What Is a Defining Characteristic of Newborns' Vision

question 73

Multiple Choice

What is a defining characteristic of newborns' vision?

• A) They are extremely farsighted.
• B) They are generally nearsighted until age three.
• C) They have poorer peripheral vision than adults.
• D) They are unable to see in black and white because the rods of the retina are NOT developed at birth.

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Definitions:

Anterograde Amnesia

A condition that prevents an individual from forming new memories after the event that caused the amnesia.

Memory

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information; it is essential for learning and the formation of our identity.

Nonsense Syllables

Meaningless sets of two consonants with a vowel sound in the middle, used in memory and learning experiments.

Ebbinghaus

Hermann Ebbinghaus was a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory and is best known for his discovery of the forgetting curve and the spacing effect.