Exam 5: Seciton 2: the First Two Years: Biosocial Development

The three factors that combine to allow toddlers to walk are muscle strength, _____, and brain maturation within the motor cortex.

The fetus's sense of hearing develops during the _____ trimester of pregnancy.

In Malik's family, infants sleep beside their parents in a practice known as _____.

Physical abilities that involve large body movements are _____ skills.

Three-month-old Eva is at reduced risk for developing obesity, allergies, and asthma because she is fed _____.

_____ are used to interpret variations in the norms of children's growth.

Sensation occurs when a sensory system detects a stimulus; _____ occurs when the brain processes this sensory information.

Temporarily rapid growth of dendrites is referred to as _____.

The fiber that extends from a neuron and transmits electrochemical impulses from that neuron to the dendrites of other neurons is called a(n) _____.

Infants typically double their birth weight by the _____ month of life.

_____ is a life-threatening injury that occurs when an infant is forcefully shaken, since this motion ruptures blood vessels in the brain and breaks neural connections.

The part of the brain that seems dedicated to the perception of faces is the _____ area.

The six outer layers of the brain, involved in feeling, thinking, and sensing, are referred to as the _____.

The single most important cause of improvement in child survival in the twentieth century is _____.

Newborns spend quite a lot of time in rapid eye movement sleep. Such sleep is associated with _____.

Vision is the _____ mature of the five senses at birth.

When breast milk and cow's milk are compared, _____ milk is found to contain more antibodies against disease.

The tendency of brain development to be protected, even when temporary factors affect the body's growth, is referred to as _____.

_____ refers to infants' inborn ability to remedy deficits in their environments in order to promote their own brains' development.

A dozing, half-awake newborn is experiencing _____ sleep.