Dion has shown 1-month-old Eudora the same picture of Lucy every day for a week. When Gillian comes into the room, she brings the picture of Lucy, but also one of Marge. The baby seems much more interested in Marge's picture. This reaction to Marge's picture is called
A) habituation.
B) categorization.
C) a novelty response.
D) flashbulb memory.
Question 2Developmental researchers believe that a baby has created a mental representation of something when he or she has
A) responded to its novelty.
B) developed its phonology.
C) grabbed it to play with it.
D) habituated to it.
Question 3The fact that little Rosie has habituated to a photograph of Linus and his blanket suggests that she may have
A) neurological damage in the amygdala.
B) created a mental representation of it.
C) accommodated it into her association cortex.
D) been distracted by her own blanket.
Question 4When little Brendan first saw a picture of Bullwinkle Moose, he looked at it for a long time. After he'd seen the picture several times, he spent less and less time looking at it each time. This tapering off of his interest is due to
A) habituation.
B) constructivism.
C) accommodation.
D) categorization.
Question 5The fact that infants' brains can be shaped by sensory experiences demonstrates the idea of
A) genetic predisposition.
B) evolutionary psychology.
C) brain plasticity.
D) child prodigies.
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