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Question 31

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The interpretation of sensory information is called

A) sensation.
B) reception.
C) perception.
D) transition.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Question 32

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When do the hemispheres of the cerebral cortex begin to specialize?

A) before birth
B) at birth
C) at seven days of age
D) around the first birthday

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Child-directed speech is the

John believes that his six-month-old baby, Ali, was born with the ability to perceive the world in an organized way. In the field of perceptual development, John would be described as a(n)

Linguist Noam Chomsky said that children are born into the world with a ________, a biological endowment that enables the child to detect certain features and rules of language, including phonology, syntax, and semantics.

Amira is concerned about putting her baby on his stomach to sleep because of the risk that he might stop breathing, usually during the night, and die suddenly without an apparent cause. In other words, she is concerned about

Gustavo believes that motor skills represent solutions to an infant's goals. According to him, when a baby is offered a new toy, the baby attempts to grab the toy while also balancing itself. He believes that this active improvisation and adaptation to achieve one's goal demonstrates that nature, nurture, the infant, and the environment are all working together. Gustavo is a proponent of which theory?

Which of the following statements is true of the outcomes for women who breast feed their infants?

Which of the following indicates a significant problem in an infant's communication system?

Ursula has just had a baby and is considering bottle feeding her as she plans to return to work very soon. However, she is worried that she will be unable to form a strong attachment with her baby if she does not breast feed her. Based on recent research, what would you, as her doctor, tell her?

The perspective on motor development that seeks to explain how motor behaviors are assembled for perceiving and acting is referred to as ________.

Name the theorists who are renowned for using the "visual cliff" to study the vision of infants.

Which of the following statements is true of the structure of the brain?

Which of the following terms defines a process that occurs when individuals focus on the same object and are able to track another's behavior?

Which of the following is a Piagetian term for understanding that objects and events continue to exist even when they cannot directly be seen, heard, or touched?

Your ability to process language in the left hemisphere of the brain and spatial thinking in the right hemisphere of the brain is called

________ motor skills are skills that involve large-muscle activities, such as moving one's arms and walking.

Which of the following is generally accepted to be the most critical factor in predicting whether an infant will develop sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) ?

Which of the following statements about reflexes is true?

Name the theorist who developed and used the "looking chamber" to study the vision of infants in the early 1960s.