From very early in life, babies integrate information from two or more senses (l

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From very early in life, babies integrate information from two or more senses (like vision and hearing) in order to better understand the world. In the textbook this is called

Depth perception

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Most infants have improvements in their memory abilities at 2 to 3 months and again at 6 to 10 months. According to the text, what changes in the brain and nervous system are responsible for this?

growth of new nerve cells after birth.

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Receptive vocabulary is:

the name the child receives from the parents and which is repeated over and over in the first year

words that the child understands but can not yet speak

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This term, created by a linguist named Noam Chomsky, describes our biological ability that allows humans to detect the features and rules of language.

language acquisition device

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Which of the following gross motor skills is likely to develop first (earliest)?

lift and hold head up

sit with support

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Which of the following is most accurate regarding motor development?

fine motor skills develop before gross motor skills

Explanation / Answer

1.The process of gathering information through two or more senses, that gives infants better understanding of world around them is intermodal perception.

2. Pruning some of connections between nerve cells

Pruning of nerve connection that is unused in the brain cell gives space to the connections that are well established and thus brain develops in infants.

3. Receptive vocabulary is that a child understands fully but cannot respond because speaking of language is not yet developed in infants.

words that child understands but cannot yet speak.

4. Language Acquisition Device is a concept developed by Chomsky that describes acquisition of language as an innate tendency.

Language Acquisition Device

5. Lift and hold head up

6.gross motor skill develop before fine motor skills

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