Healthy weight of a 6 year-old in a develop nation: correct answers 40-50 pounds
How much weight does a child gain each year between 2-6? correct answers 4.5 pounds per year
Healthy height of a 6-year-old in a developed nation: correct answers 3.5 feet (100+ centimetres)
How much height does a child gain each year between 2-6? correct answers 2-3 inches per year
What allows children between 2-6 years of age to complete more gross motor movements?
correct answers movement of centre of gravity from toddler's belly to chest of a child
Is it normal for children to want to eat the same thing all the time? correct answers yes
"Just right" principle correct answers Although a sign of pathological obsessive-compulsive
disorder in adults, a normal and widespread phenomenon among young children
what is an example of the "just-right" principle? correct answers children ordering foods in a
certain way on their plates or not wanting their foods to touch
True or false: by age of 2, most of the neurons are connected to other neurons and substantial
pruning has occurred correct answers true
What is the percent of adult weight of brain for a 2 year old? correct answers 75%
what is the percent of adult weight of brain for a 6 year old? correct answers 90%
True or false: pollutants in the air, food and water can affect the brain and balance of a child
correct answers true
true or false: children in urban areas are at a higher risk for exposure to pollutants than children
in rural areas correct answers true
What fine motor skills do young children develop? correct answers See a lot of refinement in the
2-6 year range
primary prevention correct answers community actions that reduce everyone's chances of injury
what is an example of primary prevention? correct answers building a crosswalk at busy
intersection
secondary prevention correct answers preventative actions that reduce harm in a harmful
situation
, what is an example of secondary prevention? correct answers crossing guard to prevent
vulnerable people in a situation
tertiary prevention correct answers actions aimed to minimize adverse effect of something that
has already occurred
what is an example of tertiary prevention? correct answers calling an ambulance when there is an
accident
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
child maltreatment correct answers intentional harm to or avoidable endangerment of anyone
under 18 years of age
substantiated maltreatment correct answers harm or endangerment that has been reported,
investigated, and verified
reported maltreatment correct answers harm or endangerment about which someone has notified
the authorities
true or false: most victims of abuse besides physical abuse and neglect tend to be under 6 years
of age correct answers true
Prefrontal cortex correct answers part of frontal lobe responsible for thinking, planning, and
language
Auditory cortex (temporal lobe) correct answers conscious processing of sounds
Visual cortex (occipital lobe) correct answers conscious processing of sights
cerebral cortex (outer layers) correct answers ultimate control and information processing center
Amygdala correct answers two lima bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system; linked to
emotion.
Hippocampus correct answers A neural center located in the limbic system that helps process
explicit memories for storage.
Hypothalamus correct answers controls maintenance functions such as eating; helps govern
endocrine system; linked to emotion and reward
pituitary gland correct answers The endocrine system's most influential gland. Under the
influence of the hypothalamus, the pituitary regulates growth and controls other endocrine
glands.
speed of thought correct answers how quickly children process thoughts in early childhood