A Qualitative Change in the Ability to Coordinate Sucking, Swallowing

question 194

Multiple Choice

A qualitative change in the ability to coordinate sucking, swallowing, and breathing helps a 6-week-old infant:

• A) move from feeding to nursing.
• B) perform secondary circular reactions.
• C) begin using the nursing reflex.
• D) anticipate being fed.

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Definitions:

Serial Position Effect

A cognitive bias where individuals tend to remember the first and last items in a series better than those in the middle.

Recall

The process of retrieving information from memory without the aid of explicit cues.

Priming

A psychological effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences a response to a subsequent stimulus, without conscious guidance or intention.

Spoken Word

A performance art that focuses on the aesthetics of word play, intonation, and voice inflection to deliver poetry or storytelling.