Child Psychology: A Contemporary Viewpoint, First Canadian Edition

E. Mavis Hetherington, University of Virginia
Ross D. Parke, University of California
Mark Schmuckler, University of Toronto at Scarborough

Infancy: Sensation, Perception, and Learning

Key Terms Quiz


1		A is an automatic stimulus-response connection.


2		Infants display different patterns of crying.


3		The Neonatal Assessment Scale assesses the infant's reflexes, neurological function, and reactions to people. A very low score on the Brazelton may indicate damage.


4		REM sleep is a stage that is correlated with .


5		A special concern about infant sleep is , which occurs when an infant stops breathing during sleep and dies.


6		occurs when information contacts sensory receptors in the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and on the skin.


7		is the interpretation of what is sensed.


8		is the sharpness of vision.


9		Immediately after birth, newborns can hear; however, their sensory thresholds are than those of adults.


10		is an innate, subcortical mechanism whose function is to allow infants to detect and orient to faces.


11		One-week-old infants preferred the smell of their mother's pad.


12		perception is the ability to relate and integrate information about two or more sensory modalities.


13		The repeated presentation of a stimulus that causes reduced attention to that stimulus is called .


14		Observations by Andrew Meltzoff indicate that -month-old infants can demonstrate deferred imitation after an interval of as much as 24 hours.


15		Even when they are old, infants can often perceive which objects are closer and which are farther away.


16		Newborns are adept at knowing where a sound is coming from, or what is called .

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