THEBRIGHT EXAM SOLUTIONS 8/20/2024 8:37 PM
DEP Midterm Exam Questions With
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Sensitive period - answera time when a certain type of development is most likely to happen
or happens most easily, although it may still happen later with more difficulty
ex. early childhood and languag...
Sensitive period - answer✔✔a time when a certain type of development is most likely to happen
or happens most easily, although it may still happen later with more difficulty
ex. early childhood and language learning
cohort - answer✔✔group born around the same time
types of developmental psychology research - answer✔✔longitudinal
cross-sectional
cross-sequential
longitudinal research - answer✔✔collecting data repeatedly on the same individuals
cross-sectional research - answer✔✔groups of people of one age are compared with people of
another age but are similar in other characterisitcs
cross-sequential - answer✔✔study several groups of people at different ages (a cross-sectional
approach) and follow them over the years (a longitudinal approach)
reflexes - answer✔✔an unlearned, involuntary action or movement in response to a stimulus
occurs without conscious thought
types of reflexes - answer✔✔babinski
moro
rooting
stepping
palmar
babinski - answer✔✔fans or spreads toes in response to a stroking foot usually disappears at end
of first year
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moro (startle) - answer✔✔back arches, legs and arms fling out and then brought back to chest in
hugging motion when position suddenly changed, loud noise or bump
lost 6-7 months
rooting - answer✔✔baby turns head and mouth toward stimulus that strokes the cheek, chin or
corner of mouth, facilitates finding mothers nipple for sucking
stepping - answer✔✔mimics walking when held under arms
usually disappears by 3 or 4 months
palmar (grasping) - answer✔✔using 4 fingers, babies grasp fingers/objects, pressed against the
palms of their hands.
most babies support weight
lost by 3-4 months, voluntary grasping 5-6 months
head sparing - answer✔✔biological mechanism that protects the brain when malnutrition
disrupts body growth
brain is last effected
transient exuberance - answer✔✔great but temporary increase in the number of dendrites that
develop in an infants brain during the first two years of life
experience expectant brain functions - answer✔✔brain functions require certain basic common
experiences in order to develop normally
experience dependent brain functions - answer✔✔brain functions depend on particular, variable
experiences and therefore may or may not develop in a particular infant
visual preferences in infancy - answer✔✔newborns are legally blind
only focus on things between 4-30 inches
by two months they recognize details
2-4 months both eyes focus on a single thing
gross motor skills - answer✔✔large body movement
walking and jumping
sequence of gross motor skill development - answer✔✔1. sit unsupported - 6 months
2. stand holding on - 7.4 months
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