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COPY: Infant Perception and Development Quiz

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What is the legal definition of childhood?

  • A human that is physically immature
  • Every human being below age 18 (correct)
  • A human below age 21
  • A human below age 16

    • Why is child development vital to understanding human psychology?

  • It provides conclusive data on screen time effects
  • It explains the physical immaturity of children
  • It determines the legal definition of childhood
  • It helps explain individual differences between people (correct)

    • What trade-off explains why human babies are less developed at birth than other primates?

  • Physically immature trade-off
  • Large-brain, narrow hips trade-off (correct)
  • Long childhood trade-off
  • Neuron-dense brain trade-off

    • What makes caring for human children time-consuming?

    <p>Long childhood and vulnerability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the nature vs nurture debate related to in child development?

    <p>Shaping human psychology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the biological definition of childhood?

    <p>A human that is physically immature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is child development research important for informing social policies?

    <p>It can help answer questions about the impact of violent games</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characteristic distinguishes human childhood from that of other species?

    <p>Longest childhood</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do human babies appear 'dumber' than primate babies at birth?

    <p>Large-brain, narrow hips trade-off</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does child development research suggest about screen time?

    <p>There's no conclusive data on how much screen time is too much</p> Signup and view all the answers

    At what age do infants typically develop adult-like visual scanning and visual acuity?

    <p>9 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the sensitive period for binocular depth perception?

    <p>Birth-3 years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When does monocular depth perception typically appear in infants?

    <p>6 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of brain maturation in relation to binocular disparity?

    <p>Sensitivity to depth cues</p> Signup and view all the answers

    At what age do infants typically become face specialists through perceptual narrowing?

    <p>9 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary difference between binocular and monocular disparity?

    <p>Binocular disparity requires input from both eyes, while monocular disparity is perceived from one eye</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the visual cliff experiment with 6-month-old infants?

    <p>It indicates the presence of monocular depth perception</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When does the sensitive period for binocular disparity end?

    <p>3 years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary difference between newborns' and 6-month-old infants' perception of the rod moving behind the box?

    <p>Newborns perceive the rod as two separate objects, while 6-month-old infants perceive it as a single object</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What visual ability typically appears in infants at 5 months of age?

    <p>Adult-like color perception</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of childhood according to the text?

    <p>Learning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process that causes infants to become face specialists?

    <p>Perceptual narrowing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What ability do infants exhibit from birth, demonstrating perceptual constancy?

    <p>Object segregation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is innate in infants, as shown through habituation paradigms?

    <p>Perceptual constancy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the phenomenon where infants can identify separate objects based on clues like different colors and movement patterns?

    <p>Object segregation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reason for infants being drawn to faces and becoming face specialists?

    <p>Perceptual narrowing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the period in which infancy sheds light on the nature vs nurture debate?

    <p>Critical period</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What improves over the first few months of an infant's life, regarding visual perception?

    <p>Visual acuity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do infants demonstrate from birth, showing perceptual constancy?

    <p>Object segregation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reason for babies evolving to be born earlier, according to the text?

    <p>To allow for continued brain development after birth</p> Signup and view all the answers

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