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Used around 5-7 months?
LINEAR PERSPECTIVE CUES
Used at about 4 months?
BINOCULAR CUES
Used at about 3 months?
KINETIC INFORMATION
Kinetic cues?
-COME FROM EITHER YOUR MOTION OR MOTION FROM ANOTHER OBJECT
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Monocular cues?
-INPUT FROM ONE EYE
-INTERPOSITION (ONE OBJECT HIDDEN INFRONT OF THE OTHER)
-LINEAR PERSPECTIVE (SMALLER APPEARING OBJECT IS FARTHER AWAY)
Binocular cues?
-INVOLVES BOTH EYES
-THE CLOSER AN OBJECT, THE MORE THE VIEW FROM THE TWO EYES DIFFER
-INFORMATION FROM THE EYE MUSCLES TELLS YOU HOW FAR AWAY AN OBJECT MAY BE
Dishabituation?
RESPONDING TO A SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR STIMULUS AS IF IT WERE NEW
A decline in attention that occurs because a stimulus has become familiar?
HABITUATION
Preference technique?
A RESEARCH METHOD IN WHICH A RESEARCHER KEEP TRACK OF HOW LONG A BABY LOOKS AT EACH OF TWO OBJECTS SHOWN.
When will infants have 20/20 vision?
2 YEARS OLD
Scanning the movement of others cars on the road is an example of?
TRACKING
A deficiency of certain vitamins and/or minerals?
MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION
A diet to low in protein is referred to as?
KWASHIORKOR
Marasmus?
-WHEN THE CALORIE DEFICIT IS SEVERE
-RESULTS IN PERMANENT NEUROLIGICAL PROBLEMS
Macronutrient malnutrition
RESULTS FROM A DIET THAT CONTAINS TOO FEW CALORIES
What is the most raplidy developing body system during the firt two years of life?
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
What are some of the benefits of breast feeding?
-MORE RAPID WEIGHT AND SIZE GAIN
-LESS LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM DIARRHEA, GASTROENTERTITIS, BRONCHITIS, EAR INFECTIONS, AND COLIC
-LESS LIKELY TO DIE
-BETTER IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTION
Involves the use of the hands such as when an infant stacks one block on top of the other?
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
Gross motor skills?
INCLUDE ABILITIES SUCH AS CRAWLING THAT ENABLE THE INFANT TO GET AROUND IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Proximodistal pattern?
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT PROCEEDS FROM THE CENTER OF THE BODY, OUTWARD.
Cephalocaudal pattern?
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT PROCEEDS FROM THE HEAD, DOWNWARD.
How many hours of sleep to infants average?
14 HOURS PER DAY
How often to neonates sleep?
80% OF TIME
Should disappear within 6-8 months?
PRIMITIVE REFLEXES
Controlled by less sophisticated parts of the brain?
PRIMITIVE REFLEXES
Colic?
A PATTERN INVOLVING INTENSE BOUTS OF CRYING TOTALING 3 OR MORE HOURS A DAY FOR NO APPARENT REASON
When does colic typically begin and end?
BEGINS AROUND 2 WEEKS AND END AT 3-4 MONTHS
If you stroke the bottom of a babies foot, he/she will splay out her toes and curl them in. This is called?
BABINSKI REFLEX
Is the part of the brain responsible for keeping your attention of what you're doing and helping you sort out importnant and unimportant information?
RETICULAR FORMATION
When is mylenization most rapid?
DURING THE FIRST 2 YEARS OF LIFE
The period of mylenization follows both?
CEPHILOCAUDAL & PROXIMODISTAL PATTERNS
True/False

The brains of infants possess greater plasticy then that of older adults?
TRUE
Plasticity?
REFERS TO THE BRAINS ABILITY TO CHANGE
Unnecessary pathways and connections are eliminated?
PRUNING
The process of synapse development?
SYNAPTOGENESIS
Connections between neurons?
SYNAPSES
All brain structures contain two basic types of cells known as?
-NEURONS
-GLIAL CELLS
The least developed part of the brain at birth?
CORTEX
What functions does the midbrain and medulla control?
-HEART BEAT
-RESPIRATIONS
-ATTENTION
-SLEEPING
-WALKING
What parts of the brain are mostly developed at birth?
MIDBRAIN & MEDULLA
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