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drdonna Chapter 5
Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development
Question | Answer |
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What is the recovery of a habituated response after a change in stimulus called? | Dishabituation |
What is the ability to integrate information about two or more sensory modalities, such as vision and hearing? | Intermodal perception |
Who studied newborn babies preference for the smell of their mother's bread pad rather than a clean one that had never been used? | MacFarlane |
A thickening of the lens of the eye that causes vision to become cloudy, opaque, and distorted is called __ | Cataracts |
Damage to the optic nerve because of presure created by a buildup of fluid in the eye is known as | Glaucoma |
Recognition that an object remains the same even though its orientation ot us changes. | Shape constancy |
Reaction that occurs when information interacts with sensory receptors -- the eyes, ears, tongue, nostrils, and skin is what we know as ___ | Sensation |
The interruption of sensation is ___ | Perception |
Skills that involve finely tuned movements such as any activity that require finger dexterity. | Fine motor skills |
A startle response that occurs in reaction to a sudden, intense noise or movement. | Moro Reflex |
A newborn's built-in reaction that occurs when the infant's cheek is stroked or the side of the mouth is touched. | Rooting reflex |
Proposed by Esther Thelen, this theory seeks to explain how infants assemble motor skills for perceiting and acting. | Dynamic Systems Theory |
At what age, do babies begin to roll over? | 2-5 months |
When we have opportunities for interaction offered by objects that fit within our capabilities to perform activities, this follows what view? | Ecological view |