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​Which of the following do you think would be MOST likely to occur first?

A child’s ability to use language that indicates an awareness of the difference between their physical and mental selves shows that they have developed a(n) _______________.

​List the different stages (phases) of childbirth and note what occurs to start and end each stage.

​A reproductive technique that is used over 140,000 times and produces more than 55,000 babies each year in the United States is _______________.

​Several years ago, a major ketchup manufacturer experimented with selling ketchup in different colors, including green, purple, and others. The idea was that kids would be excited by different colors, even though extensive blind taste tests indicated that the flavors of the different products were identical. The product failed and was discontinued after only a few years. Children just did not seem to be able to accept that it was still ketchup even though it was not red. This sort of reliance on the appearance of an object is most typical of ____ children.

​Which of the following represents your authors’ position regarding the visual system of a newborn?

​Dalton is a six-month-old baby who is watching the faces of his parents and their friends as they sit around the dinner table. From his mother’s arms, he has a good view of each diner’s expression. Which dinner guest would probably draw the most of Dalton’s attention?

​Lucille is being tested to determine her ability to distinguish what she thinks from what she sees. She is shown an adult reaching for a ball that is in a basket and not in a box, but then watches as the ball is removed from the basket while the adult is not looking. When the adult reaches for the ball again, Lucille expects the adult to reach into the basket. This awareness of the adult’s beliefs about the location of the ball suggests the Lucille is at least ____ years of age.

​Although an unborn child may be protected from many different maternal illnesses, such as colds and some strains of the flu, other illnesses can be extremely harmful to the baby. Which of the following is NOT listed as one of those illnesses?

​When a baby is upset when her attachment figure leaves the room, and then demonstrates anger when the attachment figure returns, she is displaying an avoidant attachment style.