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- A. Babkin response
- B. rooting response
- C. Moro response
- D. grasping response
Explanation: Touching a newborn’s cheek causes the rooting response, in which the infant turns toward the touch and opens its mouth to locate a nipple.
Correct answer: rooting response1302. The children's game of 'peak-a-boo' centers around which of the following developmental concepts?
- A. schema
- B. conservation
- C. formal operational
- D. object permanence
Explanation: Peek-a-boo illustrates object permanence, the understanding that a person or object continues to exist even when hidden from sight.
Correct answer: object permanence- A. constant
- B. continuous
- C. slow
- D. both b and c
Explanation: Development is generally viewed as a continuous process involving gradual changes over time, rather than a series of completely separate…
Correct answer: continuous- A. genetic
- B. present at birth
- C. embryonic
- D. recessive characteristic
Explanation: Congenital means present at birth, whether the condition is inherited, caused by prenatal development, or due to another early influence.
Correct answer: present at birth- A. between 3 and 5 years old
- B. able to conserve volume
- C. in the preoperational stage of cognitive development
- D. engaging in egocentric patterns of play
Explanation: Recognising that the amount of milk remains the same after being poured into a differently shaped glass demonstrates conservation of…
Correct answer: able to conserve volume- A. preoperational
- B. sensorimotor
- C. formal operational
- D. post-conventional
Explanation: Formal-operational thinking allows adolescents to reason hypothetically, test possibilities, and draw conclusions systematically, much…
Correct answer: formal operational- A. sensorimotor
- B. latency
- C. formal operations
- D. concrete operation
Explanation: Concrete operations, roughly ages 7 to 11, bring logical thinking about classification, number, and other concrete relationships; language…
Correct answer: concrete operation- A. formal-operational
- B. concrete-operational
- C. sensorimotor
- D. preoperational
Explanation: Formal operational thought develops during adolescence and allows reasoning about abstract ideas, hypothetical principles, and broad…
Correct answer: formal-operational- A. uterus
- B. ovaries
- C. cervix
- D. fallopian tubes
Explanation: Fertilization normally occurs in a fallopian tube, where sperm and ovum meet before the early embryo travels to the uterus for…
Correct answer: fallopian tubes- A. Turner's syndrome
- B. Kleinfelter's syndrome
- C. Down's syndrome
- D. Pickwickian's syndrome
Explanation: An extra chromosome 21 causes Down syndrome, also called trisomy 21. Turner syndrome involves a missing X chromosome, while Klinefelter…
Correct answer: Down's syndrome- A. Freud's psychosexual stages
- B. Erikson's psychosexual stages
- C. Piaget's cognitive developmental stages
- D. Dollard and Miller's learning stages
Explanation: Kohlberg extended Piaget's idea that moral reasoning develops through qualitatively different stages linked to cognitive growth.
Correct answer: Piaget's cognitive developmental stages- A. sensorimotor
- B. preoperational
- C. formal operational
- D. concrete-operational
Explanation: In the sensorimotor stage, infants gradually internalize action schemes and form mental representations from initially reflexive…
Correct answer: sensorimotor- A. transduction
- B. maturation
- C. learning
- D. habituation
Explanation: Maturation is the continuing genetically guided unfolding of abilities after birth, such as physical and nervous-system development.
Correct answer: maturation- A. a mental representation of some aspect of external world
- B. a mental blueprint for an organized pattern of action
- C. a deliberate plan of action
- D. a set of relaxed experiences
Explanation: A Piagetian scheme is an organized mental or action pattern used to understand and respond to situations, such as an infant's sucking…
Correct answer: a mental blueprint for an organized pattern of action- A. are identical twins
- B. are fraternal twins
- C. are monozygotic
- D. have blue-eyed parents
Explanation: Different eye colours strongly indicate fraternal, or dizygotic, twins in standard developmental-genetics questions because they arise…
Correct answer: are fraternal twins- A. plain, solid colors
- B. bright colors
- C. likenesses of human faces
- D. likenesses of animals and pets
Explanation: Infants show a strong early preference for face-like and especially human-face patterns, probably because faces are important for social…
Correct answer: likenesses of human faces1317. That the upper part of the body develops earlier than the lower part is termed ________________?
- A. proximodorsal
- B. cephalocaudal
- C. corticodistal
- D. general to specific
Explanation: Cephalocaudal development proceeds from the head downward, so control and growth appear earlier in the upper body than in the legs and…
Correct answer: cephalocaudal- A. brain
- B. lungs
- C. heart
- D. liver
Explanation: Anoxia means a severe lack of oxygen, and the brain is especially vulnerable because neurons require a continuous oxygen supply.
Correct answer: brain- A. fertilization
- B. immunization
- C. reduction division
- D. zygotic division
Explanation: Reduction division refers to meiosis, in which the chromosome number is halved so each mature gamete receives one chromosome from every…
Correct answer: reduction division- A. to self-concept formation
- B. to sensory formation
- C. to aptitude formation
- D. to formation of secondary sexual characteristics
Explanation: The first two years provide the foundation for self-concept through bodily awareness, attachment, recognition of the self, and increasing…
Correct answer: to self-concept formation