Psych 200 Exam Questions with
All Correct Answers
What's true about oxygen supply during labor and delivery? - Answer-About 10% of kids
with cerebral palsy had anoxia
Fetal monitoring has - Answer-Linked to increase in the number of instrument and c
sections
Majority of non maritial births are to - Answer-Women in 20s
Certain newborn reflexes such as ____ and ______ drops out early, but the motor
functions involved are renewed later - Answer-Palmar grasp, stepping
The need for an episiotomy can be reduced - Answer-By giving birth in an upright
position
Which of the following about newborns vision is true? - Answer-They perceive objects at
a distance of 20 ft about as clearly as adults do at 600 ft
Newly walking babies - Answer-More actively attend to and initiate social interaction
Best way to support 6 month old's brain development - Answer-Offer the baby
opportunities to see and touch objects and hear language and sounds
4 month stares at her crib mobile over a period of several minutes, gradually loses
interest. Example of - Answer-Habituation
Which is true about brain plasticity? - Answer-Reorganization of the brain can occur in
adulthood but is far more limited than in childhood
Example of amodal sensory property - Answer-Texture, shape, rate, rhythm, duration,
intensity
What is true about infant imitation? - Answer-Rather than imitating an adult's behavior,
older babies first try to play familiar social games
, The Gibsons described their theory as differentiation bc over time the baby - Answer-
Detects finer and finer invariant features among stimuli
Newborn babies prefer to look at _________ over ____________ - Answer-Single high
contrast features of a pattern; overall aspects of pattern
Which method is based on changes in blood flow and oxygen metabolism in the
cerebral cortex? - Answer-NIRS
Romanian infants who were institutionalize in first six months showed - Answer-Serious,
long term intellectual deficits
The visual cliff test infants - Answer-Depth perception
What's true about infant hearing? - Answer-Around 6-7 months infants can distinguish
musical tunes on the basis of variations in rhythmic patterns
Beginning at 3-4 months and strengthening between 5-7, babies display sensitivity to -
Answer-Pictorial depth cues
What's true about imitation? - Answer-Imitation is harder to induce in babies 2-3 months
old than just after birth
During infancy and toddlerhood neural fibers and synapses - Answer-Increase at an
astounding pace
Operant conditioning plays a vital role in the formation of - Answer-Social relationships
Brain plasticity is greatest during - Answer-New synapse formation
Around 7-9 months infants begin to - Answer-Divide the speech stream into word like
units
Between 6-8 months infants begin to - Answer-"Screen out" sounds not used in their
native tongue
Babies perceive input from diff sensory systems in a unified way by detecting - Answer-
Amodal sensory properties
Sensorimotor stage spans the ______ of life - Answer-First 2 years
What is true about make believe play? - Answer-When adults participate, toddlers make
believe is more likely to combine pretend acts into complex sequences
During times of rapid cognitive change, children are in state of - Answer-Disequilibrium
All Correct Answers
What's true about oxygen supply during labor and delivery? - Answer-About 10% of kids
with cerebral palsy had anoxia
Fetal monitoring has - Answer-Linked to increase in the number of instrument and c
sections
Majority of non maritial births are to - Answer-Women in 20s
Certain newborn reflexes such as ____ and ______ drops out early, but the motor
functions involved are renewed later - Answer-Palmar grasp, stepping
The need for an episiotomy can be reduced - Answer-By giving birth in an upright
position
Which of the following about newborns vision is true? - Answer-They perceive objects at
a distance of 20 ft about as clearly as adults do at 600 ft
Newly walking babies - Answer-More actively attend to and initiate social interaction
Best way to support 6 month old's brain development - Answer-Offer the baby
opportunities to see and touch objects and hear language and sounds
4 month stares at her crib mobile over a period of several minutes, gradually loses
interest. Example of - Answer-Habituation
Which is true about brain plasticity? - Answer-Reorganization of the brain can occur in
adulthood but is far more limited than in childhood
Example of amodal sensory property - Answer-Texture, shape, rate, rhythm, duration,
intensity
What is true about infant imitation? - Answer-Rather than imitating an adult's behavior,
older babies first try to play familiar social games
, The Gibsons described their theory as differentiation bc over time the baby - Answer-
Detects finer and finer invariant features among stimuli
Newborn babies prefer to look at _________ over ____________ - Answer-Single high
contrast features of a pattern; overall aspects of pattern
Which method is based on changes in blood flow and oxygen metabolism in the
cerebral cortex? - Answer-NIRS
Romanian infants who were institutionalize in first six months showed - Answer-Serious,
long term intellectual deficits
The visual cliff test infants - Answer-Depth perception
What's true about infant hearing? - Answer-Around 6-7 months infants can distinguish
musical tunes on the basis of variations in rhythmic patterns
Beginning at 3-4 months and strengthening between 5-7, babies display sensitivity to -
Answer-Pictorial depth cues
What's true about imitation? - Answer-Imitation is harder to induce in babies 2-3 months
old than just after birth
During infancy and toddlerhood neural fibers and synapses - Answer-Increase at an
astounding pace
Operant conditioning plays a vital role in the formation of - Answer-Social relationships
Brain plasticity is greatest during - Answer-New synapse formation
Around 7-9 months infants begin to - Answer-Divide the speech stream into word like
units
Between 6-8 months infants begin to - Answer-"Screen out" sounds not used in their
native tongue
Babies perceive input from diff sensory systems in a unified way by detecting - Answer-
Amodal sensory properties
Sensorimotor stage spans the ______ of life - Answer-First 2 years
What is true about make believe play? - Answer-When adults participate, toddlers make
believe is more likely to combine pretend acts into complex sequences
During times of rapid cognitive change, children are in state of - Answer-Disequilibrium
