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'Perception' refers to |
| | A) | the ability to take in and organize sensory experience. |
| | B) | an innate tendency to search for order. |
| | C) | the milestones of physical development. |
| | D) | Answers (a) and (b) |
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The basis of cognitive development comes from the interrelatedness between motor experience and sensory experience, so |
| | A) | growth in one area affects growth in another. |
| | B) | as infants become aware of their sensory experiences, they can discriminate between people and make attachments. |
| | C) | they also learn to move their bodies in specific ways to accommodate new sensory information. |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Infants first depend most on perceptions that are direct and physical, so which of the following is correct? |
| | A) | An infant's mouth is a main learning tool in the first months of life. |
| | B) | Learning has to wait until infants can perceive with the senses that do not require physical contact. |
| | C) | Nothing should be allowed to go in an infants' mouth except food and drink. |
| | D) | None of the above |
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4 | |
Newborns can |
| | A) | hear at birth and even before. |
| | B) | sense the direction sound comes from. |
| | C) | respond to sound. |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Infants need to experience a variety of sounds, |
| | A) | so it should never be quiet when an infant is around. |
| | B) | but if there are too many sounds, an infant can be over-stimulated and have to spend energy tuning out and focusing. |
| | C) | but there's no way for caregivers to know what the right level of sound is for each child. |
| | D) | and recorded sounds are more effective for infants' perceptual development than the human voice is. |
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Taste is another sense that involves perceptual development. Which of the following is correct? |
| | A) | infants need a variety of tastes, so adding salt, spices and sugar are important for perceptual development. |
| | B) | an infant can taste the same range of flavors at birth as an adult. |
| | C) | infants enjoy the natural flavors of food and need no flavor enhancing additives such as salt and spices. |
| | D) | infants have no taste buds for the first six months of life. |
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Some babies are "touch-defensive" and need |
| | A) | to be touched more than other babies so they get used to it. |
| | B) | direct instruction in culturally appropriate touching rules. |
| | C) | special handling, like picking them up on a pillow so their discomfort is minimized. |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Caregivers support the development of tactile perception by |
| | A) | allowing mobile infants and toddlers to move and explore freely in a touchable, mouthable environment. |
| | B) | bringing some natural but safe substances into the environment so the babies explore more than just plastic objects. |
| | C) | giving babies and toddlers words for what they are feeling, like "soft", "fuzzy", "rough", "smooth", "warm". |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Visual pursuit occurs a few hours after birth and |
| | A) | shows that newborns can see because they follow an object with their eyes. |
| | B) | means the infant is already firmly attached to whatever his or her eyes follow. |
| | C) | is not related to visual perception. |
| | D) | None of the above |
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The development of visual perception is supported when |
| | A) | infants have constantly changing visual input, such as television. |
| | B) | infants are in a circus-like environment with lots of things always going on at once. |
| | C) | infants can respond to what they see and become active participants rather than entertained observers. |
| | D) | All of the above |
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