FAD3220 chapter 7 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
bodily growth and change in early childhood - CORRECT ANSWER- • Children grow
rapidly between ages 3 and 6, but less quickly than before
• Head is still relatively large, but other parts of the body continue to catch up as body
proportions become steadily more adultlike
• Boys have more muscle while girls have more fatty tissue
• Muscular and skeletal growth progresses, making children stronger
• Increased capacities of the respiratory and circulatory systems build physical stamina along
with the developing immune system
sleep/night terror - CORRECT ANSWER- awaken abruptly early in the night from a deep
sleep in a state of agitation. Occur mostly between the ages of 3 and 13 and affect boys more
than girls
enuresis - CORRECT ANSWER- repeated, involuntary urination at night by children old
enough to be expected to have bladder control is not unusual. This is common and not serious
and the child is not to blame and should not be punished.
brain development in early childhood - CORRECT ANSWER- • Less dramatic in early
childhood than in infancy
• The density of brain synapses in the prefrontal cortex peaks at age 4 and myelination of
pathways for hearing is also complete around that age
• By age six the brain has attained about 95 percent of its peak volume
• From age 3 to 6 the most rapid growth occurs in the frontal that regulate the planning and
organizing of actions
• From age 6 to 11, the most rapid growth is in an area that primarily supports associative
thinking, language, and spatial relations.
corpus callosum - CORRECT ANSWER- links the right and left hemisphere of the brain
, gross motor skills - CORRECT ANSWER- physical skills that involve large muscles
fine motor skills - CORRECT ANSWER- physical skills that involve small muscles and
hand-eye coordination
systems of action - CORRECT ANSWER- increasingly complex combinations of skills,
which permit a wider or more precise range of movement and more control of the environment
handedness - CORRECT ANSWER- preference for using a particular hand. Usually evident
by age 3
artistic development - CORRECT ANSWER- Rhoda Kellogg examined the drawings of
children and discovered that there is a progression of changes, reflecting the maturation of the
brain as well as of the muscles. Scribble Shapes Designs Pictorial Stage
obesity - CORRECT ANSWER- o the greatest increase in prevalence of overweight is
among children in low-income families, cutting across all ethnic groups
o as junk food spreads throughout the developing world, more children are becoming obese than
are malnourished
o although obesity is hereditary, the main factors driving obesity are environmental
o prevention of obesity in early years is critical
undernutrition - CORRECT ANSWER- is an underlying cause in more than half of all deaths
before age five
negatively affects growth, physical wellbeing, cognitive development, and psychosocial
development
SCHIP - CORRECT ANSWER- State Children's Health Insurance Program. help states
extend health care coverage to uninsured children in poor and near-poor families
since 1980 homelessness has... - CORRECT ANSWER- increased drastically
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
bodily growth and change in early childhood - CORRECT ANSWER- • Children grow
rapidly between ages 3 and 6, but less quickly than before
• Head is still relatively large, but other parts of the body continue to catch up as body
proportions become steadily more adultlike
• Boys have more muscle while girls have more fatty tissue
• Muscular and skeletal growth progresses, making children stronger
• Increased capacities of the respiratory and circulatory systems build physical stamina along
with the developing immune system
sleep/night terror - CORRECT ANSWER- awaken abruptly early in the night from a deep
sleep in a state of agitation. Occur mostly between the ages of 3 and 13 and affect boys more
than girls
enuresis - CORRECT ANSWER- repeated, involuntary urination at night by children old
enough to be expected to have bladder control is not unusual. This is common and not serious
and the child is not to blame and should not be punished.
brain development in early childhood - CORRECT ANSWER- • Less dramatic in early
childhood than in infancy
• The density of brain synapses in the prefrontal cortex peaks at age 4 and myelination of
pathways for hearing is also complete around that age
• By age six the brain has attained about 95 percent of its peak volume
• From age 3 to 6 the most rapid growth occurs in the frontal that regulate the planning and
organizing of actions
• From age 6 to 11, the most rapid growth is in an area that primarily supports associative
thinking, language, and spatial relations.
corpus callosum - CORRECT ANSWER- links the right and left hemisphere of the brain
, gross motor skills - CORRECT ANSWER- physical skills that involve large muscles
fine motor skills - CORRECT ANSWER- physical skills that involve small muscles and
hand-eye coordination
systems of action - CORRECT ANSWER- increasingly complex combinations of skills,
which permit a wider or more precise range of movement and more control of the environment
handedness - CORRECT ANSWER- preference for using a particular hand. Usually evident
by age 3
artistic development - CORRECT ANSWER- Rhoda Kellogg examined the drawings of
children and discovered that there is a progression of changes, reflecting the maturation of the
brain as well as of the muscles. Scribble Shapes Designs Pictorial Stage
obesity - CORRECT ANSWER- o the greatest increase in prevalence of overweight is
among children in low-income families, cutting across all ethnic groups
o as junk food spreads throughout the developing world, more children are becoming obese than
are malnourished
o although obesity is hereditary, the main factors driving obesity are environmental
o prevention of obesity in early years is critical
undernutrition - CORRECT ANSWER- is an underlying cause in more than half of all deaths
before age five
negatively affects growth, physical wellbeing, cognitive development, and psychosocial
development
SCHIP - CORRECT ANSWER- State Children's Health Insurance Program. help states
extend health care coverage to uninsured children in poor and near-poor families
since 1980 homelessness has... - CORRECT ANSWER- increased drastically
