Question 1

Head-sparing can overcome prolonged malnutrition.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

_____ is a life-threatening injury that occurs when an infant is violently moved back and forth in a reckless manner,because this motion ruptures blood vessels in the brain and breaks neural connections.

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

At what point in development is the sense of hearing already quite acute?

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A)   at birth
B)   by 3 months of age
C)   by 14 weeks of age
D)   by 6 months of age

Question 4

A child's grammar use becomes obvious when the child begins to produce holophrases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

An abusive caregiver shakes an infant to get her to stop crying.The infant stops crying.Why?

Accepted Answer

A)   The infant is so startled by the shaking that she can't cry.
B)   Blood vessels in her brain rupture and neural connections break.
C)   Experience has taught her to stop crying.
D)   The infant's airway is damaged. B

Question 6

Preverbal infants show a preference for child-directed over ordinary adult speech.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The first two stages of sensorimotor intelligence are called "_____ circular reactions."

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Question 8

Fine motor skills are:

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A)   head motions.
B)   small movements.
C)   large movements.
D)   foot motions.

Question 9

Large movements that coordinate many parts of the body are known as "_____ motor skills."

Accepted Answer

A)   athletic
B)   fine
C)   primitive
D)   gross

Question 10

There are five stages of sensorimotor intelligence.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The average number of words in a typical sentence is called "_____," which is used to measure a child's language progress.

Accepted Answer

mean lengt...

Question 12

According to Piaget,a child in stage five of sensorimotor development is like a:

Accepted Answer

A)   child in the "terrible twos."
B)   childish teenager who wants his way all of the time.
C)   perfectionist who must do everything right.
D)   scientist who experiments to see what will happen.

Question 13

Infants usually triple their birthweight by the end of their first year.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Synapses are:

Accepted Answer

A)   intersections where the axons of one neuron meet the dendrites of another neuron.
B)   where neurons make direct contact with one another.
C)   chemical structures that allow dendrites to send their messages to axons.
D)   the area where neurons determine whether a stimulus exceeds the absolute threshold or not.

Question 15

Most babies learn to grasp and hold onto objects by about _____ months old.

Accepted Answer

A)   2
B)   4
C)   6
D)   8

Question 16

The area in the brain that plans,anticipates,and controls impulses is the _____ cortex.

Accepted Answer

A)   prefrontal
B)   parietal
C)   temporal
D)   striate A

Question 17

According to Skinner,toddlers with smaller vocabularies have parents who do not talk to them very much.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Research has found that child-directed speech is:

Accepted Answer

A)   a feminine,rather than a masculine,approach to language acquisition.
B)   spoken in a high pitch with simple vocabulary and short sentences.
C)   unique to English-speaking parents.
D)   spoken in a low pitch with the use of nonsense words.

Question 19

A child who is too short for his or her age due to severe malnutrition is suffering from a condition called:

Accepted Answer

A)   stunting.
B)   marasmus.
C)   wasting.
D)   protein calorie malnutrition.

Question 20

The initials LAD stand for "_____," Chomsky's term for a hypothesized mental structure that enables humans to learn language,including the basic aspects of grammar,vocabulary,and intonation.

Accepted Answer

language a...

Exam 3: The First Two Years: Body and Mind

Head-sparing can overcome prolonged malnutrition.

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_____ is a life-threatening injury that occurs when an infant is violently moved back and forth in a reckless manner,because this motion ruptures blood vessels in the brain and breaks neural connections.

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At what point in development is the sense of hearing already quite acute?

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A child's grammar use becomes obvious when the child begins to produce holophrases.

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An abusive caregiver shakes an infant to get her to stop crying.The infant stops crying.Why?

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Preverbal infants show a preference for child-directed over ordinary adult speech.

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The first two stages of sensorimotor intelligence are called "_____ circular reactions."

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Fine motor skills are:

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Large movements that coordinate many parts of the body are known as "_____ motor skills."

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There are five stages of sensorimotor intelligence.

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The average number of words in a typical sentence is called "_____," which is used to measure a child's language progress.

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According to Piaget,a child in stage five of sensorimotor development is like a:

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Infants usually triple their birthweight by the end of their first year.

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Most babies learn to grasp and hold onto objects by about _____ months old.

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The area in the brain that plans,anticipates,and controls impulses is the _____ cortex.

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According to Skinner,toddlers with smaller vocabularies have parents who do not talk to them very much.

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Research has found that child-directed speech is:

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A child who is too short for his or her age due to severe malnutrition is suffering from a condition called:

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The initials LAD stand for "_____," Chomsky's term for a hypothesized mental structure that enables humans to learn language,including the basic aspects of grammar,vocabulary,and intonation.

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