Deck 8: Early Childhood: Physical Development

Question 1

Match the following:

-Rough-and-tumble play

A) Rough-and-tumble play
B) helps with physical and social development
C) increases as children get older.
D) is specific to American culture.

Answer 1

helps with physical and social development

Question 2

Match the following:

-Fine motor skills allow children to do all but which of the following?

A) Build a tower of six cubes
B) Copy letters
C) Throw a ball
D) Lace shoes

Answer 2

Throw a ball

Question 3

Match the following:

-Which of the following is TRUE regarding lead exposure?

A) Paint always contains high levels of lead.
B) Lead can be found in soil, but not in water.
C) Children may eat chips of lead paint.
D) The effects of lead exposure do not appear until late adolescence or adulthood.

Answer 3

Children may eat chips of lead paint.

Question 4

Sleepwalking is related to

A) immaturity of the nervous system.
B) trouble-controlling impulses.
C) general misbehavior.
D) sex, as girls sleepwalk significantly more than boys.

Question 5

Bedwetting tends to occur during

A) stage 1 sleep.
B) Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
C) stage 3 sleep.
D) the deepest stage of sleep.

Question 6

Which statement about encopresis is TRUE?

A) There is no way to prevent it.
B) It is less common than enuresis.
C) Children who soil their beds should be punished.
D) The problem tends to end by age 4.

Question 7

The fact that bedwetting tends to occur in the deepest stage of sleep indicates that it

A) is impossible to prevent.
B) should be considered a sleep disorder.
C) is caused by a psychological disorder.
D) can be prevented only with psychotherapy.

Question 8

Bedwetting

A) can only be successfully treated with serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medications.
B) is a sign of a serious physical problem.
C) should always be treated with antidiuretics.
D) usually will just go away with time and patience.

Question 9

Match the following:

-Enuresis

A) similar functions in multiple brain locations
B) symbolic of a broad category
C) found during early childhood in societies across the world
D) soft cuddly object taken to bed by child to ease separation from parents
E) the brain can compensate for injuries to particular areas
F) skipping
G) single most common cause of death in early childhood
H) occurs during the deepest stage of non-rapid eye movement (REM) sleep
I) thick bundle of nerve fibers that connect the hemispheres of the brain
J) drawings of recognizable objects
K) linked to emotions
L) the average number of calories needed for a 1- to 3-year-old
M) one of the world's leading causes of death preventable by vaccination
N) growth of new dendrites in the brain
O) associated with activity levels in children
P) failure to control the bladder once the normal age for control has been reached
Q) sleepwalking
R) salt and sugar solution administered to a child who is dehydrated from diarrhea
S) stacking blocks
T) linked to logic

Question 10

Match the following:

-Corpus callosum

A) similar functions in multiple brain locations
B) symbolic of a broad category
C) found during early childhood in societies across the world
D) soft cuddly object taken to bed by child to ease separation from parents
E) the brain can compensate for injuries to particular areas
F) skipping
G) single most common cause of death in early childhood
H) occurs during the deepest stage of non-rapid eye movement (REM) sleep
I) thick bundle of nerve fibers that connect the hemispheres of the brain
J) drawings of recognizable objects
K) linked to emotions
L) the average number of calories needed for a 1- to 3-year-old
M) one of the world's leading causes of death preventable by vaccination
N) growth of new dendrites in the brain
O) associated with activity levels in children
P) failure to control the bladder once the normal age for control has been reached
Q) sleepwalking
R) salt and sugar solution administered to a child who is dehydrated from diarrhea
S) stacking blocks
T) linked to logic

Question 11

Match the following:

-Sprouting

A) similar functions in multiple brain locations
B) symbolic of a broad category
C) found during early childhood in societies across the world
D) soft cuddly object taken to bed by child to ease separation from parents
E) the brain can compensate for injuries to particular areas
F) skipping
G) single most common cause of death in early childhood
H) occurs during the deepest stage of non-rapid eye movement (REM) sleep
I) thick bundle of nerve fibers that connect the hemispheres of the brain
J) drawings of recognizable objects
K) linked to emotions
L) the average number of calories needed for a 1- to 3-year-old
M) one of the world's leading causes of death preventable by vaccination
N) growth of new dendrites in the brain
O) associated with activity levels in children
P) failure to control the bladder once the normal age for control has been reached
Q) sleepwalking
R) salt and sugar solution administered to a child who is dehydrated from diarrhea
S) stacking blocks
T) linked to logic