ch4

Question 1

Physical growth is particularly rapid during infancy
and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
a. the preschool years
b. adolescence
c. the elementary school years

Answer 1

b

Question 2

Nutritional needs during infancy are great because
______________ requires a large amount of energy.
a. respiration
b. an infant’s high activity level
c. growth

Answer 2

c

Question 3

Compared to bottle-fed babies, breastfed babies

a. are ill more often.
b. are less prone to diarrhea and constipation.
c. have more difficulty transitioning to solid foods.

Answer 3

b

Question 4

The onset of puberty
a. is earlier in boys than in girls.
b. is earlier in girls who experience stress than in
girls who have less stress.
c. is not influenced by genetics

Answer 4

B

Question 5

Girls who mature early \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ than girls
who mature late.
a. are more likely to smoke and drink
b. are more popular with peers
c. have more self-confidence

Answer 5

A

Question 6

The best treatment for malnutrition
a. focuses on improving a child’s diet.
b. uses medication to control a child’s eating
behavior.
c. combines an improved diet with parent training.

Answer 6

C

Question 7

Obesity may be caused by ______________.
a. television advertising that emphasizes the
cultural
ideal of thinness
b. parents who emphasize external signals to
control
eating rather than internal signals
c. one’s heredity determining a high-activity level

Answer 7

b

Question 8

The leading cause of death in young children worldwide
is/are \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
a. infectious diseases
b. accidents
c. birth defects

Answer 8

a

Question 9

The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of the neuron contains the
biological
machinery that keeps it alive.
a. cell body
b. axon
c. dendrite

Answer 9

a

Question 10

Damage to the frontal cortex of the brain is most
likely to affect which of the following?
a. understanding and producing language
b. spatial relations
c. planning

Answer 10

c

Question 11

Synaptic pruning is completed first for brain regions
associated with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
a. sensory and motor functions
b. decision making
c. language

Answer 11

a

Question 12

Environmental stimulation is used to fine-tune brain
wiring, a phenomenon known as ______________.
a. experience-expectant growth
b. brain-based education
c. synaptic pruning

Answer 12

a