Researchers Interested in Infant Perception of Faces Have Found That

question 64

Multiple Choice

Researchers interested in infant perception of faces have found that

• A) infants prefer to look at faces over other complex objects.
• B) faces are uniquely interesting to infants.
• C) when looking at faces, babies have no preference for type of face.
• D) babies prefer to look at male faces.
• E) babies prefer their mother's face.

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Definitions:

Preganglionic Fibers

Nerve fibers originating in the brain or spinal cord that terminate in a ganglion, where they synapse with postganglionic neurons.

Postganglionic Fibers

Nerve fibers that transmit signals from a ganglion in the autonomic nervous system to the target organ.

Lateral Horn

A region in the spinal cord that contains nerve cells contributing to the autonomic nervous system.

Autonomic Ganglia

Ganglia containing the nerve cell bodies of the autonomic division of the nervous system.