Question 1

The two types of perceptual constancy are

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A)   monocular and size.
B)   bionucular and shape.
C)   mononuclear and bionucular.
D)   size and shape.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

The stories of Stevie Wonder and Andrea Bocelli address the point that

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A)   in extreme cases people with disabilities can succeed in everyday life.
B)   people who are blind are most likely excellent singers.
C)   children who lose one channel of sensation often compensate for their loss by enhancing their sensory skills in another area.
D)   None of these.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 3

What reflexes disappear around 3 months of age and are replaced by the infant's voluntary eating?

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A)   sucking and tonic neck
B)   sucking and rooting
C)   Moro and rooting
D)   tonic neck and rootingE) B) and D)
F) B) and C) B

Question 4

Compare and contrast the fine motor activities of an infant,a preschool child,and a grade-school child.

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Question 5

In the past,why was it assumed that no anesthesia was necessary to perform a circumcision?

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A)   It was believed to be dangerous to give a newborn anesthesia.
B)   It was believed that newborns did not feel pain.
C)   The expense was too great.
D)   Not only was it believed to be dangerous to give a newborn anesthesia,but it was also believed that newborns did not feel pain.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Child development experts believe that motor activity during the second year is vital to the child's competent development and they should have

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A)   as many restrictions as possible.
B)   only restrictions for safety.
C)   only restriction for social development
D)   no restrictions.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Coaches of children's sports should do all of the following except

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A)   make sports fun.
B)   show respect for a child's sport participation.
C)   talk to the children to see if you can insist on having a change in attitude toward effort.
D)   be a good role model.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 8

The main thrust of research in Esther Thelen's ____________________________ is to explore how people assemble motor behaviors for perceiving and acting.

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A)   dynamic systems approach
B)   ecological
C)   perception-cognition
D)   perception-motor couplingE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Among the measures researchers might use in habituation studies,which one of the following is not used?

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A)   sucking behaviors
B)   heart rate
C)   respiration
D)   All of these are used.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Which statement below is true about elementary-aged children?

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A)   Generally they have difficulty in sitting and paying attention for short periods of time.
B)   They are as physically fit as they will ever be.
C)   They become more fatigued by long periods of sitting than by running and jumping.
D)   They can engage better in passive learning rather than active learning.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

When a child is about 4 or 5 years old,most children's eye muscles are developed enough for them to move their eyes efficiently across a series of letters.What,then,would we expect of a child who is entering the first grade at 6 years old?

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A)   The child will not be able to focus far away.
B)   The child at this age is farsighted.
C)   The child can focus his or her eyes and sustain the attention effectively on close-up objects.
D)   Although the child at this age is farsighted,the child can focus his or her eyes and sustain the attention effectively on close-up objects.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 12

In order to develop motor skills,infants must perceive something in the environment that motivates them to act and use their perceptions to finely tune their movements.This is the same as saying

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A)   perception is not important to motor development.
B)   motivation is only a very small part of the motor development.
C)   motor skills represent solutions to the infant's goals.
D)   motor skills represent complete withdrawal.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

A baby as young as ____________ can differentiate between the smell of his mother's breast milk from the nursing pad and that of a clean pad.

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A)   1 day old
B)   6 days old
C)   10 days old
D)   2 weeks oldE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

When cultural variations in infant's motor development such as stroking,massaging,or stretching occur the infants

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A)   often reach milestones later than children without the physical stimulation.
B)   often reach milestones at the same time as children without the physical stimulation.
C)   often reach milestones earlier than children without the physical stimulation.
D)   are not consistent enough in their activity to draw a conclusion.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Calvin notices that whenever his newborn son's cheek comes in contact with a soft blanket,his son turns toward the blanket and makes a sucking motion.His friend explains that this is in part due to the

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A)   Moro reflex.
B)   Babinski reflex.
C)   rooting reflex.
D)   grasping.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Name and define four reflexes that are present at birth.

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Question 17

By ages _______ to _______ children begin to show manipulative skills similar to the abilities of adults.

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A)   6; 8
B)   8; 10
C)   10; 12
D)   12; 14E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

Newborns typically turn their eyes and heads in the direction of an interesting sound or sight.This technique is called

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A)   tracking.
B)   nontracking.
C)   visualization.
D)   spatialization.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

What percentages of children continue to suck their thumbs after they have started school?

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A)   10 percent
B)   25 percent
C)   40 percent
D)   80 percentE) None of the above
F) B) and C) C

Question 20

Which of the statements below is true?

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A)   Perceptual and motor development do not occur in isolation from one another but instead are coupled.
B)   Perceptual and cognitive development do occur in isolation and are not coupled.
C)   Perceptual development is always displayed separately.
D)   Motor development is always displayed separately.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C) A

Exam 5: Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development

The two types of perceptual constancy are

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The stories of Stevie Wonder and Andrea Bocelli address the point that

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What reflexes disappear around 3 months of age and are replaced by the infant's voluntary eating?

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Compare and contrast the fine motor activities of an infant,a preschool child,and a grade-school child.

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In the past,why was it assumed that no anesthesia was necessary to perform a circumcision?

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Child development experts believe that motor activity during the second year is vital to the child's competent development and they should have

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Coaches of children's sports should do all of the following except

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The main thrust of research in Esther Thelen's ____________________________ is to explore how people assemble motor behaviors for perceiving and acting.

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Among the measures researchers might use in habituation studies,which one of the following is not used?

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Which statement below is true about elementary-aged children?

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When a child is about 4 or 5 years old,most children's eye muscles are developed enough for them to move their eyes efficiently across a series of letters.What,then,would we expect of a child who is entering the first grade at 6 years old?

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In order to develop motor skills,infants must perceive something in the environment that motivates them to act and use their perceptions to finely tune their movements.This is the same as saying

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A baby as young as ____________ can differentiate between the smell of his mother's breast milk from the nursing pad and that of a clean pad.

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When cultural variations in infant's motor development such as stroking,massaging,or stretching occur the infants

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Calvin notices that whenever his newborn son's cheek comes in contact with a soft blanket,his son turns toward the blanket and makes a sucking motion.His friend explains that this is in part due to the

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Name and define four reflexes that are present at birth.

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By ages _______ to _______ children begin to show manipulative skills similar to the abilities of adults.

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