Four month-old infants appear to use object _____ to determine whether two side-by-side objects are separate.
a. size
b. hue
c. shape
d. shade
Question 2Four month-old infants can best organize the world into distinct objects when the objects they are trying to make sense of are
a. stationary.
b. moving.
c. identical.
d. multicolored.
Question 3Research by Campos and colleagues indicates that in infancy, the fear of drop-offs is likely related to the experience of
a. walking.
b. being carried by moms.
c. falling.
d. playing pee-a-boo.
Question 4Testing infants of different ages with the visual cliff apparatus has found that
a. six- to seven-month-old infants perceive drop-offs but do not fear them.
b. two-month-old infants perceive drop-offs but do not fear them.
c. six-month-old infants show no response to the deep side of the cliff.
d. both two- and six-month-old infants will crawl across the shallow side of the cliff but will cry when enticed to crawl over the deep side of the cliff.
Question 5Ester is in a swimming pool. Her nine-month-old son Williams is sitting on a blanket three feet from the edge of the pool. Ester coaxes her child to crawl to her. If the depth of the water is lower than the top lip of the pool, Williams is most likely to
a. crawl off the edge of the pool and fall into his mother's arms.
b. crawl to the edge of the pool and stop.
c. crawl away from his mother because her whole body isn't visible.
d. not do anything because of lack of location constancy.
Question 6When describing her research, Dr. Rebhuhn says, Basically, I take young infants and place them on a supported piece of clear glass several feet off the ground. Then I measure whether the kid seems scared or not.. Dr. Rebhuhn's research sounds like it involves the use of a
a. habituation task.
b. strange situation paradigm.
c. longitudinal design.
d. visual cliff.
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