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1. During the 1st year of life, the typical baby's brain development is characterized by a(n):
2. At birth the average infant measuers about ?
3. Which of the following is true about the newborn's visual acuity?
 Her visual acuity is around 20/30.
Her peripheral vision is fully developed.
Her vision for near objects is better than her vision for far objects.
Her vision is better when she's staring at stationary objects than when
she's tracking moving objects.
4. Research on SIDS has shown that babies should be:
fed right before bedtime.
kept in a warm bedroom.
put to sleep on their backs.
swaddled tightly.
5. Which of the following toddlers is employing a gross motor skill?
Kim, who is looking at a pop-up book & laughing uproariously.
Kurt, who is creeping backwards down the stairs on all fours.
Kyle, who is licking the melting ice cream off the sides of a cone.
Robert, who is sitting on the rug & methodically picking up every piece of
lint & examining it.
6. Which disease has disappeared completely?
smallpox
polio
tuberculosis
diphtheria
7. Which of the following is true concerning early infant sex differences?
Boys generally walk before girls
Girls generally sit upright before boys.
Girls generally stand upright before boys
Boys are generally more active than girls.
8. An involuntary response to a stimulus is known as a:
habit.
marasmus.
perception.
reflex.
9. When his mother first took two-month-old Kyle to visit his aunt's apartment,
he spent a lot of time staring at his aunt's colorful dress. As time passed, he
looked less at the dress and more at his surroundings. This change in Kyle's
behavior most likely reflects:
conditioning.
habituation.
assimilation.
symbolic thought.
10. Otitis media is a:
portion of the brain used for hearing.
portion of the ear used for hearing.
device used to help hearing.
middle ear infection.
11. Fine motor skills are those that:
require small body movements.
require practice.
use three or more muscles.
involve balance.
12. That genes affect motor skills is shown by the fact that:
boys reach milestones before girls.
identical twins are likely to master skills at the same time.
undernourished children walk later than other children.
fraternal twins are more alike than other brothers or sisters.
13. Visual improvement in the 1st year:
is not dramatic.
does not occur.
results more from changes in the brain than in the eye.
results from changes in the eye's structure.
14. By what age are taste & smell most sensitive?
a few days
late in infancy
5 years
10 years
15. Marasmus is the result of:
lack of a specific vitamin.
protein-calorie malnutrition in middle childhood.
protein-calorie malnutrition in early childhood.
iodine malnutrition during pregnancy.
16. All the nerve cells a human brain will ever need are present:
at birth.
at conception.
at age 5 or 6.
about 1 month following conception.
17. Dendrite is to axon as ________ is to ________.
input; output
output; input
synapse; myelin
myelin; synapse
18. Climbing is to using a crayon as ______ is to ______.
fine motor skills; gross motor skills
gross motor skills; fine motor skills
reflex; fine motor skills
reflex; gross motor skills
19. A chemical that carries information between nerve cells in the brain is a:
synapse.
dendrite.
neurotransmitter.
neuron.
20. The phenomenon by which the brain continues to grow even though the body stops growing in a malnourished child is called:
cortex squeeze.
head-sparing.
axon overgeneration.
transient exuberance.
21. A child generally is said to be average if he or she is:
at the 25th percentile.
at the 50th percentile.
between the 25th & 40th percentiles.
between the 60th & 80th percentiles.
22. Transient exuberance & pruning demonstrate that:
23. Infants typically double their weight by the _____ month & triple it by the _____ month.
24. That the brain is the last part of the body to be damaged by malnutrion is called
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25. At birth the average infant weights ____ pounds & at two years ___ pounds.
Growth & Development
Robert C. Gates
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When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.
- Sigmund Freud
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