What does a newborn infant tend to pay more attention to when looking at a human face? The nose The eyes The mouth The edge or boundary of the face

The edge or boundary of the face

What is intermodal perception, and how does it relate to sensory channels? Ability to perceive an object from one of our sensory channels Ability to perceive an object using only visual cues Ability to perceive an object using tactile sensations Ability to perceive an object using only auditory cues

Ability to perceive an object from one of our sensory channels

What did the research on the crying melody in German newborns and French newborns find? Crying melody is the same across all cultures Crying melody is influenced by the time of day Crying melody is influenced by the mother's diet Crying melody differs across cultures, according to their respective speech/language

Crying melody differs across cultures, according to their respective speech/language

What is colic, and how is it characterized in infants? A condition where infants sleep excessively A condition where infants have difficulty breathing A condition where infants refuse to eat 3-3-3-3 rule: 3-month-old infant, cry 3 hours per day, 3 days per week, for 3 weeks

3-3-3-3 rule: 3-month-old infant, cry 3 hours per day, 3 days per week, for 3 weeks

Is the first hour important for bonding between a human mother and infant? Yes, it is crucial for bonding It is important only for infants born via C-section No evidence showing the first hour is important It is important only for premature infants

No evidence showing the first hour is important

What are the correlating factors to whether a mother will breastfeed in developed countries? Related to the mother's diet Related to age, level of education, socioeconomic status Related to the father's involvement Related to the infant's birth weight

Related to age, level of education, socioeconomic status

What are major benefits of breastfeeding for children? Increased risk of allergies, reduced cognitive development, increased possibility of childhood obesity No significant benefits Only nutritional benefits Passing of antibodies, increased cognitive development, reduced possibility of childhood obesity

Passing of antibodies, increased cognitive development, reduced possibility of childhood obesity

What are neuron, synapse, myelin, and neurotransmitter, and how do they function in the nervous system? Neuron: fatty cover, Synapse: building block, Myelin: gap, Neurotransmitter: gap Neuron: gap, Synapse: transmission, Myelin: building block, Neurotransmitter: fatty cover Neuron: building block, Synapse: gap, Myelin: fatty cover, Neurotransmitter: transmission Neuron: transmission, Synapse: fatty cover, Myelin: building block, Neurotransmitter: gap

Neuron: building block, Synapse: gap, Myelin: fatty cover, Neurotransmitter: transmission

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What does a newborn infant tend to pay more attention to when looking at a human face?

What is intermodal perception, and how does it relate to sensory channels?

What did the research on the crying melody in German newborns and French newborns find?

What is colic, and how is it characterized in infants?

Is the first hour important for bonding between a human mother and infant?

What are the correlating factors to whether a mother will breastfeed in developed countries?

What are major benefits of breastfeeding for children?

When do babies grow at a faster rate than at any other time of life?

What are neuron, synapse, myelin, and neurotransmitter, and how do they function in the nervous system?

What is the cerebral cortex, and where is it located?

At birth, is the cerebral cortex the least mature brain area?

What are the respective functions of the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes?

What can predict children's recovery in cognitive development in Romanian orphanages?

In which populations can the dominance of the left hemisphere in speech processing be observed?

What is gross motor development, and what is fine motor development?

What is the basis of fine motor development in infants?

What does the visual cliff test examine in infants?

Is depth perception innate according to research on kittens?

What is object permanence, and why is it important in cognitive development?

Why is peek-a-boo interesting for infants?

What does the 'violation of expectations method' examine in infants?

What is the key assumption of the 'violation of expectations method'?

What is the main idea of Noam Chomsky's theory on child language acquisition?

What is the main idea of the behaviorist learning theory on child language learning?

What is the main idea of the functional approach to child language learning?

What is cooing, and at what age does it typically occur?

What is babbling, and how does it differ from cooing?

At what age do infants prefer listening to their own name rather than a different but similar name?

At what age do infants tend to produce their first spoken word?

What are Thomas and Chess's three categories of temperament?

What is goodness-of-fit in the context of infant temperament and parental behavior?

What is emotion, and what are its key components?

What is the main idea of the theory of gradual differentiation in emotions?

What is the main idea of differential emotions theory?

What is the main idea of the ontogenetic adaptations view of emotions?

Are an infant's first smiles endogenous, and what does this mean?

For toddlers' brain development, their brain development is distinguished by the steep increase in ______.

What is the head to body ratio in adults compared to infants and fetuses?

What is synaptic pruning, and why is it important for brain development?

What is the fine motor development milestone at 7 to 15 months of age?

What is the connection between handedness and IQ?

What is left-handedness associated with in terms of developmental outcomes?

Sleeping time declines to how many hours by age 1, and how many hours by age 2?

What is the major criticism of Piaget's theories of cognitive development?

What is the most important and distinctive feature of human language?

What is the extent of chimpanzees' language ability compared to humans?

What did Fitch, W.T., de Boer, B., Mather, N., and Ghazanfar, A.A. (2016) find about the macaque vocal tract?

What are the respective functions of Broca's area and Wernicke's area?

At what month(s) of age does the vocabulary spurt typically occur?

What are the differences in children's learning of nouns versus verbs?

What is telegraphic speech, and how does it manifest in young children?

What is a mirror neuron, and what role does it play in learning?

What is self-recognition, and how is it unique to humans?

When do children typically understand self-recognition?

What is the developmental status of self-recognition among infants aged 18-20 months in the Cameroonian Nso sample?

What is the origin of infants' attachment to the mother according to Freud's Drive-reduction explanation?

What is the nature and outcome of Harry Harlow's baby monkey experiment?

What are secure attachment and insecure-avoidant attachment in infants?

What indicates that infants have become attached to their caretakers?

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