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?

Long childhood and vulnerability (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Shaping human psychology (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the biological definition of childhood?

A human that is physically immature (A) Signup and view all the answers

Why is child development research important for informing social policies?

It can help answer questions about the impact of violent games (B) Signup and view all the answers

What characteristic distinguishes human childhood from that of other species?

Longest childhood (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

Large-brain, narrow hips trade-off (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does child development research suggest about screen time?

There's no conclusive data on how much screen time is too much (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

9 months (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the sensitive period for binocular depth perception?

Birth-3 years (B) Signup and view all the answers

When does monocular depth perception typically appear in infants?

6 months (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Sensitivity to depth cues (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

9 months (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between binocular and monocular disparity?

Binocular disparity requires input from both eyes, while monocular disparity is perceived from one eye (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

It indicates the presence of monocular depth perception (C) Signup and view all the answers

When does the sensitive period for binocular disparity end?

3 years (C) 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?

Newborns perceive the rod as two separate objects, while 6-month-old infants perceive it as a single object (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Adult-like color perception (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

Learning (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

Perceptual narrowing (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

Object segregation (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

Perceptual constancy (C) 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?

Object segregation (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

Perceptual narrowing (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Critical period (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

Visual acuity (A) Signup and view all the answers

What do infants demonstrate from birth, showing perceptual constancy?