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What is the term for the reflex that does not disappear, and is demonstrated by the infant's tendency to suck at things that touch its lips?

A) rooting
B) sucking
C) gag
D) startle

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Question 42

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Eight-month-old Baby Lucy picks up a toy in her crib and accidentally hits her crib with the toy, making an interesting noise.She begins to drag the toy back and forth against the sides of the crib's railing, producing another different and interesting sound.This prompts Lucy to continue repeating the action over and over again.Piaget would say that this is an example of

A) Substage 1: Simple reflexes.
B) Substage 2: First habits and primary circular reactions.
C) Substage 3: Secondary circular reactions.
D) Substage 4: Coordination of secondary circular reactions.

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Question 43

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What is the term for the reflex that disappears around 6 months of age, and is activated when support for the neck and head is suddenly removed? The arms of the infant are thrust outward and then appear to grasp onto something.

Developmental psychologist Arnold Gesell formulated a type of test that

Piaget argued that infants acquire knowledge through

What is the term that relates to one's sense of being male or female?

Piaget calls an internal image of a past event or object a

Five-year-old Alex and his mother visited the zoo.While they were there, Alex's mother took him to see the squirrel exhibit.Alex saw many different types of squirrels, but when he saw a flying squirrel glide from one branch to the next he pointed and said, "A bird with a tail." Considering Piaget's work, Alex is demonstrating an example of

By what age is an infant able to discriminate his/her own name from other familiar-sounding words?

When discussing the dimensions of temperament, what is the term used to refer to the baby's response to a new person or object, based on whether the child accepts the new situation or withdraws from it?

What is the possible function of the Moro reflex in infants?

According to Erikson, when do we all pass through the trust-versus-mistrust stage?

When discussing the dimensions of temperament, what is the term used to refer to the energy level or reaction of the child's response?

What is the name of the principle that is based on Greek and Latin roots meaning "head-to-tail"?

By the age of two, most children can use two-word sentences and __________ speech where non-critical words of a sentence are left out.

The brain waves of sleeping infants appear to be qualitatively different from those of an adult who is dreaming.

During which substage of Piaget's sensorimotor stage does the child "begin to act upon the outside world," a process by which infants seek to repeat enjoyable events in their environments if they happen to produce them through chance activities?

Melissa is teaching her baby to speak by learning the names of lots of familiar and different objects that the baby sees.Melissa is teaching a(n) __________ style of speech.

What is the term for the reflex that does not disappear, and is demonstrated when an infant tries to clear his or her throat?

Developing neurons arrange themselves into layers.The cells that form the outermost layer are known as