Exam 4: Physical Development and Health

What makes up about 80 percent of the brain's volume and covers the lower portions of the brain like a large cap,playing critical roles in many important human functions?

Which statement is not true about young children and SIDS?

A review of the height and weight of children around the world concluded that two important contributors to height differences are

Which of the following is not a benefit of shared sleeping?

Name the activities that help shape the infant brain's neural connections.

Most adults spend about _____ of their time in REM sleep,whereas infants spend about ____ of their time in REM.

Risk of SIDS is highest at ________ weeks of age.

Researchers have found that adolescents sleep an average of ____ hours and ____ minutes when given the opportunity to sleep as long as they like.

What group appears to be the least happy with their own body image?

There are wide variations in the onset and progression of puberty.Which of the following is an appropriate example?

If Scarlett compared her overall sleep pattern with that of her 2-month-old infant son,the main difference that she would likely note is that her son spends more time ____________ than she does.

Which one of the following mothers can breast feed her baby?

______________________ are the tiny gaps between neurons where connections between axons and dendrites take place; as the infant develops,these connections between axons and dendrites proliferate.

Since development occurs in a cephalocaudal sequence,what can Sarah,an infant,control first?

In the preschool years,both boys and girls

Leading researcher Charles Nelson points out that while adolescents are capable of very strong emotions,their prefrontal cortex hasn't developed to the point at which they can control their

Which of the following is the most pronounced physical change in middle and late childhood?

Which of the following is the correct sequence of the cephalocaudal pattern of development?

Because it is better than formula for the infant's health,the American Pediatric Association strongly endorses breast feeding for the ________ of life.

Like most infants,Jordan learns to throw before he learns to kick.Which principle best explains this developmental pattern?