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Empiricists saw newborns as:
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Tabula rasa
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Innately born with traits and characteristics
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Shaped by their parents' traits and characteristics
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Yet to be shaped by the social environment that they would live in
Question 2
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Empiricists believe that children learn their behaviours, traits and characteristics, and don't inherit them. Is this true or false?
Question 3
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Nativists saw newborns as:
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Tabula rasa
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Innately born with traits and characteristics
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Yet to be shaped by the social environment in which they will live
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Born with the traits and characteristics from their parents
Question 4
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For infant children in their early perceptual development, sensation is:
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Exploring themselves and their environment with their senses
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Exploring their own emotions and sensations from what they feel
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Understanding how objects exist and the sensations that they get from interacting with them
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All of the above
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None of the above
Question 5
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For infant children in their perceptual development, perception is:
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Interpretation through their brain's sensory input
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What they see and can do with themselves to interact with it
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Understanding the world that they inhabit
Question 6
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Which lobe of the brain is responsible for an infant's sensory processing?
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Frontal
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Parietal
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Occipital
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Temporal
Question 7
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When are infants' vision the least developed?
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At birth
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At 2 months old
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At 6 months old
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At 12 months old
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At 18 months old
Question 8
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According to Fantz (1961) infants prefer:
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Patterned shapes
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Unpatterned shapes
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Both
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Neither
Question 9
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According to Fantz, infants prefer:
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Symmetrical lines
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Assymetrical lines
Question 10
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According to Fantz (1961), infants prefer:
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Curved lines
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Straight lines
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Both
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Neither
Question 11
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Neonates can differentiate between different types of patterns. Is this true or false?
Question 12
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Habituation is when an infant stares at an object for a period of time. When they are bored, they look away. Is this true or false?
Question 13
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How long does it take for newborns to habituate to new stimuli?
Question 14
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When infants reach around 4 or 5 months, their information processing reduces by how much?
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10 seconds
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20 seconds
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30 seconds
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1 minute
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2 minutes
Question 15
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Why do newborns take longer, at 2 months old, to habituate?
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Because they are cognitively slower than they have ever been
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Because they are more easily distracted
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Because there is less novelty about the stimuli that they are presented with
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Their visual processing has improved significantly and there is more information to process
Question 16
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In operant conditioning, reinforcement [blank_start]increases the chances of[blank_end] behavioural recurrence. Punishment [blank_start]reduces the chances of[blank_end] behavioural recurrence.
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increases the chances of
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decreases the chances of
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reduces the chances of
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improves the chances of
Question 17
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Rovee-Collier (1999) attached a mobile ribbon to a 3-month old baby's ankle during her research experiment. The baby quickly found out that by repeatedly kicking, the mobile would move.
What does this say about operant conditioning?
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Infants understand operant conditioning before they are 6 months old. By kicking, it shows that, in context-dependent situations, they can perform behaviours relative to previous events
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Her findings were inconclusive as they were too often found to be shown in some infants, but not in others
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Infants still need a few more months before they can understand behaviours related to operant conditioning. Even when the baby kicked the first time, it didn't necessarily correlate to activating the mobile, context-dependent or otherwise
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None of the above
Question 18
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Rovee-Collier's (1999) research showed that:
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Babies can learn through their own behaviour quickly the consequences of their actions
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Some babies can learn through their own behaviour quickly the consequences of their actions
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Very few babies can obtain the understanding of operant conditioning as quickly as others, takes a longer time
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She didn't find anything significant
Question 19
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Which of the following areas of the eyes in babies is the least developed as they grow?
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Fovea
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Cone cells
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Retina
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Optic nerve
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All of the above
Question 20
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At what point do infants obtain vision comparable to adults?
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Before 6 months old
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Before 12 months old
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At 2 years old
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At 3 years old
Question 21
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In pattern perception, infants only a few weeks old:
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Focus on single, high contrast patterns and features
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Focus on many, high contrast patterns and features
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Focus on single, low contrast patterns and features
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Focus on many, low contrast patterns and features
Question 22
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A baby would be able to recognise their mother in their second day of life. However, would they be able to if her face was partially occluded?
Question 23
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In facial recognition, one-month old infants will naturally focus on:
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Facial edges (e.g. hair, chin)
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Distinctive features (e.g. scars, blemishes)
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All natural facial features
Question 24
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In facial recognition, two-month-old infants will have had better contrast sensitivity and ocular-motor control. This means that they now focus on:
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The facial edges (e.g. hair, chin)
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Distinctive features (e.g. scars, blemishes)
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All parts of the face, particularly eyes and mouth
Question 25
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At 3 weeks old, an infant's pattern perception:
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Has poor contrast sensitivity and prefer large, simple patterns
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Can detect detail in complex patterns and their internal features
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Can detect patterns, even if boundaries are not present
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Can detect objects, even if two-thirds of the image is missing
Question 26
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At 2 months old, an infant's pattern perception:
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Has poor contrast sensitivity, and prefers large simple patterns
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Can detect the detail in complex patterns and scan their internal features
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Can detect boundaries in patterns, even if they are not really present
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Can detect objects, even if two-thirds of the image is missing
Question 27
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At 4 months old, an infant's pattern perception:
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Has poor contrast sensitivity and prefers large, simple patterns
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Can detect the detail in complex patterns and scan them for internal features
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Can detect pattern boundaries, even if they are not really present
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Can detect objects, even if two-thirds of the image is missing
Question 28
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At 12 months old, an infant's pattern perception
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Has poor contrast sensitivity and prefers large, simple patterns
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Can detect the detail in complex patterns and scan them for internal features
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Can detect patterns even if the boundaries are not really present
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Can detect objects, even if two-thirds of the image is missing
Question 29
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A baby is presented with a standard, natural face, and a jumbled face. When the faces are moved across their visual fields, which do they follow longer?
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The normal face
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The jumbled face
Question 30
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Why, according to Morton and Johnson, might a baby follow a normal face for longer than one that is jumbled?
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They prefer, attentionally, those that are the same as them (evolutionary perspective)
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They have been habituated to the stimuli for longer
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They are just looking and not really paying too much attention
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They want to know what happens next
Question 31
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According to Farroni, Menon and Johnson (2006), what types of faces do babies prefer?
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Faces with a direct gaze, upside-down
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Faces with a direct gaze, the right way up
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Faces looking away, upside down
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Faces looking away, the right way up
Question 32
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When presented with a visual cliff, would 6-month-old babies crawl to their mothers?
Question 33
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For depth perception, one-month-old babies show sensitivity to:
Question 34
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For depth perception, two to three-month-old babies show sensitivity to:
Question 35
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For depth perception, five to 12-month-old babies show sensitivity to:
Question 36
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Size constancy is:
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Perception of a true object's size
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Perception of your own true size
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Perception of the environment around you and its size at any time
Question 37
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Shape constancy is:
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Perception of an object's true shape
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Perception of your own true shape
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Perception of the shape of the environment
Question 38
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Slater (2001) found that newborns have an early understanding of size constancy. Is this true or false?
Question 39
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At what point do human children stop being at risk of the adverse effects of visual deprivation?
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2-4 years old
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3-5 years old
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4-6 years old
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5-7 years old
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7 years old and above
Question 40
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Is visual perception in 1-month-old kittens permanent when deprived of light for only a few days? (Crair, Gillespie & Stryker, 1998)
Question 41
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If visual deprivation in newborn children is left untreated for the first 6 months of life, the effects are permanent. Is this true or false?
Question 42
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When does the critical period of binocular functioning begin for newborns and peak?
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3 months - 1-2 years
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5 months - 1-2 years
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6 months - 1-2 years
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Never
Question 43
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In terms of perceptual vision, newborns:
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Can see clearly close-up and across wide ranges
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Cannot see clearly, but can across wide ranges
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Can see clearly close-up, but not across wide ranges
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Cannot see clearly or across wide ranges
Question 44
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Is infant memory for operant responses context-dependent?
Question 45
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Habituation refers to a gradual reduction in the strength of a response due to repetitive stimulation. Recovery refers to:
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Even greater reductions in the strength of a response
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New stimuli (eg, a change in environment) causing for habituated responses to return at a high level
Question 46
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Is infant learning, when assessed through habituation, context-dependent?
Question 47
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According to research (Bartocci, et al., 2006; Slater, et al., 2010), do preterm and male babies show intense or relaxed activation of sensorimotor areas in the cerebral cortex?
Question 48
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According to research (Axelin, Salanterä & Lehtonen, 2006; Gormaly, et al., 2001), physical touch releases what painkilling chemicals in the brain?
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Endorphins
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Dopamine
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Serotonin
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ACh
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ATP
Question 49
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Allowing a baby to endure severe pain ________ the nervous system with stress hormones, which can disrupt a child's capacity to handle common everyday stressors (eg, sleep disturbances, feeding problems, difficulty calming down) (Mitchell & Boss, 2002).
Question 50
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An adult's soft caresses induces infants to be _____ attentive towards an adult's face (Stack & Muir, 1992).
Question 51
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Can babies readily learn to have positive responses to tastes that were previously neutral or negative (eg, bitter-tasting formula substitute to cow's milk that they are allergic to)?
Question 52
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Babies show early improvements in vision during their development stages. At 2 months old, they achieve [blank_start]focus and colour vision[blank_end]. At 6 months old they gain [blank_start]acuity, scanning, and tracking[blank_end]. Then, at 6 or 7 months old, they obtain [blank_start]depth perception[blank_end].
Question 53
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There is a development of visual acuity in infants. At [blank_start]3 months old[blank_end], they can detect the contrast in Mickey Mouse's ear. At [blank_start]6 months old[blank_end], they have 20:80 visual acuity. At [blank_start]3 years old[blank_end], they develop full vision.
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3 months old
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2 months old
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1 month old
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6 months old
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5 months old
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4 months old
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3 years old
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2 years old
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4 years old
Question 54
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As babies grow, cone cells in the retina:
Question 55
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At [blank_start]3 weeks old[blank_end], babies have poor contrast sensitivity and prefer large, simple patterns. At [blank_start]2 months old[blank_end], they can detect the detail in complex patterns and scan for internal features of patterns. At [blank_start]4 months old[blank_end], they can detect patterns that may not really be there. And at [blank_start]12 months old[blank_end], they can detect objects even when two-thirds of the image are missing.
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3 weeks old
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2 weeks old
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A week old
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2 months old
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A month old
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3 months old
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4 months old
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5 months old
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6 months old
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12 months old
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18 months old
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24 months old
Question 56
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At birth, babies are sensitive to [blank_start]kinetic[blank_end] cues. Between 2 and 3 months old, they become sensitive to [blank_start]binocular[blank_end] cues. Finally, as they reach a year old (5 - 12 months), they become sensitive to [blank_start]pictorial[blank_end] cues.
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kinetic
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binocular
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pictorial
Question 57
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There are three cues that babies attend to in their depth perception development. The first is [blank_start]motion[blank_end]. The second is [blank_start]stereopsis[blank_end]. The third are [blank_start]pictorial[blank_end].
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motion
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stereopsis
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pictorial
Question 58
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In the first cue that babies begin to attend, at what point do they understand that 3D objects are not flat?
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A month old
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2 months old
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3 months old
Question 59
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According to Campos (et al., 2000), are infants more or less likely to refuse to cross the deep side of a visual cliff?
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More likely to refuse
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Less likely to refuse
Question 60
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According to research (Bai & Bertenthal, 1992; Campos, et al., 2000), who is better at remembering object locations and finding hidden objects?
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Seasoned crawlers
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Inexperienced crawlers
Question 61
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According to Bell and Fox (1996), does crawling promote a new level of brain organisation, as indicated by more organised EEG brainwave activity in the cerebral cortex?
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Yes, it does
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No, it does not
Question 62
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According to Banks and Ginsburg (1985), contrast refers to:
Question 63
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Hatton (et al., 1997) observed infants with visual acuity issues (eg, 20/800) throughout their preschool years. They found that the infants:
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Were far behind their peers in all areas of their development
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Were much further behind their peers in only perceptual development, but fine everywhere else
Question 64
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Research has found infants who have severe visual impairments also struggle with motor exploration and spatial understanding (Levtzion-Korach, et al., 2000). What do they have to rely on?
Question 65
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Has research (eg, Preisler, 1991; Bigelow, 2003) found that infants who see poorly also struggle with caregiver interaction? Do they have difficulties reciprocating interactions?
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Yes, they do
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No, they do not
Question 66
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Some have asserted that infant facial perception is due to a built-in capacity to orient towards members of one's own species (Johnson, 2001; Slater & Quinn, 2001). However, others suggest that this is because:
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They prefer any stimulus in the periphery of their visual field (Cassia, Turati & Simon, 2004)
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They are socially conditioned to believe that this is what they need to be observing (Jones, et al., 1996)
Question 67
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When a baby is 2 months old, they can scan an entire stimulus and combine pattern elements into an organised whole. Because of this, can they recognise (and do they prefer) their mother's face to another woman's, according to Bartrip, Morton, and De Schonen (2001)?
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Yes, they do
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No, they do not
Question 68
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Do babies prefer their own race according to research (eg, Bar-Haim, et al., 2006; Kelley, et al., 2007)?
Question 69
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Can own-race preferences be erased according to Sangrigoli (et al., 2005)?
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Yes, they can
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No, they cannot
Question 70
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At first, do infants rely heavily on motion and spatial arrangement to identify objects, according to Jusczyk (et al., 1999) and Spelke and Hermer (1996)?
Question 71
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"As infants become more familiar with many objects and can integrate each object's diverse features into a unified whole, they rely more on shape, colour, and pattern and less on motion (Slater, et al., 2010)" (Berk, 2012, pp. 165). Is this true or false?
Question 72
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According to Johnson and Shuwairi (2009) does experience enhance a young infant's predictive eye tracking?
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Yes, it does
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No, it does not
Question 73
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Novelty prefernece refers to:
Question 74
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According to Berk (2012), do infants from 4 to 11 months increasingly rely on featural information to detect the identity of an object?
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Yes, they do
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No, they do not
Question 75
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At first, do infants attend to form (eg, size and shape) and then surface features (eg, pattern, colour) according to Woods and Wilcox (2009)?
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Yes, they do
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No, they do not
Question 76
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According to Berk (2012), intermodal perception is:
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Understanding our senses and perceiving them as a whole
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Understanding our senses, and perceiving them as separate and individual
Question 77
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According to Berk (2012), amodal sensory properties are:
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Information that is not specific to a single modality, but overlaps with others
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Information that is specific to single modality
Question 78
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Newborns can recognise visual objects and distinguish them from others (Sann & Streri, 2007). However, do they only require on exposure to learn the association between the sight and sound of a toy, according to Morrongiello, Fenwick, and Chance (1998)?
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Yes, they do
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No, they need more
Question 79
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According to Bahrick, Hernández-Reif and Flom (2005), are babies biologically primed to focus on amodal information?
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Yes, they are
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No, they are not
Question 80
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According to Woods and Wilcox (2009), which do children attend to first?