Exam 2: Biological Development in Infancy and Childhood

Spina bifida is a disorder involving an extra chromosome that results in various degrees of intellectual disability.

Pregnant women can take aspirin or drink caffeine without concern or caution.

By age _____, children can use the toilet by themselves, although they frequently ask someone to go with them, with accidents only occasionally happening at night.

The breech presentation is the best position for a baby to be born.

Optimal weight gain depends on the woman's height and weight prior to pregnancy.

Describe how aging affects a woman's fertility.

Another name for toxemia is:

The typical ejaculate contains a maximum of 90 million sperm.

A child is usually able to crawl well by age:

_____ -year-olds are in the process of separating from their parents and begin to prefer the company of other children to adults.

_____ is a condition where a fertilized egg implants itself somewhere other than in the uterus.

By age 18 months, a baby can walk and descend stairs by crawling down backward.

Preterm babies are babies that are born before the 38th week.

Which one of the following countries prohibits abortions?

_____ development refers to the tendency to develop aspects of the body trunk first and then later master manipulation of the body extremities.

_____________ can occur when women who were heavy drinkers during pregnancy have babies whose facial characteristics are unusual and may have a small head and body size.

Spontaneous abortion is the termination of a pregnancy due to unnatural causes.

Why is knowledge of human development and developmental milestones relevant to social work?

At _____, children's vocabularies consist of more than three but less than fifty words.

Which of the following is not a major concept in understanding the process of human development?