Chapter 5 - Perceptual and Motor Development

Question 1

What is sensation?

Answer 1

Energy from the environment sending changes to sense receptors

Question 2

What is perception?

Answer 2

Interpreting stimuli

Question 3

What is habituation?

Answer 3

Paying less attention to something as it becomes familiar.
Automatic decrease in the intensity of a response after the repeated stimulus.

Question 4

Our brain is wired to react to:

Answer 4

novel stimuli

Question 5

Researchers use the idea of habituation to study:

Answer 5

perception

Question 6

What is the auditory threshold?

Answer 6

The quietest sound a person can hear

Question 7

Babies’ hearing is best primed to hear ______ in human speech

Answer 7

pitches

Question 8

Infants also demonstrate early _______ to music

Answer 8

sensitivity

Question 9

Babies can hear at __ months prenatally

Answer 9

5

Question 10

Hearing impairments can be caused by _______ or_______

Answer 10

heredity; disease

Question 11

What is visual acuity?

Answer 11

the smallest pattern that can be dependently distinguished.
The sharpness of vision
Allows us to see detail

Question 12

What is music sensitivity?

Answer 12

Babies can differentiate the different kinds of music and respond to separate genres.

Question 13

By _________, the infants visual acuity is fully developed like an adults

Answer 13

6 months

Question 14

What are cones?

Answer 14

Structures in the retina of the eye - they detect colour

Question 15

If the pupils do not dilate it probably means:

Answer 15

there is something wrong with the brain stem

Question 16

By __ or __ months, infant’s colour perception is like adults colour perception

Answer 16

3 or 4

Question 17

Up until ______, the baby scans its environment and can see an edge

Answer 17

2 months

Question 18

By __ to __ months, they can start to identify things

Answer 18

2 to 3

Question 19

What is sensory integration?

Answer 19

Multiple sensory systems become active in any setting and those systems have to be put together and reconstructed so that what you see is a continuous reality.

Question 20

Motion, colour, texture, and aligned edges are used to:

Answer 20

perceive objects

Question 21

By __ months, infants have size, shape, brightness, and colour constancy

Answer 21

4

Question 22

Many cues are used to infer depth:

Answer 22

kinetic cues, visual expansion, motion parallax, retinal disparity, pictorial cues

Question 23

As motor skills develop, so does:

Answer 23

perception

Question 24

Q
when you allow the baby to explore the world themselves, they better develop their ______ and ________ skills.

Answer 24

perception; motor

Question 25

Infants have ____ preferences

Answer 25

face

Question 26

Children with ___ have deficits in the perception of objects and faces

Answer 26

ASD

Question 27

What is attention?

Answer 27

The selection of information that will be processed further.

Question 28

What does ADHD stand for?

Answer 28

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Question 29

ADHD occurs more often in ____ than in ____, with a _:_ ratio

Answer 29

boys; girls, 4;1

Question 30

What are the three key symptoms of ADHD?

Answer 30

Hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity

Question 31

What is hyperactivity?

Answer 31

A lot of energy, boundless energy

Question 32

What is inattention?

Answer 32

Attention is always shifting

Question 33

What is impulsivity?

Answer 33

Acting without thinking

Question 34

Signs vs Symptoms

Answer 34

Signs are what you see, Symptoms are what you have

Question 35

How many of the ADHD symptoms do you need to have in order to get a diagnosis?

Answer 35

All 3

Question 36

________ is an important factor to ADHD

Answer 36

Heredity

Question 37

_____ doesn’t stay in the synapse for that long because the proteins that pick it up are working too fast.

Answer 37

Dopamine

Question 38

Dopamine is a ___________

Answer 38

neurotransmitter

Question 39

Drugs combined with __________ are the best solution for ADHD

Answer 39

psychosocial treatment

Question 40

What is the dynamic systems theory?

Answer 40

Motor development involves many distinct skills that are developing at the same time in a dynamic way.

Question 41

_______ and _________ of component skills are necessary for coordination

Answer 41

Differentiation; integration

Question 42

Reaching and grasping becomes more coordinated throughout _________

Answer 42

infancy

Question 43

What is locomotion?

Answer 43

The ability to walk or move

Question 44

over-use of modern technology may be having _____ effects on the development of fine movement and strength in finger muscles.

Answer 44

negative

Question 45

Hand preference becomes stronger during the:

Answer 45

preschool years

Question 46

The fitness levels of Canadian children are considered:

Answer 46

low