PSYCH-321 Chapter 5 questions with correct answers
extreme child poverty Correct Answer-children who live in families with
incomes below half the FPL above
Children grow steadily during the preschool period Correct Answer-
Average six-year-old weighs 46 # and is 46" tall
Growth rate slows Correct Answer-during preschool years- need less
calories to maintain growth
See more and more childhood obesity Correct Answer-body weight -
approx. 20 percent higher than the average weight for a given person at a
given age and height
About 6 months of age solid food Correct Answer-could become part of
diet
Kwashiorkor Correct Answer-protein deficiency
Micronutrient deficiency: Correct Answer-lack of crucial vitamins and
minerals
Early brain development is marked by two key developments Correct
Answer-synaptic density
synaptic pruning
, synaptic density Correct Answer-density of synaptic connections among
neurons
•Frontal cortex heavily impacted
synaptic pruning Correct Answer-connections between neurons become
fewer but more efficient
•Increases efficiency by allowing unused synapses to wither away
Toddlerhood marks time period during which most methods of
measuring _______ ________ can be used Correct Answer-brain
activity
EEG (electroencephalogram) Correct Answer-measures electrical
activity of cerebral cortex
FMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) Correct Answer-uses a
magnetic field to record changes in blood flow and oxygen
Sleep declines from 16 to 18 hours a day for newborns to about ___ to
___ hours by age 2 Correct Answer-12, 13
Sleeping through the night can be impacted by several things including
Correct Answer--Resurgence of teething
-Awareness of separate sleeping arrangements
extreme child poverty Correct Answer-children who live in families with
incomes below half the FPL above
Children grow steadily during the preschool period Correct Answer-
Average six-year-old weighs 46 # and is 46" tall
Growth rate slows Correct Answer-during preschool years- need less
calories to maintain growth
See more and more childhood obesity Correct Answer-body weight -
approx. 20 percent higher than the average weight for a given person at a
given age and height
About 6 months of age solid food Correct Answer-could become part of
diet
Kwashiorkor Correct Answer-protein deficiency
Micronutrient deficiency: Correct Answer-lack of crucial vitamins and
minerals
Early brain development is marked by two key developments Correct
Answer-synaptic density
synaptic pruning
, synaptic density Correct Answer-density of synaptic connections among
neurons
•Frontal cortex heavily impacted
synaptic pruning Correct Answer-connections between neurons become
fewer but more efficient
•Increases efficiency by allowing unused synapses to wither away
Toddlerhood marks time period during which most methods of
measuring _______ ________ can be used Correct Answer-brain
activity
EEG (electroencephalogram) Correct Answer-measures electrical
activity of cerebral cortex
FMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) Correct Answer-uses a
magnetic field to record changes in blood flow and oxygen
Sleep declines from 16 to 18 hours a day for newborns to about ___ to
___ hours by age 2 Correct Answer-12, 13
Sleeping through the night can be impacted by several things including
Correct Answer--Resurgence of teething
-Awareness of separate sleeping arrangements
