Chapter 5: Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development

With age, children:

____________ is a startle response to sudden, intense noise or movement.

In childhood, boys usually outperform girls in ___________.

According to the ___________ view, we directly perceive information that exists in the world around us.

Infants have hardly any control over fine motor skills at birth.

__________ are opportunities for interaction offered by objects that fit within our capabilities to perform activities.

Beginning in the _______, decrease in sensitivity to smell becomes more noticeable.

By 6 months, infants become more proficient at localization, meaning:

_________ is a reaction that occurs when information interacts with sensory receptors.

Dual sensory loss in vision and hearing in older adults has been linked to numerous negative outcomes:

Adults reach the peak of physical performance before age:

Hearing can start to decline by age _______.