ASU Q1 Flashcards
TRUE or FALSE
By age six, the brain has reached about 95 percent of its adult size.
TRUE
Researchers have found that in children from three to six years of age, the most rapid growth takes place in the_____ lobe areas of the brain.
frontal
Children can experience a number of sleep problems including narcolepsy which is characterized by:
extreme daytime sleepiness
Young children from _____ families are the most likely to develop iron deficiency anemia.
low-income
According to Erik Erikson, the great governor of initiative is:
conscience
_____ especially plays a key role in children’s ability to manage the demands and conflicts they face in interacting with others. It is an important component of executive function.
Emotion regulation
From about _____ years of age, children display heteronomous morality.
4 to 7
Gender _____ involves a sense of one’s own gender, including knowledge, understanding, and acceptance of being male or female.
identity
Because young children are _____, they judge the rightness or goodness of behavior by considering its consequences, not the intentions of the actor.
heteronomous moralists
The absence or deficiency of growth hormone produced by the pituitary gland to stimulate the body to grow is called:
growth hormone deficiency