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QUESTION 36

1. When 10-month-old Kayla is placed on the “shallow” side of a visual cliff, what would she most likely do?

   	a.	carefully and slowly crawl to the “deep” side.
   	b.	quickly crawl to the “deep” side.
   	c.	remain on the “shallow” side until her mother coaxes her to crawl across the “deep” side.
   	d.	remains on the “shallow” side even when her mother attempts to coax her to crawl across the “deep” side.

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QUESTION 37

1. The DeCasper and Spence (1986) study of mothers reading The Cat in the Hat versus The Kings, the Mice, and the Cheese demonstrated

   	a.	the remarkable ability of an infant’s brain to learn even before birth.
   	b.	that infants do not learn until after they are born.
   	c.	that the vision of the fetus is far more advanced than hearing.
   	d.	none of the above.

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QUESTION 38

1. Dr. Madsen wants to demonstrate the existence of the sense of taste in fetuses. What would be his best strategy?

   	a.	Have the mother eat spicy food and measure the fetal heart rate.
   	b.	Flavor the amniotic fluid and record swallowing rate.
   	c.	Inject flavored liquid into the umbilical cord and record the flow of gastric juices.
   	d.	Give up, since fetuses do not have a sense of taste.

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QUESTION 39

1. Alex is given a teddy bear to hold. When the teddy bear is removed and placed under a blanket, Alex does not even look for it. Alex is probably how old?

   	a.	4 months
   	b.	8 months
   	c.	12 months
   	d.	16 months

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QUESTION 40

1. Jiun is shown a brightly colored picture, which she looks at for some time. Eventually, Jiun seems to lose interest and look away. What has occurred?

   	a.	Accommodation
   	b.	Assimilation
   	c.	Habituation
   	d.	Conditioning

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QUESTION 41

1. Sadie, who recently turned 2, has learned to form sentences. Which of the following is the sentence she will learn to say first?

   	a.	Mommy is good.
   	b.	Doggies are mean.
   	c.	Tommy’s smart.
   	d.	Kittie soft.

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QUESTION 42

1. Noam Chomsky argued that language

   	a.	is learned by hearing others speak it.
   	b.	is biologically predisposed.
   	c.	cannot occur until age 2.
   	d.	is dependent on environmental cues.

Answer 1

1. The baby will remain on the “shallow” side even when her mother attempts to coax her to crawl across the “deep” side. This phenomenon was demonstrated in the visual cliff experiment by Gibson and Walk. The experiment demonstrated that infants have a sense of depth perception. They develop this ability as soon as they begin to craw. However, recent research has demonstrated that children as young as 3 months old can demonstrate this ability.