Child Psychology - Qp6
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- 1.Which of the following are problems with studying new-born infants? (Select 2)
- A.
Newborns are too noisy for researchers to concentrate.
- B.
Newborn babies are hard to acquire in large enough quantities.
- C.
It's impossible to ensure that test is unaffected by discomfort.
- D.
New-born infants sleep most of the day.
- 2.Robert Fantz attempted to discover whether young infants could perceive shape, pattern, size or solidity.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.The technique that Fantz used test the perceptual abilities of new-born infants was known as the:
- A.
Perceptual ocular technique
- B.
Preferential looking technique
- C.
Preventative leading technique
- 4.In Gibson and Walk's 'Visual Cliff' technique, how many of the 36 infants aged from 6 to 14 months 'crawled off' the cliff?
- A.
3
- B.
18
- C.
24
- 5.Animals have not been shown to possess innate depth perception.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Monocular cues incude which of the following? (Select 3)
- A.
Relative size
- B.
Disparity
- C.
Motion parallax
- D.
Superposition
- E.
Angle of convergence
- 7.In Riesen's studies of chimpanzees, which of the following results occurred? (Select 2)
- A.
They flew into violent rages.
- B.
Sudden changes of illumination startled the animals.
- C.
They did not blink at a threatening motion towards the face.
- D.
They needed to be fed more often.
- 8.Riesen's experiements showed that if normal vision is to develop, it is important to have visual experience early on
- A.
True
- B.
False
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