Exam 5: Health and Physical Development

If you want your child to eat healthy, you should purchase food items high in

Whole body or large muscle movements are typically classified as _____ motor skills.

Neurogenesis

American teens are more fit today than at any time in history.

Although she is 85 years old and in great physical and mental health, Gerta strongly believes that "old people" are stupid and frail. This belief provides a good example of

What is the currently recommended amount of sleep by age?

Over the past 100 years or so, people in industrialized societies have been maturing earlier, as well as growing heavier and taller than in the past. This phenomenon is referred to as the

Melissa is 15 years old. All of her friends have become notably "adolescent" in appearance. They have pubic hair and underarm hair and have experienced the "adolescent growth spurt." Melissa has no pubic or underarm hair, and still looks much more like a young girl than an adolescent. The most likely culprit for Melissa's plight is a malfunction of the

When lying flat, babies can hold their heads up before they can lift their hips or legs. This illustrates the _____ direction of growth.

The defining feature of a survival reflex is that it

In order to walk, newborns

Male hormones like testosterone are called _____.

Puberty is a biological process that results in the ability to produce a child.

What part of an overhead projector would be most like the myelin found in the brain?

Eighty-year-old Sylvester has begun to complain about his knees. To him, his knees now often feel, "Stiff as a board!" Given this description, Sylvester would appear to have

Which groups of adolescents would likely have the greatest difficulties adjusting to the changes of puberty?

If you wanted to prevent the most common cause of death of a child, you should always

Male is to female as

Ten-month-old Dora delights in her newly found ability to turn the TV on and off by grabbing the TV's on/off button with her thumb and forefinger and pushing. This developmental change involves Dora's use of a

Discuss the development of basic motor and locomotion skills during infancy and childhood.