Exam 4: Physical Development and Health

When feeding her infant son,Dawn follows the guidelines endorsed by most nutritionists.Thus,she tries to make sure that her 10-pound son takes in about ________ calories per day.

List two important factors contributing to height and weight of children around the world.

Because it is better than formula for the infant's health,Health Canada and the World Health Organization strongly endorse breastfeeding for the first ________ of life.

Children's eating behaviour improves when caregivers do all EXCEPT which of the following?

List two threats to a child's healthy development,not including illnesses and injuries.

The growth spurt ushers in the most rapid increases in growth since infancy.It occurs in girls

__________________ is severe malnutrition caused by deficiency in ___________.

Which of the following statements is false about obesity in childhood?

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

Describe the difference between left-brain and right-brain thinking.

______________ is a period of rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes that takes place in early adolescence for both boys and girls.

Compare the time spent in REM sleep of an adult to an infant.

It is difficult to study brain development in infants because

Basima is a caring but uneducated mother living in rural Iraq.While watching television she sees images of healthy bottle-fed infants.In an attempt to provide the best nutrition for her 3-month-old son,she quits breastfeeding and switches to formula.Unfortunately for Basima,the well water she uses to mix the formula is unsanitary.Given this information,her son will most likely

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

At birth,the newborn's brain is about what percentage of its adult weight?

Which combination is the most noticeable aspect of female pubertal development?

Infants double their birth weight by 4 months of age,and nearly triple their birth weight by

Cancer is the _____________ leading cause of death in children 1 to 14 years of age.

Depressed brain activity has been found in children who grow up in a(n)__________ environment.