Physical Development Infant and Toddlers

Question 1

True or False:

Babies’s bodies do not change very quickly

Answer 1

True

Question 2

True or False:

There are no ethnic variations in regards to growth

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Toddlers: 18 months - 3 years

____ ____ and more active

toddlers begin to cut with ____, ____ eating habits

____ and ____ with their world primarily in an upright position

Answer 3

physically stronger

teeth, changing

move, interact

Question 4

List the order of how infants progress in terms of movement:

Answer 4

creep , crawl, cruise walk, walk (own)

Question 5

List the order of how infants develop grabbing items:

Answer 5

swipe at objects, reach and grab, grasp with palm, pincer grasp

Question 6

Self-care consists of:

Answer 6

dressing, washing (body, brushing teeth), eating and toileting

Question 7

True or False:

There are cultural variations in expectations for:

which tasks babies should need help with

how fast they learn to be independent

table manners and eating habits

games played with adults

toys available

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True or False:

Newborns attend to low-pitch voices

Answer 8

False

high-pitched voices

Question 9

True or False:

Taste or smell develops after birth

Answer 9

False

before birth

Question 10

Question 11

True or False:

By age 2 infants have as many neurons as adults

Answer 11

True

Question 12

True or False:

After age 3 learning is a process of reinforcing synapses used and pruning those not needed

Answer 12

True

Question 13

What are some strategies to help develop infant/toddler development?

Answer 13

create play environments that promote motor development at different levels of competence

provide interesting and safe toys that appeal to more than one sense

provide intellectual and language stimulation: talking, singing, reading, and playing with infants and toddlers