Question 1

Pain cries can usually be differentiated from basic or mad cries by their

Accepted Answer

A) intensity. 
B) sudden onset. 
C) time of occurrence. 
D) relationship to REM.

Question 2

When Sheila uses motion to determine the depth of an object, she is using a ____ cue.

Accepted Answer

A) pictorial 
B) retinal disparity 
C) kinetic 
D) visual expansion

Question 3

Breast-fed babies are ill less often than bottle-fed babies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which statement regarding temperament is false ?

Accepted Answer

A) Identical twins are more similar in temperament than are fraternal twins. 
B) Some temperamental characteristics are more common is certain cultures. 
C) Environmental factors are not related to emotionality. 
D) The confidence level of mothers is related to temperament.

Question 5

Lotte is recovering from a serious accident that damaged her frontal cortex. Which outcome is most likely?

Accepted Answer

A) Lotte's left hemisphere will no longer be able to communicate with her right hemisphere. 
B) Lotte will have a difficult time breathing and seeing. 
C) Lotte's personality will be different. 
D) Lotte will have no more axons.

Question 6

Evan is a normal subject in a self-awareness study who has just begun to recognize himself in mirrors and pictures. It is most likely that Evan is about ____ old.

Accepted Answer

A) 3 months 
B) 6 months 
C) 12 months 
D) 18 months

Question 7

The best description of neural development is that

Accepted Answer

A) brain organization is influenced by experience, but biochemical development instructions follow a more specific pattern. 
B) brain organization cannot be influenced by experience, but biochemical development instructions allow for many different general patterns of development. 
C) both brain organization and biochemical development instructions are heavily influenced by experience. 
D) neither brain organization nor biochemical development instructions can be influenced by experience.

Question 8

After a one-year checkup, your physician comments, "There has been virtually no development of the cones in your daughter's visual system." What impact would this have?

Accepted Answer

A) Your daughter would be blind. 
B) Your daughter would have no depth perception. 
C) Your daughter would have trouble tracking moving objects. 
D) Your daughter would have difficulty distinguishing colors.

Question 9

What response would you expect if you attempted to hand toys to a typical 13-month-old infant?

Accepted Answer

A) They would kick at the object before attempting to grasp it. 
B) They would first grasp the object with their left hand. 
C) They would first grasp the object with their right hand. 
D) They would make no attempt to grasp the object.

Question 10

Traditional eye tests in which a person is shown a chart with a set of letters in a line that gets progressively smaller near the bottom of the chart are designed to directly assess

Accepted Answer

A) visual acuity. 
B) depth perception. 
C) color blindness. 
D) field of vision.

Question 11

Even though he is only 20 days old, Cherokee appears to be very happy and vocal around other people. How would a theorist use the concept of temperament to explain his behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) A temperament theorist would argue that Cherokee is high in activity level. 
B) A temperament theorist would argue that Cherokee is high in negative affect. 
C) A temperament theorist would argue that Cherokee is high in surgency/extraversion. 
D) Temperament theory cannot explain his behavior.

Question 12

A friend hears that you are in a developmental psychology course and asks you how long his newborn daughter is supposed to sleep. Being a very bright student, you would give the correct answer of,

Accepted Answer

A) "8-10 hours a day." 
B) "16-18 hours a day." 
C) "12-14 hours a day." 
D) "20-22 hours a day."

Question 13

Body size is the key determinate of malnutrition in infancy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Transmitter is to receiver as

Accepted Answer

A) dendrite is to cell body. 
B) axon is to dendrite. 
C) dendrite is to axon. 
D) cell body is to axon.

Question 15

What part of a neuron contains the material necessary to keep it alive?

Accepted Answer

A) Axon 
B) Cell body 
C) Dendrite 
D) Corpus callosum

Question 16

If you were to remove the top of an adult's skull, the first brain tissue you would see would be the

Accepted Answer

A) cerebral cortex. 
B) brain stem. 
C) neural plate. 
D) hippocampus.

Question 17

Stewart is a 10-year-old boy growing up in England, and Moe is a 10-year-old boy growing up in the United States. What difference in handedness would you expect?

Accepted Answer

A) It is most likely that Stewart is right-handed and Moe left-handed. 
B) It is most likely that Stewart is left-handed and Moe right-handed. 
C) Both are likely to be right-handed. 
D) Both are likely to be left-handed.

Question 18

_______________ cues are all ways in which depth perception is conveyed in drawings and other visual images.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________ cues are all ways in which...

Question 19

Which is considered a pictorial cue to depth?

Accepted Answer

A) Visual expansion 
B) Texture gradient 
C) Retinal disparity 
D) Motion parallax

Question 20

The image of a person is identical on the retinas of a child, whereas the image of a dog is much different on the left retina than it is on the right. This means that the child will perceive the

Accepted Answer

A) dog to be closer than the person. 
B) person to be closer than the dog. 
C) person and the dog to be very close. 
D) person and the dog to be far away.

Exam 3: Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development