HCP -0530 Fall 2016 Found Child Development Test Chapter 4 Exam

Course HCP -0530 Fall 2016 Found Child Development
Test Chapter 4 Exam

QUESTION 1
1. The tonic neck reflex

protects infants from strong stimulation.

may prepare infants for voluntary reaching.

helps infants survive if dropped in water.

prepares infants for voluntary grasping.
5 points
QUESTION 2
1. Baby Jessica shows frequent bursts of uncoordinated body activity. Her breathing is very irregular. Jessica is in which state of arousal?

drowsiness

regular sleep

quiet alertness

waking activity
5 points
QUESTION 3
1. Parent infant cosleeping is

a leading risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

the norm for approximately 90 percent of the world s population.

uncommon in U.S. ethnic minority families.

common in cultures that stress an independent self.
5 points
QUESTION 4
1. __________ doubles the risk of SIDS.

Parent infant cosleeping

Pacifier use

Maternal smoking

Placing infants to sleep on their backs
5 points
QUESTION 5
1. Baby Nate s parents are high in empathy and hold child-centered attitudes toward infant care. When Nate cries, his parents most likely

respond quickly and sensitively.

let him self-soothe.

let him cry for 10 15 minutes and then pick him up.

wrap him in several layers of blankets that cover the head and body.
5 points
QUESTION 6
1. Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale scores

are used to evaluate low birth weight and prenatal substance exposure.

of Caucasian babies reveal that they are less irritable than Asian infants.

are used to assess the organized functioning of newborn babies.

are a good predictor of later development.
5 points
QUESTION 7
1. In __________, babies build expectations about stimulus events in the environment, but their behavior does not influence the stimuli that occur.

habituation/recovery

behavior modification

classical conditioning

operant conditioning
5 points
QUESTION 8
1. Research shows that young infants memory for operant responses is

highly context dependent.

very brief, usually only several minutes.

impossible to measure.

largely context free.
5 points
QUESTION 9
1. Professor Wilson is interested in gaining a better understanding of infants understanding of the world. Which learning capacity will tell her the most about early attention, memory, and knowledge?

classical conditioning

habituation and recovery

imitation

operant conditioning
5 points
QUESTION 10
1. Which of the following statements is true about newborn imitation?

Newborn chimpanzees, but not human newborns, can imitate facial expressions.

When an adult models a gesture repeatedly, newborns become bored and do not imitate the gesture.

Newborns can imitate certain gestures, such as head and finger movements.

Imitation is rarely observed in babies under 6 months of age.
5 points
QUESTION 11
1. Which of the following gross-motor skills is usually the first to develop?

scribbles vigorously

plays pat-a-cake

sits alone

builds a tower of two cubes
5 points
QUESTION 12
1. When Baby Emilee gains control of her head and upper chest, she is able to combine those abilities into sitting up with support. This is an example of the __________ theory of motor development.

intermodal

dynamic systems

proximodistal

cephalocaudal
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QUESTION 13
1. A newborn s grasp reflex is replaced by

the pincer grasp.

prereaching.

the ulnar grasp.

voluntary reaching.
5 points
QUESTION 14
1. Which of the following statements is true about touch?

During the first few months, infants learn about objects primarily by touching them with their hands.

Gentle touching enhances babies positive responsiveness to the environment.

Newborn infants are rarely sensitive to painful stimuli.

At birth, infants are sensitive to touch only around the mouth.
5 points
QUESTION 15
1. Newborn Seema is given a taste of sweet liquid. Seema is likely to

purse her lips.

prefer the sweet liquid and reject breast milk.

relax her facial muscles.

kick her legs and cry.
5 points
QUESTION 16
1. At 6 months, Western infants can detect rhythmic-pattern deviations in __________ melodies.

both Western and non-Western

non-Western, but not Western,

Western, but not non-Western,

neither Western nor non-Western
5 points
QUESTION 17
1. Which of the following statements is true about newborns ability to analyze the speech stream?

Newborns cannot yet perceive precise sounds found in their own language.

Newborns cannot distinguish between speech sounds, such as ba and ga.

Newborns are more responsive to ordinary speech than to baby talk.

Newborns can distinguish between their mother s voice and that of another woman.
5 points
QUESTION 18
1. Which of the following senses is least developed at birth?

hearing

touch

smell

vision
5 points
QUESTION 19
1. What method is commonly used to study depth perception in infants?

the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS)

habituation

operant conditioning

the visual cliff
5 points
QUESTION 20
1. __________ is the first depth cue to which infants are sensitive.

Perspective

Motion

Texture

Distance
5 points
QUESTION 21
1. Which of the following statements is true about infants with severe visual impairments?

Compared to agemates with less severe visual impairments, they have fewer motor delays.

Infants with severe visual impairments are especially motivated to move independently.

With age, performance in both motor and cognitive functioning becomes increasingly distant from that of other children.

Infants with severe visual impairments attain gross- and fine-motor milestones within weeks of their sighted counterparts.
5 points
QUESTION 22
1. Research reveals that babies perceive input from different sensory systems in a unified way by detecting

amodal sensory properties.

pattern properties.

invariant features.

contrast sensitivity.
5 points
QUESTION 23
1. According to the __________ theory of perceptual development, babies actively search for invariant features of the environment.

differentiation

operant conditioning

object unity

affordances
5 points
QUESTION 24
1. Research on babies reared in severely deprived family situations or in institutions conclusively reveals that

early experience has a profound impact on development.

infancy represents a sensitive period for all aspects of development.

even severe developmental delays can be reversed with intervention.

early experience is not as critical as later experience.
5 points
QUESTION 25
1. Which of the following statements regarding early deprivation and enrichment is true?

Infants reared in Eastern European orphanages show the same patterns of motor and perceptual development as infants reared in Western families.

Developmental delays resulting from deprived institutional care can be overcome immediately after the child has been adopted, regardless of his or her age.

Although institutionalized infants often suffer from visual impairments, their cognitive development tends to follow a normal pattern.

Exposing babies to deprived institutional care for more than the first six months of life can undermine their intellectual development.