1 The embryonic stage of pregnancy:
a) is complete after two weeks
b) lasts from about the third to the eighth week after conception
c) lasts from about the second to ninth month after conception
d) is when the heartbeat can be heard
2 Pregnancy sickness in the early stages of pregnancy:
a) may be an adaptive mechanism to protect the embryo against toxic chemicals from
foods
b) peaks at around 6 to 8 weeks
c) is found cross-culturally
d) all of the above
3 Which of the following statements is true?
a) the fetus responds to auditory stimuli which are filtered through the amniotic fluid
b) congenital deafness can be diagnosed during the prenatal period
c) the fetus distinguishes between music, language and other sounds
d) all of the above
4 Which of the following was NOT a consequence of bipedalism?
a) it freed up the hands for making tools
b) it restricted the pelvic opening through which the infant is born
c) it led to the origin of spoken language
d) it helped shorten the gestational period
5 The human infant’s brain size reaches one-half adult size by:
a) birth
b) 6 months
c) 1 year
d) 3 years
6 Human milk composition is:
a) primarily constituted of fat, protein and carbohydrates including lactose
b) typical of a species where feeding would be on demand
c) similar to that of other primates
d) all of the above
7 The colostrum:
a) is expelled by the mother after birth
b) is a yellowish or bluish very first milk
, c) does not contain vitamins
d) is one kind of teratogen
8 A very low birthweight (VLBW) infant:
a) weighs around 3,000 -- 4,000 gm
b) weighs less than 2500 gm at birth
c) weighs below 1500 gm
d) weighs below 1000 gm
9 Which of the following is NOT a perinatal risk factor?
a) prematurity
b) low birth weight
c) mother smoking during pregnancy
d) breech delivery
10 The study by Werner and Smith in Kuaui found that:
a) girls were more susceptible to risk factors generally, than boys
b) perinatal factors are more important than psychosocial factors
c) temperament was important in predicting later outcomes
d) perinatal factors were of no long-term consequence
11 Recent research suggests that:
a) low to moderate perinatal risk factors can seldom be overcome
b) very low birthweight babies have poorer developmental outcomes
c) a good psychosocial environment can compensate even for severe perinatal risk
d) intensive intervention programmes for very low birthweight infants have had encouraging
results
12 Infants are especially interested in stimuli that:
a) are monotones
b) are stationary
c) have a lot of contour information
d) all of the above
13 The ‘contingency mobile’ experiment showed that:
a) infants enjoy contingent responses
b) infants respond preferentially to human faces
c) infants respond preferentially to familiar stimuli
d) infants are initially more interested in novel stimuli
14 The ‘still face’ experiment:
a) showed that infants are upset when familiar expectations are violated
b) was an improvement on double video live--replay experiments
c) has not been replicated
d) proved that infants are fussy in experimental situations
15 Imitation is:
a) not an important feature of infant learning
b) not seen until 1 year of age
c) may be seen as early as 12--21 days
d) is limited to tongue protrusion in early infancy
16 Researchers are agreed that:
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