University UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
bodily growth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- toddlers and preschoolers in developed countries
have more rapid growth
Deficiencies in developing countries - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- protein, iodine, iron
deficiencies in developed countries - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- calcium
causes of death - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- developed: car accidents
developing: illness & disease, accidents
synaptic density - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- slight decrease in neuronal density
synaptic pruning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- extra neurons and synaptic connections are
eliminated in order to increase the efficiency of neuronal transmissions.
continued myelination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- process of myelin sheath growing to
allow for quicker nerve impulses
myelination of hippocampus associated w autobiographical memory
11 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- walk without support
15 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- stand and begin to climb
18 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- some running
, 24 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- kick w more dexterity
Gross motor - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- jumping, climbing, throwing, running, speed,
balancing,
boys better at strength
girls better at balance/ coordination
fine motor development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- develop right or left handedess
12-24 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- hold cup, feed self, scribble, turn pages, build
24-36 months - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- draw circle, brush teeth, build taller towers
3-6 years - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- letters, numbers; hygeine, food
Piaget - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sensorimotor stages
categorization
preoperational
classification
SUBSTAGE 5 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- tertiary circular reactions 12-18 months
SUBSTAGE 6 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mental representations
18-24 months
symbolic thought
deferred imitation
categorization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- dis/habituation
infants can categorize