk is not as easy for babies to digest as cow's milk.
Babies who are breastfed are less susceptible to certain infections.
(a) vision is the ability to combine the images coming to each eye to see depth and motion.
Why do infants have a harder time identifying the direction a sound is coming from?
Their ears are closer together because of their smaller heads.
They are less sensitive to very high and low frequencies.
Their ears are more likely to be filled with wax.
Their ears are less likely to be filled with wax.
Very young infants who are breastfed are better able to distinguish their mothers through the sense of (a) than bottle-fed infants.
Two-month-old Andy has been demonstrating his grasping reflex as his mother puts her finger in his hand. His father watches and laughs each time it happens. The fact that Andy uses this reflex is also evidence of which sense?
Pain
Hearing
Touch
Vision
The (a) approach to perception considers how information that is collected by various individual sensory systems is integrated and coordinated.
