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Devpsych (Chap 3-5)
developmental psychology midterm coverage
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The use of parentese, or child-directed speech, includes which of the following? | Use of short words and simple sentences |
| A woman's "fertile window" is typically between the ____________ of the menstrual cycle. | 6th and 21st days |
| Katrina is in labor. She is being attended by an experienced helper who offers emotional support. This person is a | doula |
| Since the infant's lungs have only one-tenth as many air sacs as the lungs of adults, newborns are susceptible to ________________ problems. | respiratory |
| A method of medicated delivery that allows a woman to feel sensations and move her legs so she is able to participate in childbirth is the | walking epidural |
| A psychological disorder marked by loss of contact with reality and demonstrating such symptoms as hallucinations and delusions, which also seems to have a strong genetic component | schizophrenia |
| The amount and quality of verbal interaction between parents and children seems to be affected by the | socioeconomic status of the family |
| Generalizing from the text, children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy are at a higher-than-normal risk for all of the following except | face and limb malformations |
| Nativists would cite all of the following evidence to support their view EXCEPT | children vary widely in grammatical skills and fluency |
| A few days after birth, a baby develops a yellowish tinge to the skin and eyeballs. These symptoms indicate ______ which is due to immaturity of the ______. | neonatal jaundice; liver |
| Learning theory implies that | children will learn language more rapidly with praise and attention. |
| All of the following have been used to prevent, detect, and treat HIV in infants EXCEPT | having a vaginal birth |
| When Martian and his dad sit down to read at the end of the day, Martin's dad encourages him to think deeply about the story, and to make predictions and inferences. Martin's dad use the ______ style | comprehender |
| A zygote is created when a sperm and an egg combine in the fallopian tube to form a single cell. This process is referred to as | fertilization |
| The activity of stringing together meaningless motions and repeating them over and over, a process performed by dead children is called | hand babbling |
| An important predictor of a baby's language comprehension is the mother's __________ | verbal sensitivity |
| Toni's grandpa Sully was a school teacher for 40 years. When they sit down to read, Toni's grandpa first introduces the main themes, then reads the story all the way through, and finally ends by asking questions. Her grandpa uses the _______ style | performance-oriented |
| According to which of the following theories do humans have an innate capacity to acquire language? | nativism |
| Reading orally to a child affects all of the following EXCEPT | how soon children speak |
| Ken and Stacy are the new parents of a very low-birth-weight baby. Due to its small size, the baby must remain in the hospital for several weeks. What advice is a doctor likely to give Ken and Stacy? | visit the baby frequently and massage the baby to stimulate development |
| During the critical period between 8 and 15 weeks after fertilization, _______ has been linked to mental retardation, chromosomal malformations, and seizures. | exposure to radiation |
| With regard to language development, most developmentalists currently favor | a combination of nativism and learning theory |
| Which baby would have the highest Apgar score? | Billy who is pink, crying, kicking, and wiggling |
| Which of the following statements about the first few days of life is not true? | Newborns tend to have dark complexions |
| Chomsky's proposal that humans possess a language acquisition device is most consistent with a(n) _____ view of language acquisition | nativist |
| Children born to women who smoke during pregnancy tend to show | all of these (retardation of growth, colic in infancy, small head circumference) |
| At birth, Mona had an Apgar score of 1; after five minutes of resuscitation, her score was 4. Her parents were probably told that she | still needed help to establish breathing |
| The condition of a baby whose Apgar score is 3 is | dangerous; the baby needs immediate resuscitation |
| According to the text, most research reported so far has shown that the use of marijuana during pregnancy | may produce neurological disturbances |
| Karen is adopted at the age of 1. When she is given an IQ test at the age of 21, her score is likely to be most similar to the IQ of her | biological mother |
| Newborns regulate their body temperature soon after birth by | increasing their activity in response to drops in air temperature |
| The name for a leading cause of mental retardation caused by mothers who drink alcohol heavily during their pregnancies is | fetal alcohol syndrome |
| Why are there fontanels in a neonate's skull? | to ease the passage of the skull through the birth canal |
| Lisa is concerned because she is 8 months pregnant and has just contracted rubella. Which birth defect is likely to be present in her child as a consequence? | no birth defects are likely to be present |
| Jill used a substance during her pregnancy that is known to harm the fetus. Jill's baby was born shorter and lighter than average, has poor respiratory functioning, and tends to be colicky. The substance Jill probably used is | nicotine |
| Which of the following is generally used to detect multiple pregnancies or measure a fetus's head? | ultrasound |
| The organization of of linguistic processes in the brain may heavily depend on ______ during maturation | experience |
| An infant who has not begun breathing within five minutes after birth may suffer brain damage due to | anoxia |
| When Bill first sees his newborn daughter, he is surprised to find her body covered with dark hair. This fuzzy coat is called | lanugo |
| A pregnant woman's use of cocaine or methamphetamines increases the risk to her fetus of all of the following EXCEPT | obesity |
| A procedure that can be used within the first trimester of pregnancy to test fetal cells for defective conditions is | chorionic villus sampling |
| Which of the following babies would have the highest Apgar score? | Carmela is pink, with rapid pulse; she is coughing and crying |
| When she reads to him, Louis's mother focuses on what is going on in every picture and tries to engage him to do so also. She uses the ______ style | describer |
| Tanya's doctor has prepared her for the possibility that her baby has a large head and may have to be delivered by surgical delivery through an incision in Tanya's abdomen. This method of birth is called a | cesarean section |
| According to Noam Chomsky, a language acquisition device is a(n) | mechanism that enables the brain to infer linguistic rules from the language they hear |
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