chapter 5 a)
In the United States, about 25 percent of all babies are walking by age 11 months, _____ percent are walking within a week after their first birthday, and about 90 percent are walking by age 15 months.
50
Kevin is an exceptionally talented violinist and has an extraordinary knowledge of music history, but he has a hard time playing in an orchestra. He is easily distracted when he should be paying attention to the conductor and never socializes or makes eye contact with other players. Kevin may have:
Asberger (or asperger's) syndrome.
Noah is a 3-month-old baby who is staring intently at the new person who just came in to visit his parents. What has happened here?
He has an inborn preference for the new stimulus.
Claire's mother is crying. Claire's mother always gives Claire a teddy bear when she cries. 2-year old Claire hands her mother her teddy bear. What is Claire thinking?
If a teddy bears works for me, it must work for everyone else.
Yun Hee is concerned about her daughter, who will be a 1-year-old next week. Her baby is not walking yet, and Yun Hee's family is starting to comment on this. Should she be worried?
No, she should not worry. Only 50 percent of all babies in the U.S. are walking within a week after their first birthday.
Three-year old Sam is talking to his grandmother on the phone. He says, "Look what I got today." Sam's mom explains that his grandmother can't see him. Is Sam's mom wasting her time explaining?
Yes, Sam has not developed a theory of mind yet.
Twenty-five-year-old Jonah is wondering whether his rate of sperm cell production is within normal range. For a man his age, his doctor will likely tell him that the average rate of production is:
about 1,000 per second.
Hussein is concerned because he cannot remember events before he was about 4 years old. This is called infantile _____.
amnesia
Ten-year old Marie is sad. She is crying. Her older brother Paul looks at her and then continues watching TV. Paul may be showing signs of _____.
autism
Two sealed, pyramid-shaped beakers contain what are clearly identical amounts of a liquid. However, a child suddenly judges them as holding different amounts of liquid after one beaker is inverted. The child apparently lacks a:
concept of conservation
Five-year-old Aldo complained to his mom that the pizza was not big enough. Aldo's mom cut the pizza into smaller slices, thus making Aldo happy, as he believed the pizza had become larger. Aldo lacks the concept of _____.
conservation
Dr. Cole's major research interest is the long-term effects of child-rearing practices on the psychological adjustment of offspring. It is most likely that Dr. Cole is a _____ psychologist.
developmental
Boris was raised in a Russian orphanage where he was given minimal care. At age 6, he was adopted by a loving American family. As he matures, it is likely that Boris will:
display anxiety.
According to Jean Piaget, during this stage of cognitive development, abstract logic and the potential for mature moral reasoning are formed.
formal operational
Some baby animals form a rigid attachment known as _____.
imprinting
Marissa resents the burden and constraints of caring for her infant daughter. She frequently ignores her daughter's cries for attention. As a consequence, her daughter is most likely to display signs of _____ attachment.
insecure
Mary's inability to toilet train her 10-month-old infant is most likely due to _____.
maturation
Mary's inability to toilet train her 10-month-old infant is most likely due to:
maturation.
Carolyn Rovee-Collier's research on infants revealed specific, but not generalized, _____ learning.
motor
Every time 2-year old Rosa goes near the stove, her mother stops her and says, "No, hot!" Rosa's mother is:
providing her with a scaffold.
Based on research into the responses of infants immediately after birth, we can be MOST certain that the human fetus is aware of and learns to recognize:
the sound of mother's sing
