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	Which of the following is most helpful in diagnosing growth disorders in early and middle childhood?   developmental quotient universal growth norms skeletal age chronological age

	Because different body systems have their own unique, carefully timed patterns of maturation, physical development is   governed only by genetic factors. governed only by environmental factors. a synchronous process. an asynchronous process.

	How is lateralization different for right-handers versus left-handers?   Language skills are shared between both hemispheres for right-handers. The research is inconclusive on hemispheric control related to handedness. Language skills are shared between both hemispheres for left-handers. Language skills are housed in the right hemisphere for right-handers and in the left hemisphere for left-handers.

	Which of the following brain structures supports integration of many aspects of thinking, such as perception, attention, memory, language, and problem solving?   cerebellum myelin reticular formation corpus collosum

	The pituitary gland plays a critical role in growth by releasing which two hormones?   thyroxine and thyroid-stimulating hormone thyroid-stimulating hormone and testosterone growth hormone and estrogen growth hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone

	Shayla is 5 years old and recently experienced her parents’ divorce. Her mother has been unemployed for months and they live in an extremely impoverished neighborhood. Shayla’s mother leaves her alone in the apartment for long periods of time and when she’s home, she often engages in harsh, punitive child rearing. Shayla is very short and frail. Which of the following disorders does Shayla likely have?   psychosocial dwarfism psychosocial delay GH deficiency a TSH deficiency

	Mario only eats carrots and turkey, and his parents are concerned that he may not be getting enough nutrients. What should they do to increase Mario’s acceptance of new foods?   Serve only one new food at each meal, and put a large amount on his plate. Bribe him with sweets to get him to eat new foods. Continue to expose him to a variety of new foods without insisting that he eat them. Demand that he sit at the table until he eats everything on his plate.

	Which of the following statements is true?   The United States and Canada have the highest immunization rates of all industrialized nations, with nearly 100 percent of all children receiving a full program of immunizations in the first two years. In industrialized nations, childhood diseases have continued to increase dramatically over the past 50 years. While childhood illnesses have no negative consequences on physical growth among well-nourished children, the consequences for growth among malnourished children may be severe. Ordinary childhood illnesses have an adverse effect on physical growth in many children.

	The leading cause of death among children over 1 year of age is   drowning. motor vehicle collisions. infectious diseases. choking.

	Which of the following children is most at-risk for experiencing a serious injury?   Sam, a 3-year-old boy whose father is a teacher and mother is a stay-at-home mom Valencia, a 6-year-old girl who lives with her father and older sister in a small, rural town with most of her extended family living nearby Winston, a 5-year-old boy living in the inner city with his unemployed mother and five siblings Keri, a 6-year-old girl who lives in a middle-class neighborhood

	Gross motor development involves improvement in the child’s ability to   cut and paste. throw and catch a ball. build with small blocks. put puzzles together.

	While throwing a ball, Mary Grace turns her body only slightly to help increase the distance, and when she catches the ball she usually traps it against her chest. Mary Grace is likely to be a   2-year-old. 5-year-old. 6-year-old. 3-year-old.

	To parents, which of the following gains in fine motor development are most apparent during the preschool years?   self-help and drawing skills self-help and athletic skills drawing and athletic skills the ability to put together puzzles and grip pencils

	Children’s drawings   become more realistic only as a result of practice. do not appear to follow a developmental course. become more realistic as their fine motor skills improve. are random scribbling until approximately age 4.

	Between the ages of 2 and 7, children are in Piaget’s stage of development.   preoperational concrete operational formal operational sensorimotor

	Dante’s mother has recently noticed some significant changes in his play. For example, she saw him using the television remote as a telephone, holding it up to his ear and talking into it. Dante’s play illustrates which of the following changes in symbolic mastery?   Over time, play increasingly detaches from the real-life conditions associated with it. Play remains egocentric throughout early childhood. Play gradually includes more complex scheme combinations. Play becomes less self-centered with age.

	______, or a child’s inability to go through a series of steps and then reverse direction, returning to the starting point, is the most important illogical feature of preoperational thought.   Reversibility Centration Irreversibility Transformation

	Vygotsky’s theory states that the force that drives a child’s cognitive development is   interaction with the physical environment. the physical world acting on the child. the biological unfolding of genetic structures. joint activities with adults or more competent peers.

	When asked the question, “Can you tell me what happens when you go to the doctor’s office,” Yvonne answers, “The nurse gives you a shot, the doctor checks your heart, you get a lollipop, and then you go home.” This is an example of a(n)   semantic memory script autobiographical memory verbatim memory

	Which of the following is true?   Preschoolers do not understand much about written language until they learn to read and write. Preschoolers have a great deal of understanding about written language long before they learn to read and write. Since written language lacks meaning for preschool-age children, they typically do not attend to it. Preschoolers demonstrate a simultaneous understanding of the names of letters and their corresponding sounds.

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