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Which of the following is an example of an intermodal match?

An infant blinks her eyes defensively when an object is moved toward her face as if was going to hit.

An infant coordinates reaching and grasping to retrieve a desired toy.

An infant links a happy voice with the appropriate face of a speaking person.

An infant uses pictorial depth cues to distinguish deep and shallow surfaces.
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As the result of synaptic pruning,

overstimulated neurons lose their connections with other neurons.

stimulated neurons reproduce themselves at an astounding pace.

nonstimulated neurons establish synapses with stimulated neurons.

neurons that are not needed at the moment are returned to an uncommitted state.
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________ is a very difficult response to classically condition in young infants because they

Hunger; are almost always hungry.

Fear; have no biological need to form these associations.

Happiness; express happiness only in familiar contexts.

Anger; do not yet have the capacity to express anger.
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Which picture is newborn Bjorn most likely to look at?

a face-like drawing with simple features

a face-like drawing with the features arranged upside down

a face-like drawing with the features arranged sideways

a complex drawing of a face
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According to the Gibsons' differentiation theory, infants actively search for ________ of the environment in a constantly changing world.

binocular depth cues

intermodal perception

contrast sensitivity

invariant features
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When skeletal ages are examined,

Caucasian-American children tend to be ahead of African-American children.

more physically mature children are at greater risk of bone disease.

the difference between boys and girls decreases over infancy and childhood.

girls are considerably ahead of boys.
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