Exam 4: Infancy: Physical Development

Infants need more iron, pound for pound, than adults do.

Briefly explain the sequence of motor development in infancy.

Stereotyped reflexes among neonates are primarily due to ________.

Infants can hold objects in each hand and inspect them in turn by the age of _____.

Biological factors are most closely involved in _______.

Axons are responsible for _________.

It is important to completely restrict infants' intake of fat and cholesterol.

Discuss failure to thrive syndrome in infants.

Briefly explain the structures of the brain.

Which of the following foods should not be given to infants until at least the latter part of the first year?

An adult's arms are nearly_______.

As they age, children become more passive in response to their environments.

Samson is a seven-year-old boy. He always gets poor grades in school. His language teacher complains that he does not remember anything that she teaches and he speaks in an incoherent manner. If Samson's condition is caused by brain damage, which part of the brain is his physician most likely to check first?

The introduction of whole cow's milk to an infant_________.

In the context of neurons, which of the following is a function of the myelin sheath?

Briefly describe myelination.

A disorder in which hard fibrous tissue replaces myelin, impeding neural transmission is called _______.

As a group, taller-than-average infants tend experience ________.

People are born with about 100 billion neurons, most of which are in the _________.

Briefly explain cephalocaudal development in neonates.