37 Questions
At what age can infants typically grab the correct end of a spoon and grasp it appropriately?
18 months
Which factor is mentioned as a better predictor of locomotive progress than age or body dimension?
Experience
What is said to be the key to locomotive progress in infants according to the text?
Practice
Which experiment is mentioned where methodological problems were identified due to the size of the drop-off being fixed?
Visual cliff experiment
What type of motion in infants generates information specifying speed and direction, allowing for compensatory postural sway?
Sitting
What happens when infants have more experience with balance and locomotion according to the text?
Their behavioral flexibility increases
Which of the following senses is the least developed at birth?
Vision
What is the visual acuity of a newborn in comparison to an adult?
10-30 times worse
When does an infant's visual acuity improve immensely?
After 6 months
Which of the following visual abilities develops rapidly within 6 months?
All of the above
Which organizing feature of perception is present at birth?
Size constancy
At what age do infants begin to discriminate between human faces but not monkey faces?
1 year
At which age range do infants learn about structural support and gravity?
6-8 months
When does visually directed reaching appear in infants?
After 4-5 months
How does the vestibular system develop in infants?
It begins in the womb and continues after birth
What happens when infants realize that two objects touching are two separate objects?
They understand that objects maintain their shape even when partly occluded
What allows infants to acquire stable control over their heads and shoulders?
Reorganization of muscle patterns
At what age do infants begin to engage in smooth pursuit with a large, slow object on a predictable path?
1 month
What happens when a mother responds to an infant's looking and facial interactions with a still face?
Infants become distressed
At what age do infants change their grip to match the size of the object?
5 months
What do infants begin to discover at 6-10 months of age?
The varying surfaces of objects and the relations between them
At what age do infants begin to use looking to gain a sense of agency?
Birth
What is the most significant change in reaching and grabbing that occurs at 31 weeks?
Reaching and grabbing becomes as smooth and straight as an adult
What is the development that allows infants to lift their heads steady while propping themselves up on the floor in a prone position?
3 months
What is the age at which infants begin to engage in prospective control of reaching?
1 year
At what age do infants begin to coordinate their head and eye movements to follow objects smoothly?
4-5 months
What happens to the spontaneous manual activity of infants over time?
It becomes more goal-oriented
According to research, how does touch develop in infants?
It is present at birth but improves with age
What is the infant's response to different tastes?
Infants are actively accepting of new tastes from birth to three months
How do infants react to their mother's voice compared to a stranger's voice?
Infants prefer their mother's voice over a stranger's voice
What is the infant's response to happy speech patterns?
Infants respond more to happy speech patterns
What is the role of experience in the development of the senses according to early theories?
Experience is vital for the development of the senses
How does an infant's ability to discriminate between sounds in all of the world's languages change over time?
It diminishes around the 1-year mark
What is the role of temperature in the development of touch?
Temperature helps infants differentiate between cold and warm temperatures
What is the role of localization in the development of hearing?
Localization improves the development of hearing
What is the role of the handrail in the development of locomotion?
Infants who walk take the presence or absence of a handrail into consideration when attempting to cross it
What is the role of amniotic fluid in the development of the sense of smell?
Amniotic fluid improves the development of the sense of smell
This quiz summary covers key points from Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of Module 2 readings. It discusses topics such as the active nature of looking, eye-head control, performatory action system in infants, and the sense of agency.
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